BikeBiz Bicycle and cycling retail news

The Poole-based distributor of GT and Mongoose bikes spent nine months researching which were the best unloading systems to move bikes around their expanded warehouse before settling on a system provided by Kaybe Conveyors. Two people can unload a container full of bike boxes in 45 minutes.

Errol Drew, one time Friends of the Earth activist and founder of Madison Cycles, moved to the US in 1996, turning the maker of Aztec brake pads into Delta Cycle Corporation, a components distributor. He swore he'd never market bicycles: but then he created an upscale, belt-driven bicycle, the iXi. This has a cup-holder on the handlebar-stem and is sold online and in the Conran Shop in London.

Red Ken? No, Yellow Ken. The Mayor of London's transport team looks to be in pole position for grabbing the opening stages of the 2007 Tour de France

Yep, yet another saddle scare story sent out by a PR company. "A traditional bicycle seat is more likely to cause male sexual dysfunction...than a new seat with a revolutionary design, according to Medicine & Science In Sports & Exercise, the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine," says a release sent on behalf of Wayne Trotter of Florida-based Solution Bicycle Seat LLC.

CTC's tech officer Chris Juden says some IBDs are not fitting them correctly, which could cause riders to crash. There are 'right' and 'wrong' pix on a yet-to-be publicised part of CTC.org.uk