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Muc-Off’s Lightweight Oversized Precision Shifting (LOPS) made its world premiere in the individual time-trial stage on the penultimate day of the 2020 Tour de France. The system, which unites a highly advanced titanium body with supremely efficient coated pulley wheels and bearings, was used by Team Bahrain McLaren leader Mikel …

Shropshire-based bike frame protection specialist invisiFRAME was recently invited to attend the XPEL annual dealer conference in San Antonio. As XPEL’s largest business account in the bicycle protection industry, invisiFRAME spent time with senior executives and technicians at XPEL as well as other leading customers from across the globe. Vicky …

Norfolk County Council’s Pushing Ahead programme and Beryl have furthered their commitment to change people’s transport habits and attitudes to greener journeys by announcing a ‘Car Free Week’ initiative. From 21st-27th September, Pushing Ahead is offering residents free rides on Beryl bikes and e-bikes to help reduce the level of …

The BikeBiz jobs board filled over 500 positions in 2019, and listings are still on the rise. Here’s our latest top five… Bicycle mechanic – Handlebars If you are a friendly, driven mechanic who enjoys helping customers and loves fixing bikes even more, then we would love to talk to …

This month we take a look at the latest mountain bikes and accessories from some of the leading brands in the sector, including TSG, Lapierre, RRP, Niner, Weldtite, NS Bikes, SDG, Continental, Gusset, XLC, Ergon, Giro, Yeti, Hutchinson Tires, Kali, Coyote, Scicon Sports, DT Swiss and Smith Optics TSG – …

Photos from the brand's new shop in Durham

Is road simply more accessible to the newcomer? Or are savvy off road customers waiting for the industry to settle on a new standard?

'Destination store' set to launch within weeks

Dickon Hepworth, MD of Jungle Products pens his observations of buying habits for this month's BikeBiz