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Last week a West London bike shop was robbed at gun-point.

Along with its sister charity Railway Paths Ltd, Sustrans owns 1100 bridges on the 10 000-mile National Cycle Network. These cost £120 000 a year to maintain. Get your name on a bridge plaque in your local area by ponying up a one-off donation to Sustrans' 'bridging the gap' fund.

Along with its sister charity Railway Paths Ltd, Sustrans owns 1100 bridges on the 10 000-mile National Cycle Network. These cost £120 000 a year to maintain. Get your business name on a bridge plaque in your local area by ponying up a one-off donation to Sustrans' 'bridging the gap' fund.

An official notice from the European Union states that Giant China Co. has lost its appeal to have anti-dumping duties removed from its China-made bicycles exported to the EU.

Paul Turner, the man who founded RockShox, popularising suspension for MTBs, has joined the forum of MTBreview.com to answer anonymous critics who wrote that Taiwan-built Maverick bikes were now inferior to boutique brands made in the USA. "The US is a great place to invent and develop things, but it is not a good place to get a bike made," wrote Turner.