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The show is packed with bike trade celebs such as Bradley Wiggins and other Olympic heroes but here's a selection of lesser known folks...

The first incarnation of the bike was shown at Interbike in 1997. It never made it to market but subsequent incarnations continued to be displayed year after year, leading journalists to think the product was destined to remain vaporware for ever. But GT now promise a launch is near. July 2005 is the target. The bike is currently being patted and prodded at Cycle 2004 in London.

Gordon Fisher, MD of Fisher Outdoor Leisure, has told BikeBiz.com he and other bicycle trade execs were interviewed by newsreader John Humphries on BBC Radio 4 on 3rd December 1992. The subject matter? Bike locks which could be opened with Bic pen barrels. Prices for locks secured with ACE mechanisms dropped overnight, indicating the Bic method was well known at the time. Nigel Moore, MD of Moore Large, said: "It does our industry no good if the public are ripped off."

It's Brompton Day at BikeBiz.com! Brompton gets mentioned in three articles, a record... Here's a bland word-for-word statement explaining Brompton's battle with Batavus of the Netherlands...

Earlier this year, a consignment of 250+ folding bicycles was imported into Holland by Neobike Europe, a Dutch firm who distribute Taiwanese folding bikes in Europe. The bikes were branded Scoop, and, said Brompton, were based "almost exactly on the Brompton design." Brompton launched a lawsuit: and has just won it.