Jack Oortwijn

EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands - A YouGov study, commissioned by Shimano, indicates that a quarter of all Europeans are now willing to commute to work by e-bike. This independent research of over 12,000 people across 10 countries reveals

TAIPEI, Taiwan - At last month's Taipei Cycle Show e-bike drive system maker Metz announced that its mid-motor production is starting next May in Neurenberg, Germany. First shipments are also scheduled for May. Without mentioning more precise numbers it's said that it will amount to a high-volume,

ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands - The upcoming World Cycling Forum taking place on June 4 and 5 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, features an impressive line-up of keynote speakers.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Last week's Taipei Cycle made abundantly clear that there's a turnaround taking place in Taiwan. The island's industry is turning to e-bikes and their export to the EU. It's prompted by the anti-dumping duties now in place for e-bikes exported from China to Europe.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - From today, bicycle and mobility companies, designers and developers are invited to enter their latest product innovations for the Eurobike Award 2019.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - One of the show visitors aptly expressed the current market situation as reflected by last week's Taipei Cycle. He said, "There are hardly any mechanical bikes left to see here." As expected Asia's biggest B2B show was all about e-bikes.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - With e-bikes becoming mainstream and the biggest category in Europe's main markets now a big bottleneck is surfacing; which could put the brakes firmly on further growth. That logjam is in the supply of mid to hi-end alloy frames. With demand growing fast questions are raised on production capacity.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - What last week's 2019 Taipei Cycle Show also clearly underlined is that the production of bicycles, e-bikes and bike parts and products is changing drastically and on a massive scale.

ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands - The busy agenda of the World Cycling Forum 2019 includes Q&A sessions with the speakers, workshops, panel discussions as well as ample networking opportunities during the breaks. A very special event is taking place in the evening of the first day.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Even during the opening ceremony of the 32nd Taipei Cycle Show that started yesterday and runs until Saturday, it was a subject that two of the four official speakers referred to.