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The Eastwood company was yesterday profiled in The Sunday Times. Edited extracts from the article can be found below...

A production team from Granada is seeking advertising creatives to take part in a reality TV show set in the 1970s. The creative types will pitch ideas to Raleigh execs in time for a proposed Christmas TV advertising splurge. The reality TV show will air on Sky One. But can the creatives live without their cellphones?

Nike's 'Magnet' TV ad debuted on Friday night in the US. It throws a spotlight on Lance Armstrong and features Mellow Johnny racing a flock of birds, a herd of buffalo, a freight train, a gang of Hell's Angels and a motley collection of fixed-wheel street racers. Oh, and a kid in a football helmet...

What's this, the US president and the wanna-be president vying to see who has the best bicycle injuries? At the beginning of May, John Kerry fell from his $6000 Serotta Ottrott. Yesterday, President Bush was scuffed following a fall from his MTB. But in the mileage stakes, Kerry wins hands down: he rides long-distance charity rides, Dubya fell while on the 16th of a 17-mile ride....

That's when presta and enter will cease to work as site passwords. If you want to gain trade-only access from 1st June onwards you need to create your own username and password. Here's how... PLUS: registered members should check whether their 'account' is up to date.