Jack Oortwijn

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Next May 11 a Bike Europe seminar is organized on the current initiatives taking place in Europe with regard to creating supply chain flexibility and increasing speed to market. This seminar takes place in the Evergreen hotel in Taichung, Taiwan.

SASSENAGE, France - French multi-sports retailer Go Sport Groupe is launching a new chain of specialised cycling stores. The new retail chain is branded BIKE+. It has been set-up in view of, "The developing cycle market marked by a rising range especially with the appearance of electric bicycles."

美國，蒙特羅- 美國的電動自行車是不是正在轉變？如果以上星期的美國西雅圖展(Sea Otter Classic Show)為指標的話，那此問題的答案就是肯定的。然而，那是將電動自行車的參展商數量納入考量而論的話。

荷蘭，HEERENVEEN- 和Derby Cycle及其他品牌放棄參與歐洲自行車展完全相反，Accell Group將目標鎖定在福吉沙芬展。當Accell Group執行長René Takens被問到對於Derby Cycle聲明發棄參加2016年歐洲自行車展的看法時，他說：「我們將全力聚焦在2016年的歐洲自行車展，我們會有一個聯合的攤位展示我們所有的品牌。」

MONTEREY, USA - Is something shifting in the United States regarding electric bicycles? If last week's Sea Otter Classic show is an indicator the answer on that question is yes. However, that's when taking the number of e-bike exhibitors into account.

NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - The launch of Shimano's new mid-range off-road SLX groupset brings many of the performance features of Deore XT to almost every type of mountain biker. New at Shimano is also Deore XT with Di2 electronic shifting.

AMSTERDAM, THE Netherlands - It might be a little early for euphoria but, bike sales in the Netherlands really took off in the first months of 2016. Data from the country's bike market researcher Gfk underlines it as well as the sales figures from retail organization 'Bike Totaal'.

MARCLOPT, France - New at Mach 1 is a further expansion of its Stormer Disc rim program which is targeting road race bikes fitted with disc brakes.

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - Completely opposed to quitting Eurobike by Derby Cycle and other brands is what Accell Group aims for with regard to the Friedrichshafen Show. Asked for a comment on Derby Cycle's announcement to skip Eurobike 2016 Accell CEO René Takens says, "We set out focus full on the show with one joint booth for all our brands."

台灣，台中- 台灣自行車重鎮舉辦的第七屆OEM活動將會由台中自行車週和歐洲自行車展聯手合作主辦。雙方宣布將會緊密合作並期望將活動橫跨數個展區，並運用全新的媒合工具。