BIKE shop owners in Hampshire are bracing themselves for another boom in sales. During last month's petrol crisis many people used pedal power to get about.

Alan Rosenthal, manager of Portswood Cycles, in St Denys Road, Southampton, said: "We must have had an increase in sales of about 20 per cent last time.

"If there is another problem with petrol next month I expect our sales will go up again."