With the acquisition of Sparta on October 15th, Tenways added an iconic Dutch bicycle brand to its portfolio. The Dutch brand founded by a Chinese-European team bought Sparta's assets and trademarks with an ambitious goal: to bring the bicycle brand back to the forefront of its home market.

Berlin-based e-bike brand Lemmo sells its Zero folding e-bike in China through carmakers rather than bicycle retail. Since a partnership with Nio began in 2025, the Zero has received tens of thousands of orders through the carmaker's Nio Life store.

Robert Bosch GmbH will transfer the German operations of its Mobility business sector, which includes all activities for the car and bicycle industries, into a separate, wholly owned subsidiary from 1 August 2027.

Swedish sports and outdoor company Thule Group raised its third-quarter operating margin to 20.0%, but mainly thanks to SEK 52 million (EUR 4.7 million) in refunded US import tariffs. Without them, the margin would have been 18.0%, in line with last year. The results come two days after the company's three largest shareholders pushed out chairman Hans Eckerström, who had planned to step down in spring 2027.

Pon.Bike-owned Cannondale is moving its global headquarters from Wilton, Connecticut, to Woudenberg in the Netherlands. The Wilton office will wind down by mid-2027, with global functions brought together in Woudenberg and in Freiburg, Germany, where R&D and engineering are already based.

The General Court of the European Union ruled that customs authorities can classify e-bike parts imported in separate shipments as complete e-bikes. Industry association LEVA-EU warns that European assemblers relying on imported components now risk anti-dumping duties of up to 70.1%, retroactive claims and even criminal proceedings.

Scandinavian micromobility operator Voi Technology AB reported net revenue of EUR 88.2 million for the third quarter of 2026, up 53% year-on-year. Riders took 53.2 million rides on its shared e-scooters and e-bikes, compared with 37.4 million a year earlier.

British retailer Halfords Group plc grew like-for-like sales in its cycling business by 8.3% in the first half of its financial year, faster than Motoring or Autocentres. Group like-for-like sales rose 7.1%, helped by summer demand for seasonal products. Halfords is keeping the full-year profit guidance it raised in August.

Swedish helmet safety specialist Mips AB posted a 59% surge in Q3 net sales to SEK 215 million (EUR 19.3 million), driven by a twelfth consecutive quarter of growth in its cycling division.

Mike Dennison steps down with immediate effect because of expected low third quarter results. Full year net sales were first estimated to be 1.42 billion to USD 1.47 billion (EUR 1.27 billion to EUR 1.31 billion).

French sports retailer Decathlon has joined the Dutch network of Lease a Bike. 50 of its bicycle models are now available through the business leasing platform owned by Pon. The two companies are targeting employees in the Netherlands who can lease a bike through their employer.

French sporting goods retailer Decathlon opened a EUR 15 million flagship store in Oberhausen, its 117th in Germany, on 16 October 2026. The 4,500 square metre store houses the second German shop-in-shop of Decathlon's road and gravel brand Van Rysel, plus one for e-bike refurbisher Rebike Mobility.

Chinese, Amsterdam based, e-bike brand Tenways aims to resume Sparta sales in 2027 after acquiring the Dutch brand's assets. Sparta will keep its own identity and be run by its own team, instead of being absorbed into the Tenways brand.

The organizer of Copenhagen Bike Show has launched Cykeljobs.dk. The job portal is dedicated to bike mechanics hoping to fill the vacancies in the trade that are estimated to grow tremendously.

US health data company Truveta recorded 10.1 e-bike-related hospital emergency visits per 100,000 emergency patients in January-August 2026, up from 1.2 in the same period of 2023. That is an increase of 760.2%. The rate for conventional bicycles rose 7.9%, from 59.4 to 64.1.

Germany's bike-sharing fleet grew 1.5% year-on-year to 102,550 bikes, while private bike subscriptions fell 2% to 98,000. That is the finding of the second market data survey on sharing, subscriptions and rentals by German industry association Zukunft Fahrrad.

German bike leasing provider JobRad is introducing a follow-on lease that lets employees keep the same company bike for another 18 months once their regular contract ends. The company bike leasing revenue fell 4% to EUR 2.8 billion in 2025

Bicycle retail prices in the Netherlands fell 0.4% year-on-year in September 2026, marking a clear trend reversal after years of post-pandemic price hikes.r, according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Overall inflation was 3.4%, making bicycles more affordable, even adjusted for inflation.

With the opening of a dedicated E-Performance Centre in Koblenz, Canyon expands its physical touchpoints. Head of Retail Florian Schecklmann explains why this supports—rather than replaces—its core D2C strategy.

The appointment as President of Shimano Europe Group was like coming home for Fabio Takayanagi. At the start of his career at the Japanese component manufacturer in 2006, he was assigned to Shimano Europe, based in the Netherlands. He stayed here for one year to gain experience in the bicycle business. Since then, he has travelled the world for Shimano before coming back to Europe. A brief introduction of this industry insider and his view on the European market.

The e-bike plays a central role for the brand Velo de Ville. More than 80% of production in Altenberge, Germany, consists of e-bikes. Although general manager and owner Volker Thiemann is positive about the market, he is also concerned about recent technological developments that, in his view, threaten the survival of today's e-bike.

The Canyon booth at Eurobike was impossible to miss this year. In the middle of Hall 11, the German D2C brand put up one of the nicest booths at the show, claiming a centre stage position at the event. "We want to showcase our team effort since I assumed operational responsibilities as executive chairman in September 2025," said Canyon founder, Roman Arnold.