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In the summer of last year, the ACT commissioned consultant Mark Walmsley of Consult 2000 to compile a market share report to track the performace of IBDs against the 'opposition'. BikeBiz.co.uk has previously carried extracts from this report but here's an updated Excel file to download and digest...

The New York high-end bike brand was always an odd-fit with Parkers of Bolton and when David Wilson, the Iron Horse fan, left his father's company in August 2000 for a job with more dough, the distribution deal faded away. Now Iron Horse want back in.

National Outdoor Week was formed last year by a diverse collection of outdoor organisations, all of whom stumped up development cash to get the promotional campaign off the ground. This year CTC joins the fray. The week runs 3rd-11th May.

The Taiwanese rim and wheelset manufacturer has created a Euro-wide marketing and promotional role for Robert Hornsey of Bangor, Northern Ireland.

As readers of the BikeBiz.co.uk bulletin board will have assumed, there has been a lot of behind-the-scenes fighting over the ownership of the Syncros name. After a reasonably one-sided tussle between GT-owner Pacific Cycles of the US and Mike Poyzer's Super Cycles of the UK a rather bland press statement has been agreed by both parties...