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At a dealer meeting on Monday morning at Interbike Las Vegas, the cycle enthusiast fund manager - and now boss of Cannondale - made lots of references to teamwork, focus, outstanding product, and innovation. No mention was made of the ousting of Scott Montgomery, son of Cannondale's founder. Instead, Uri and Cannondale execs laid their cards on the table, stressing the continuation of US manufacturing and redoubled committment to the specialty retail channel. No Cannondale's made in Taiwan and sold in Wal-mart, then...

BBC.co.uk took three self-confessed petrol heads and made them give up their cars for a week. The guinnea-pig handed the bike (not, it must be admitted, a new cyclist) was blown away by the pleasures of getting to work on two wheels and is now thinking of cycling to work full-time...

PowerBar's Endurance and Recovery drinks were launched at Interbike. At a presentation Sunday night, former pro cyclist Chris Carmichael, now the acclaimed trainer of the world's best known cyclist, gave the low down on why the 17-year old bar-and-gel company was now getting into drinks

You didn't need a stopwatch and its 1000ths second to find out who won the men's time trial at the World Championships in Hamilton, Canada. You could have got by with a wonky watch with just a minute hand. Scot David Millar obliterated the rest of the field. He will be at Interbike, signing autographs and picking up tasty kit. But will his win do anything for the UK bike trade?

It's Saturday, a busy day for US IBDs. But that didn't stop them flocking to Interbike's second Outdoor Demo day at Boulder City, close to Lake Mead and Hoover Dam. As well as the latest bikes, expo visitors could try out different pedal systems (Pearl Izumi supplied the shoes, Crank Brothers the cleats), helmets, hydration packs and - very important, this - sports sunscreen. But the fantastic routes at Bootleg led to lots of crashes: IBD Andy Stevenson of the Lake District got bad gravel burns on one fall, while journo Guy Kesteven is to visit the show proper in a wheelchair...