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The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed £20 million of funding for Bikeability to deliver its cycle training programme next year. Bikeability has trained over 3.6 million children since 2007 and DfT has now announced record funding to ensure even more are equipped with the skills, confidence and knowledge to …

Oxford’s portfolio of third-party brands has recently expanded to include G-Form and its range of protective products for riders from all disciplines. Established in Rhode Island, USA, in 2010, G-Form is an innovative protection company that designs and manufactures protective products that utilise SmartFlex proprietary technology. G-Form’s wearable product range …

Pirelli’s plant in Bollate, Italy, has now started producing cycling tyres, the company has announced. The facility is a few kilometres from Milan and was opened by Pirelli in 1962 – it has for some time been undergoing a modernisation and overhaul process to accommodate the production of Pirelli Cycling’s …

Velocio apparel has been sold to SRAM, the brand has announced. Velocio was launched in 2013 by “a drive for a better cycling product, a better cycling culture, and a deeper commitment to responsible manufacturing”, and today is “a brand we’re really proud of, the brand we set out to …

After the hiatus, Silverfish UK is back at COREbike with a bang and has a dizzying number of new products to show, here are some teasers… It has new tech riding apparel from Yeti and Race Face, as well as those from all its other apparel brands including 100%. Expect …

Rebecca Morley looks into how COVID-19 has accelerated an already burgeoning trend

Nick Bull, Michelin’s commercial market product manager for the UK, ROI and Nordics, provides some insight into the brand’s plans for 2020 and beyond...

This month, BikeBiz catches up with Premax founder and CEO Randall Cooper as the brand looks to expand its UK presence

By Mark Almond, director, Red Cloud Marketing and founder, Revo Bikes