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Bikesoup: 'IBDs can combine and compete online'
For those unaware of Bikesoup, can you give us an explanation of what the site offers?Bikesoup is a cycling specific marketplace which caters for both the independent dealer network and private...
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BikeBiz September now readable online
BikeBiz's September print is now readable online or downloadable as a pdf here. You'll notice the mag looks a little different thanks to a design refresh and we've tweaked the content here and there...
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Newspaper journos ride Tour of Britain stage with Dean Downing
The Tour of Britain starts in Liverpool on 7th September. Stage three takes in the scenic beauties – and stiff climbs – of the Brecon Beacons in mid-Wales. Journalists from national newspapers and...
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CSG 2015: product highlights
Charge For Charge the top-end remains largely unchanged, but where entry level is concerned a few new options are now open to dealers.For just £330, dealers can now offer a singlespeed specific Plug...
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Dom Mason leaves Upgrade, creates Mason Progressive Cycles
Dom Mason has left Upgrade to work on his own brand of bicycle, Mason. He spent time at Eurobike last week telling industry folks about his plans. Mason had been with Upgrade for 15 years and was the...
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87% claim to be ''in better mood'' since they started cycling to work
It has long said that cyclists tend to arrive at work in a better mood than those who have crawled their way through traffic or packed into a tight tube carriage, but new research with beginner...
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Giro and Bell to benefit from MIPS investment
BRG Sports, the owner of Easton Cycling, has invested in Swedish protective gear innovators MIPS. MIPS technology works by separating an outer and an inner shell with a low-friction layer, so that in...
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WD-40 acquires GT85 Limited
Lubrication and maintenance giant WD-40 has acquired UK-based GT85 for an undisclosed sum. "This acquisition, which includes the GT85 and SG85 brands, complements our multi-purpose maintenance...
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Beet-It now in stock with Hotlines
Hotlines has brought Beet IT into its brand portfolio, a dietary Nitrate supplement that has, we're told, been 'proven to improve athletic performance'. Here's some science for you: “Dietary nitrate...
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Chain Reaction Cycles: smell the country air
Disclaimer: Chain Reaction Cycles did not fly me in to see their operation in Northern Ireland. I went under my own steam (a Brompton, to be exact, although, yes, an aeroplane was also involved) and I...
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Northern Ireland fleshes out mountain bike ambitions
Northern Ireland has just launched a ten year strategy for mountain biking with one key aim – to raise NI’s profile as a world class mountain biking destination. Benefiting the local economy to the...
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CamelBak has your, er, back with the K.U.D.U. pack
First seen at Bike PressCamp earlier in the summer, Camelbak’s K.U.D.U. is a hydration, protection and cargo backpack. K.U.D.U. stands for Kinetic Ultimate Dampening Unit. The pack incorporates...
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Bike Shop Profile: CJ Performance Cycles
How’s business? We’ve been exceptionally busy this year, the uptake in cycling, especially in ladies cycling, has been far better than we expected and our expectations were already very high. I think...
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USE: 'Germany has had a strange year with lighting regulation changes'
How’s business? Growing healthily. Since the launch of Exposure Lights nearly a decade ago the company has gone through a number of major transitions. In the last four years the need for space has...
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E-bikes are easing the cargo bike load
While they’re still relatively thin on the ground here in the UK, Eurobike had a sizable selection of cargo bikes on show, a category for which the electric drive is particularly well suited, with...
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SMS INC: 'The cycle industry is hungry for reliable robust data'
Can you give us some background to SMS INC? You are already well established in other markets…Sports Marketing Surveys is an experienced sports research business – and we work only on sport and...
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Ride the boards with the Bicycle Association
Whether you've got track accreditation or not, you're welcome to join fellow industry riders on the Bicycle Association track day, on Monday September 15th at the National Cycling Centre in...
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Apple Watch aims to make people move more
With an inbuilt heartbeat sensor, an altimeter, an accelerator to gauge speed, and taptic wrist buzzes that could alert cyclists to turn left or right in cycle satnav apps, the new Apple Watch could...
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Velopresso coffee trike now available commercially
The Velopresso is a pedal-powered all-in-one espresso machine, trike and coffee bean grinder. It was produced as graduation project by Amos Field Reid and Lasse Oiva, design students from the Royal...
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Davina McCall to draw the crowds at Cycle Show 2014
Household name Davina McCall will open The Cycle Show at the NEC Birmingham on Saturday September 27tth at 09.30. A guest at the show of Beacon Bikes, McCall rode a gruelling 450 miles from Edinburgh...
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