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Are bikes allowed on countryside footpaths?

Hopefully, every complaint sent in to Channel 4 regarding its scatty scheduling of this years Tour de France is registering. But the replies from the viewer enquiries office arent encouraging, every complainant is getting the same pat reply. But, to get your own back heres a standard hard-hitting letter you can copy and email to Channel 4 yourself

…and get the news on how the roadies and the MTBers are doing (because TV wont give these sports much airtime). PLUS: dates and venues for the Olympic cycling events.

Pray for good weather next Wednesday because thats when the media will be focussed on the opening of the National Cycle Network. Heres the latest info on next weeks headline events…

Last weeks AGM of the Bicycle Association was unusual on a number of counts. One, for the first time in nearly 20 years it was held without secretary Josie Carter (shes retired without fanfare). Two, there were no press invitations. Three, no guest speakers were booked as an official council meeting was scheduled for the afternoon instead of the next day

Procycling, published by Cabal Communications, has won the four year contract to publish the UK and Ireland distributed version of the Official Guide to the Tour de France. (Velo News of America has the rights for the rest of the English-speaking world).

With resolutions and secondings more scripted than an Oscar winner’s acceptance speech, the BA AGM of recent years has rarely set the pulse racing. This year it’s going to be a "quickie"

Brompton has sponsored a cycling by train leaflet produced by ATOC, the Association of Train Operating Companies. It will be sent to all Brompton dealers soon. All well and good for folding enthusiasts but ATOC member West Anglia Great Northern a past winner of the CTCs bike friendly Cyclemark award isnt playing ball with cyclists in general.

Continuing our series on bicycle web portals, BikeBiz checks out a very British one, GoFar-mtb. It aims like the rest to attract a hard core of enthusiasts which, the site hopes, the bike trade will want to plug into by placing banner ads on the site. IBDs can benefit by being featured on the demo bike day database

In December last year EMAP Active bought On Your Bike, the family cycling magazine. The title is relaunched on Monday but is already available in most major newsagents. It will avoid Waynes Worldisms such as Yo dude, says the new editor.

With all the hype surrounding the opening of the National Cycle Network and the National Cycling Festival 2000, Futures Bike 2000 show at the NEC, 28-30th April, hasnt had much of a look-in…

Remember to sign up for one of the three Dot.com seminars at this weekends Cycle & Leisure Show. They will be modelled on each days audience so will be suitable for web newcomers as well as HTML experts.