Posted October 31st, 2006
Will they call it Americabike? Here is an interesting bit of industry news.
Bicycle Retailer and Industry News.
OCTOBER 30, 2006 — FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany (BRAIN)—Interbike has competition. The organizers of Eurobike, Germany’s premier trade show, will launch a competing event in Portland, Oregon, next September challenging Interbike’s long dominance as the only show in the U.S. market. […]
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Posted October 31st, 2006
Newtown, Sydney, 2006
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Posted October 30th, 2006
What’s happening in Queensland?
The State Government has denied claims by a Sunshine Coast bike safety campaigner that it is considering introducing compulsory registration for bicycles.
Former police officer and founder of the Stakki Stikka organisation, Carolyn Kerr, yesterday said “very credible” government sources had told her the government would soon make an announcement on the scheme […]
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Posted October 30th, 2006
No I did not go to the Bicycle Film Festival, I was sick for the two days I had off and am still feeling the effects. Cycling to work this weekend saw my legs turning like a waterwheel and that was using a 36×15 on the single. But there was an upside in that there […]
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Posted October 29th, 2006
The End of Suburbia is a film I saw a couple of years ago and absolutely recommend it, this is an edited 52min version and is worth a watch. Press play.
The immediate price of petrol may have fallen, giving motorists a bit of breathing space, however the noise surrounding issues of plateau and depletion of […]
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Posted October 27th, 2006
But do you know about it, and are you listening?
I’ve just discovered this wonderful blog by a terrific writer who just happens to live in my area, and while cycling back through Meridith Jones’ posts I found this spot on summation of our local cycling retailer Mick Mazza, it’s well worth a read to see […]
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Posted October 27th, 2006
In a move that’s sure to get the US cycling tinfoil set further up in arms, we have news of Dick Pound’s successor at WADA…..yep, he’s French.
ONE of Europe’s leading anti-doping campaigners and former Olympic fencing gold medallist, Jean-Francois Lamour, is poised to succeed Dick Pound as the next head of WADA. Lamour, 50, the […]
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Posted October 27th, 2006
At a time when we are approaching real awareness about the issues of climate change, energy and sustainability, and begin to do something about addressing them, Holden Australia decides to buck the trend with the importation into this country of the Hummer H3.
Holden yesterday announced it would introduce the smallest of the Hummer range of […]
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Posted October 26th, 2006
There was a nice positive piece on cycling in yesterday’s SMH Online Business section. It also included a cross section of riders and well known local cycling identities from the Randwick Botany Cycling Club and the Sydney Cycling Club.
Interestingly, they also included a paragraph header describing mountain biking as the new bush walking, […]
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Posted October 25th, 2006
A know nothing jackass named Carl “Bleve” Brewer has posted an unbelievable piece of crap about Giant bicycles and the bicycle industry in general on a Google aus-bicycle group. I’ve taken the liberty of posting his comments in full under the fold which should be read before any readers weigh in.
While there may be […]
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