Richard Ayling and Bob Giddens met in 2007 at an Ortlieb-Party during Eurobike. Now they have agreed to a global collaboration in which Richard's Allegro Brand and Cactus10 will produce the same bikes for two different markets. Allegro's home is Melbourne, Australia, where Single-Speed and Track bikes are very popular among Aussie-Urbanites. USED will issue the same bikes and more under the Cactus10 logo. "Together we have some beautiful bikes that will turn some heads, both here and down under" said Bob Giddens, recently in Taiwan. Richard, who also imports Basso and Ortlieb into Australia, is pleased to have a partner that can consolidate some of the production and to promote both brands in the world. A lot of bikes get made in Taiwan and then transported to either Europe or the USA or Australia. These bikes will go both ways, making Taiwan the perfect base for global collaboration .... mehr.

If the Dragons are going to go one better than last year (Runners-Up in the Championship) then it's a case of "BiGBOYs win the League" and of course Adam Chubb (14 points per game) is doing his best to achieve that goal. Go Dragons Go! More Chubb ..... here.

The Ginger Ninjas - the band of Xtracycle founder Kipchoge Spencer - are touring from California to Mexico. Nothing special so far. That's what bands do all the time. Bob did this with his band and Uli is doing it now. But both of us never did it like this: The whole tour is human powered! No buses or Nightliners, no planes, no motorcycles around the arena before soundcheck, just legs man - just legs powering bikes. Read more!

Germans who order a Joeys Pizza can now ask for bicycle delivery. The franchise company has approved the Monark Carrier Bike and will be using it in their 100 stores. So don't forget to tip the messenger, he's not only giving you the pizza you ordered, he's also reducing your carbon footprint. Save the world - order a pizza from Joey's - and make mine a Margarita! Read more!

The mother of all cargo bikes will return in spring 2008! The USED-team convinced our Swedish friends from MONARK that the Long John is necessary in the world of modern mobility, so they decided to start producing again. MONARK will be 100 years old in 2008, and what a way to celebrate. Preorder it right away by sending us a mail. It will appear in a limited edition only, so don't be left out. Read more!