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The circle is complete, SRAM will now be able to offer OEMs full groupsets from its range of in-house and acquired brands.

The three-bike range was launched at yesterday's opening of London's Cycle 2004 show. Jon Whyte is an ex-Formula 1 designer, famous for the PRST-1 Whyte MTB. Marin importer ATB Sales is producing Whyte's folding bikes under the Mezzo brand name.

A class action against Kryptonite was filed in California earlier this week. Now, a Canadian lawyer has launched a lawsuit to help gain compensation for "hundreds of thousands" of bicycle lock owners. Significantly, Sack Goldblatt Mitchell of Toronto names not just Kryptonite in the suit but Norco and Bike Guard, too. The company says it will also add "bicycle retailers" to the list.

Charlotte Atkins MP, the new parliamentary under-secretary for state, with responsibility for aviation, cycling and other areas of transport, praised the Bike Hub levy scheme at today's opening of Cycle 2004. "That took guts," she said. But she wasn't so happy with the companies who have chosen not to be part of the market-boosting, cycle-promoting Bike Hub levy scheme.

Charlotte Atkins MP, the new parliamentary under-secretary for state, with responsibility for aviation, cycling and other areas of transport, officially opened Cycle 2004 in London. Today is the trade preview day. The show opens to the public on Friday and runs through until Sunday.