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Public beats the trade in Fastest Wrench competition
Ex-mechanic Adam Gajecki won the latest Cytech Fastest Wrench competition at this year's London Bike Show, marking the first year that a member of the trade was pipped at the post by a member of the...
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Long running Bath bike shop closes?
Reports indicate that the city of Bath has lost one of its oldest independent bicycle retailers. According to a local report in the Bath Chronicle, John's Bikes of Walcot Street appears to have shut....
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Visitors flock to Zyro's new site
Zyro has this week launched a spring refresh of zyro.co.uk in a bid to continue to elevate its brands representation online. Last August the company launched its new look site and since then visitors...
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Over 6,500 visitors head to Bike & Tri Show
In its second year, Manchester-set Bike & Triathlon Show saw an upswing in numbers in all the right places. Attendance grew with over 6,500 visitors through the doors of Manchester Central over...
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Specialized, Giant and Trek most popular for UK sportives
Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) has published a second year of research into UK CycleSportive participants. SMS, an established research player in the sports market, polled participants at key events...
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Scottish Bike Show gears up for Commonwealth Games year
New exhibitors have signed up to The Scottish Bike Show including Brompton Bicycle, Planet X, Hoy Bikes and Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative. Now less than one month away, organiser Magdala Media has...
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E-bike brand A2B acquires electric rental firm
A2B has acquired the Electric Bicycle Network to establish a 'cost-effective, sustainable form of transportation throughout the UK'. The Electric Bicycle Network currently provides over 5,000 e-bike...
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Surrey CTC is one of the largest and most respected cycling organisations in the world. We work across the nations of the UK, serving 66,000 members and promoting cycling for touring, for sport, for...
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2pure recruits new marketeer
2pure has brought on board a new member of the marketing team - one Stephen "Stevie" Gildea. Gildea will take over the PR and Events side of the business from March and amongst his duties will be to...
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VeloPark opens for business
The £100m VeloPark will be opened to the public at the end of the month, and the owners are predicting a sell-out. The VeloPark incorporates the Olympic velodrome and the Olympic BMX track. New on the...
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New bike shop opening in Poole
BikeBiz can exclusively reveal that Rockets and Rascals is opening a new bike shop in Poole, Dorset. One year ago Rockets & Rascals opened its first bicycle emporium and cafe in the historic...
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Velorution and Eastway kit out Radio 1 DJ for Sport Relief challenge
London bike retailer Velorution and urban bike brand Eastway Bikes have teamed up to provide Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw with all the equipment he needs to complete his upcoming Sport Relief cycling...
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Mark Alker: ''Olympic-inspired road cyclists filtering through to CX''
Announced at the end of February, information on Singletrack's plans for an off-shoot digital cyclocross title has been thin on the ground so far, so we caught up with publisher Mark Alker for a...
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Strava ramps up social media interactivity
Popular cycling workout app Strava has upgraded its functionality to be more interactive, adding Instagram compatibility and one touch comment/kudos. The redesigned app now combines both the running...
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Bike shops: Beware the over 55s
Are there any 'customers' aged over 55 in your bike shop right now? Are they furtively gazing at their mobile phone while lingering in your store? There's a good chance (50 per cent, in fact) that...
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Factory Media sells DIG BMX back to founder
Factory Media has sold DIG BMX magazine and the accompanying website back to the founder Will Smyth. Darryl Newton, Factory Media managing director said: "We’re pleased to able to pass DigBMX back to...
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Johnson takes on new Claud Butler role
Claud Butler has promoted Samantha Johnson, handing her a product management role. An employee since 1998, Johnson has held many different positions within the company giving her experience in...
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Activ8 seeks dealers to takes on Rokform and Naztech
Activ8, UK trade manufacturer and supplier of accessories for mobile phones and hand-held gadgets, has been appointed distributor for UK & Ireland for American accessory brands Rokform and...
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How to make a cycling Revolution
From a low key meeting in 2003 to an event that has seen Hoy, Vos and Cav ride it, Revolution has gone from strength-to-strength and now has its own London Velodrome finale. FACE MD James Pope speaks...
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Government initiative helps Toddlebike roll into John Lewis
Proving that Kickstarter and other crowd funding sites aren't the only place to find backing, mother and cycling enthusiast Jo Hockley has tapped into a government campaign to support British...
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