Editorial Team Bike Europe

European bicycle markets counted wins and losses in 2021, with the difficulties in supply chain hampering availability. But one thing that can't be ignored is the success of the e-bike with market shares rising across all key markets. Eurobike 2022 at its new location in Frankfurt will also be a new opportunity to view a whole range of new ideas and concepts in the field of connectivity, data collection, electronic shifting and sustainable/local production.

ZEIST, The Netherlands - The market for e-bikes continues to be strong in Europe. This can clearly be seen in the latest sales reports of the European industry organizations. There is no doubt, however, that the supply chain problems had a big impact on the market during 2021.

For the fourth consecutive year Taiwan reported a double-digit hike in e-bike exports. Despite supply chain constraints and booming transportation costs, the market continues to expand. However, 2022 comes with new challenges. How is the industry handling these dynamics and does it impact innovations, an important driver for the e-bike market? Taipei Cycle Show 2022 gave some insights.

ZEIST, The Netherlands - The April edition of Bike Europe magazine (issue 2/2022) is now available to read online in our digital magazine section. Read about the French governments' plans to redevelop the bicycle industry and how Taiwan's industry is facing post-pandemic challenges.

ZEIST, the Netherlands - E-bike batteries lag behind electric vehicles (ev's), energy storage and industrial batteries in terms of lifetime, reliability and safety. Bike Europe's latest whitepaper addresses the main reasons why and how this can be improved.

2020 and 2021 gave a push to cycling as never seen before. The industry gave everything to handle expanding demand despite supply chain constraints and booming transportation costs. Was this effort enough to keep the consumers engaged? 2022 will be the year in which it will become clear whether the bicycle and e-bike have really become the preferred urban mobility mode.

ZEIST, The Netherlands - Incase it didn't arrive on your doormat, the February edition of Bike Europe magazine (issue 1/2022) is now available to read online in our digital magazine section. Read about the impact of Specialized's move to roll out a global D2C sales strategy and Davide Campagnolo's view on the supply chain bottlenecks.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - Increasing congestion and the pressure from society to improve living conditions in urban areas has already resulted in a growing number of bicycles on the streets.

ZEIST, The Netherlands - The December edition of Bike Europe magazine (number 7/2021) is now available to read online in our digital magazine section. This issue includes a look at how ABIMOTA is taking a leading role in reshoring bicycle production in Portugal and examines the rise in EU e-bike and bicycle imports.

The UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow earlier this month will give an unexpected push to cargo bikes. Active lobbying by cycling organisations resulted in the addition of 'active travel' to the COP26 Declaration on Accelerating the Transition to 100% Zero Emission.