Jack Oortwijn

DUISBURG, Germany - Is there a solution for the major problem that the rocketing e-bike sales in Europe is facing? That problem is in the limited availability of aluminum frames. Production in Europe has to increase; and fast. But starting (robotized) production of alloy frames is complicated.

MADRID, Spain - It took some more time as in other European countries, but electric bikes are now also making their mark on the bicycle market in Spain.

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Last Friday Accell Group NV announced that it has reached agreement on the sale of its Canadian brand registrations of Raleigh, Diamondback, Redline and IZIP to Canadian Tire Corporation; the country's biggest bike retailer.

AMERSFOORT, the Netherlands - First half year results for the Dutch market indicate that again electric bike sales is showing huge growth. It contrasts sharply with the sale of regular bicycles, which is sinking further and further.

KORTRIJK, Belgium - That the Belgian people embraced e-bikes has already been established as a fact by recent market studies carried out by 'Velofollies', the country's biggest bicycle show.

ANNECY, France - Amer Sports has completed its divestment of Mavic SAS. The Finnish sporting goods manufacturer has finalized the sale of its French bike subsidiary to private equity firm Regent LP.

TAMPA, USA - Bill Shook and Ellen Kast, owners of the American Classic business, announced yesterday that they are marketing the assets of the business for sale, seeking a strategic or operational acquirer that can leverage the brand and its technologies to its fullest potential.

JOURE, the Netherlands - As part of a restructuring of the company which has resulted in the 3 companies that belong to the Spanninga group now operating under one identity towards customers, also management changes have taken place.

IWATA, Japan - The company has made a new for itself in motocross and even points to its DNA coming from motorsports. With that background Yamaha is now claiming to have set a new benchmark for hi-end e-MTBs with its new top mid-motor PW-X2.

CHANG HUA, Taiwan - TranzX is changing its production locations as a result of the e-bike anti-dumping duties that came into force at the beginning of this year. It is not switching its entire production from Dongguan and Shenzhen in China to Taiwan.