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BikeBiz wants pix of corporate entertaining at Tour de France in London

Divert cash from marketing and R&D to bicycle advocacy, John Burke told industry leaders at the Taiwan trade show. There’s a video of the presentation on YouTube. Burke has been dubbed the ‘Al Gore of the bike trade’

A new scientific study has questioned the accuracy of some bicycle helmet ventilation claims. The trend for more and bigger vents could impact on the effectiveness of some helmets.

Road Cycling Live will be run 21-22nd April 2007 and staged in the track centre and viewing galleries of the Manchester velodrome.

Interbike is about to start. The Cycle Show at ExCel will soon be upon us, as will Roc d’Azur. You know the dates for these shows, what about for 2007?

Yesterday’s 90-minute House of Commons adjournment debate on cycling was wrapped up with a closing speech from Derek Twigg, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport. He praised the bicycle industry funded Bike It cycle-to-school scheme, commended the way the various cycling bodies are now working together, and said he will be hosting a meeting of ministers next week to discuss "how cycling can help to deliver a range of Government targets across Whitehall."

Today in parliament there was a 90-minute adjournment debate on cycling called by Edinburgh MP Mark Lazarowicz. If you don’t want to wade through Hansard or watch yesterday’s debates from the start of the day on Parliamentlive.tv, there’s a 6-minute podcast you could listen to…

Specialized’s weekly podcast is audio only and has featured a company history and interviews with the company’s woman-specific design team. The Norco podcast features videos of Team Norco riders. And here’s details of how to subscribe to other industry podcasts.

Bike It is the bike industry funded cycling promotion scheme which aims to encourage school children to take to two wheels. The scheme has just doubled in size and appointed a former police chief inspector as manager. The podcast kicks off with inspiration from Bike It officer Vicki Hill.

You can get the 25-year history of Specialized in book form, or you can listen to a six-minute company podcast hosted by OLN commentator Bob Roll. The first podcast features an interview with Specialized founder and president Mike Sinyard. The company promises to upload a podcast a week

Over the next five years, the US government is spending $5bn on bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. Not five million, five billion. This stunning state of affairs is partly due to the support the US bike industry extended to the US cycle advocacy movement. Find out more at this podcast…

Click these links for images of the London finish of the Tour of Britain. The galleries include a child’s eye view of the Tour, the Whitehall handcycling race and the Go Ride event staged by British Cycling.