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The Cycle show will be staged at Earls Court. Trade day is October 11th.

Richard Ballantine, author of the 1970s million-copy classic Richard’s Bicycle Book, is back with a book about commuter cycling. He wants to fuel the growth of city cycling, reports Carlton Reid...

And bullies need putting in their place, believes Mike Burrows. The Union Cycliste Internationale has been snubbed by ASO, owner of the Tour de France, so perhaps the bike trade should shun it, too…

It never rains but it pours. A week or so after the UK floods came news that a bunch of cows were to be culled because they'd contracted Foot and Mouth disease. This was bad news for cattle farmers, and a PR nightmare for the Pirbright labs.

Orange wowed industry execs at Eurobike with Scottish 'Holy Grail' belt drive