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The new 'enthusiasts' quarterly mountain bike magazine published by the GoFar-mtb.com lads, and edited by Chipps, has printed 10 000 copies of its first issue. Want some?

The rumour – rapidly gaining ground since first surfacing at the Taipei show – that Nike had made a $400m offer for Trek in the US, but had been rebuffed, has been denied by Trek’s president

‘1057’ is a compact, new photography book containing arty images of painted bicycle road markings. Sounds dull, but it’s such a well-produced, quirky little tome that cerebral bike enthusiasts will gladly fork out the £10 asking price. Bargain.

A US recipient of the print magazine has emailed suggesting non-UK viewers of this site would like to read the Alan Finden-Croft ‘boxout’ from our March issue. The Derby chairman was, as ever, frank. His views on Gary Matthews and the sale of Sturmey Archer deserve a wider audience, says our US source

What do you do with staff when there are fewer customers that need serving? Specialist solicitors Jonathan Exten-Wright and Lisa Harvey spell out the options open to those bicycle businesses troubled by the knock-on affect of foot and mouth disease