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12/09/2008 Entry: "As others fall, bicycles ride high"

One comes across surprising nuggets in the financial media, regardless of the economic season.

Take for instance a recent story about the bicycle industry. Interestingly, one of the world industries seemingly not suffering in the current worldwide recession, if we can agree that the embargo over calling it that has now expired, is the bicycling business.

Top bicycle and bicycle parts makers in Taiwan and Japan are reporting steadily increasing revenues, despite the falling popularity around the world of the bicycle’s four-wheeled cousin.

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/opinion/stories/2008/11/26/gooddened1.html