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AUDITED SALES JAN-DEC 2018 (PRINT AND DIGITAL)

LastmonthI sloggedmy

wayupthefirstbigclimb

onmySundayloop,popped

outintothesunshineatthe

viewpointreadyforthe

rewardofa sumptuousvista

andbeheld...rubbish.Not

much,a fewbitsblowing

about,butit wasenoughto

spoilmyride.I pickedthem

up,buteverywhereI

stoppedfromthen

onI seemedtospot

more,likemy

brainwasattuned

toitspervasive

nature.It ’s

everywhere if you

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theenvironment,thesoil,the

wildlife,ourhealthandour

wellbeing and it’s timetostopit.

TimBrown

Ed- GreatletterTim,thanksfor

takingsomepersonalactionon

this.There’sa lotofmomentum

atthemomentaround

clearinguprubbish,

internationallyof

coursebutnow

onthemtbscene

too—a new

organisation’s

justlaunched

called Trash

FreeTrails(TFT),dedicatedto

cleaningupourtrailsandriding

spots.Asa publicitydriveTFTis

startingwitha roadtrip,taking

ineightridingspotsaround

theUK,fromBikeParkWales

onApril 13 totheTweedlove

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YOUR LETTERS

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AfterwatchingyourHardtailoftheYear

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sureif thesizechartis goodenoughif

orderingoffline.

Iam5ft9in,insideleg31in.Doyou

haveanyideasastowhostocksthem

around my area?

IanWilmore

Ed– HiIan,Vitusis onlysoldonline,

so you won’t fi nd a dealer locally. It’s

WINS

a MadisonZenith

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WORTH

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Don’tdropit,

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