Jack Oortwijn

New York, USA - Argentinian born Gi FlyBike has been launched recently. It's an instantly foldable, electric bike which is not only, "Created for the future, but is also to transform urban commuting around the world by challenging every aspect of traditional bike design."

COMO, Italy - It took longer than expected; some three years. But now it's there. Today Vittoria presented its new line-up of road, MTB and e-MTB tyres that thanks to the wonder-material Graphene offer unprecedented characteristics.

SANGERHAUSEN, Germany - In a special session the Sangerhausen city council paved the way for the relocation of bike maker MIFA within the same community were MIFA has been based for over a century.

BERLIN, Germany - Bike-ID UG, a startup focusing on protecting bike-owners from bicycle theft, has announced the launch of its online bicycle registry that allows all international bike owners to register their two-wheelers for free.

MUNSTER, Germany - At the start of this month Tubus Carrier Systems GmbH has acquired the worldwide distribution and production rights of 'Wingee' branded mudguards from Herkelmann bikes.

MUNICH, Germany - Technology company Linde Group, a 17 billion euro company which is with its staff of 65,000 a leader in the build-up of a hydrogen infrastructure, is exploring new possibilities of zero-emission, sustainable mobility. Last week the company unveiled a fuel cell driven e-bike.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - It is probably not the first and it will certainly not be the last; e-bike maker BESV from Taiwan with its core competencies in IT is one of the first manufacturer in the bike industry to offer a members-only App.

愛爾蘭，CORK- 世界最大網路自行車商店-Chain Reaction Cycles Ireland Ltd.的業務成長為6%，和其他網路商店動輒兩位數的成長相比之下，遜色許多。

中國，南京- 在Bosch、Brose、Pon等大廠相繼進入電動自行車領域後，另一家汽車大廠也進入此一領域。這家企業2014年保持低調，在今年八月的歐洲自行車展裡也沒有想要出風頭。然而在上星期一閉幕、於中國南京舉辦的亞洲自行車展裡，該公司相當公開地展示其電動自行車系統。

中國，南京- 上星期一閉幕、在南京舉行的閉幕的亞洲自行車展，總共有13224位參觀者、8866位商務參觀者和4358位自行車車迷參與了這個車展。總數達433個品牌(2014年為487個)、其中72%為國際品牌在超過4萬平方公尺的展場空間裡展出其創新產品。