the story so far...
Cycling historian Claude B Dawes has been summoned to meet the mysterious Dr Rudolph Moeller at M7’s underground bike testing facility in the Netherlands after a very important bike part goes
missing. Dawes and M7’s top bike designer, Lucyna Langlijne receive shock news from CycleQuest, The World’s Largest Bike Fair. Will the Swiss Bike Patrol be up to the task and who’s behind the theft?

‘Moeller’s left in a hurry... trust him not to tell us where he’s going.’ Lucyna was not surprised by her boss. Like everything about the M7 Institute, secrecy was paramount. It had taken her years to find where the company kept basic items like coffee and toilet rolls.

‘I wonder what the Swiss Bike Patrol told him?’

The phone rang again. ‘Zandvoort?!’ Lucyna exclaimed. ‘The M7 AM10 36 spoke hub is now at the bike fair in Zandvoort? Tell the Swiss Bike Patrol to bring it back over here at once. It’s vital that it is kept charged up’

Lucyna’s eyes narrowed as she took in the reply. ‘What was that all about?’ Dawes didn’t understood a word of Dutch .

‘The Swiss Bike Patrol have an image of the hub on a CCTV camera that has been hidden somewhere on a bike on the festival site. CycleQuest is vast and there are over 10.000 bikes parked there. Like een naald in de hooiberg! Have you any idea who the people behind the strange symbol and this incident are? And what do they want?’ Lucyna looked worried.

‘I think it’s time we got over to Zandvoort sharpish.’ Dawes was now determined to stay ahead of the game. ‘Let’s take the Ultra Tandem Velomobile - did I tell you that it’s more comfy than EasyJet?’

‘I’m afraid Dr Moeller has taken the Ultra Tandem Velomobile with his chauffeur. Can you ride a Flevo Oke Ja? There are no standard bikes at the Institute.’

Dawes face fell and a sick feeling welled up in his stomach. ‘I’ll give it a try whatever it is.’ Dawes had never really got on with recumbent bikes after the Pashley PDQ incident in York all these years ago. Some cruel person had taken and circulated a picture of him impaled on the machine. What kind of person would do that? His mind raced - was this all part of a plot to discredit him? Could the ‘Brotherhood’ have been active even then?

‘I’m more a trike kind of guy... I take it you don’t have..?’