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Citing competition from the Far East, 31 permanent and 22 temporary staff are to lose their jobs over the next nine months as SRAM Ireland is scaled back.

So, in his State of the Union address given earlier today, did he recommend Americans drive less? Nope, just produce 'clean-energy' fuels so the county is less reliant on Middle Eastern oil.

According to Specialized’s legal department, Mountain Cycle's Stumptown name for its cyclocross bike is “confusingly similar” to Stumpjumper, a model name Specialized has used since 1981.

David Montague of Montague Corporation of Cambridge, Massachusetts - "the world's leading supplier of bikes to the military" – has developed a click-in, locking quick-release fixture for bike wheels. Pacific Cycle of the US will use the system on next model year's Schwinn, GT and Mongoose bikes.

After lobbying from CTC, the low-cost airline has reversed its policy of banning bikes equipped with hydraulic disc brakes or fluid suspension forks.