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By the time you read this the Brompton World Championships will be only a fortnight away. Even if you aren’t competing, it’s a great spectator event, so do come and say hello. As in previous years, the

A to B camp will be near the Finish line, and we’re hoping to be showing the SP tandem, plus the infamous two-man Brompton Beat Box (now with twin amplifiers). If we’re not going to win, we might as well make a bit of noise.

Years ago, when email was in its infancy, we used to circulate some thirty of forty other newbies with our latest news, and thus - we like to think - invented Twitter. Now, we’ve finally joined the real thing, so it’s once again possible to follow our twitterings. If you know how it works, we’re at @atob_magazine DAVID HENSHAW

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Contents The Mole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A to B L e t t e r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A to B News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 P i vo t ’s Co r n e r : D r i n k i n g & C y c l i n g . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 B ro mp t o n I n n o v a t i o n : Yo u r I nv e n t i o n s . . . . . . . . 1 6 Europe by Bike & Public Transport: The L ow Countr i e s . 2 0 Op i n i o n : H i g h S p e e d 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 T h e Tr i a l : B i o nX - Gaze l l e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 A to B Sm a l l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5

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