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Van Schothorst has been rebranded as Rigida International BV

It has been deleted from the goods used to calculate the cost of living by the Office of National Statistics.

Wannabe MTBers of all ages are being given the chance to learn biking skills at a new skills loop opened at Glentress forest, said by the Forestry Commission to be the only one of its kind in Britain.

BikeBiz.com tagged along on an 85km training ride with Eddy Merckx earlier today and asked about the rumours, rampant at the Taipei trade show, that Trek was to ditch the Lemond line in favour of the 25-year old Eddy Merckx line.

The Signo - patented and two years in development - sounds just the ticket. It is "the first example of a new industrial invention based on the 'articulated oscillating saddle base', a saddle wobbles around a longitudinal axis during use. This is said to reduce pressure points, limits inner thigh rubbing, improves leg force and "helps cyclists keep to the rear of the saddle, unlike harder and stiffer saddles which generally cause them to slide forward," says a statement from Selle Italia.