Jack Oortwijn

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The hot and rain-free super summer of 2018 made e-bike sales in Sweden, Denmark and Finland to skyrocket. The markets for electric bicycles in the three Nordic countries are growing to maturity, while Sweden now ranks among the largest e-bike markets of Europe.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission has ramped up trade pressure on Cambodia (and Myanmar) over rule of law and human rights concerns. Last Friday EU Commissioner for Trade said that both countries risked losing preferential access to the EU market under the Generalized System of Preferences Plus arrangement.

MONTREAL, Canada - Dorel Sports including Cycling Sports Group (Cannondale, GT, Mongoose among other brands as well as Pacific Cycle and Caloi) showed a strong third quarter performance with revenues increasing by approximately 9.6 percent after removing the impact of varying foreign exchange rates year-over-year.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - The electrification of bicycles is opening new frontiers. It's now firmly established as THE main trend which is starting to also dominate the P&A sector.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - It's certainly not business as usual at the Taipei Cycle Show which is taking place this week. Of course that's caused by the mix-up with the show schedule, which means that another Taipei Cycle will take place in just five months.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's e-bike exports soared in volume and in value during the first nine months of this year. Export volume upped by 48 percent and reached nearly 200,000 units. Money-wise Taiwan electric bicycle exports grew with 52 percent to USD 269 million.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Taipei International Cycle Show that opens its doors next Wednesday, 31 October and runs to 3 November, will express optimism among trade visitors and exhibitors.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - This week's Taipei Cycle Show features on Thursday and Friday the Taipei Cycle Forum. This Conference is themed "Keep Pace with the Next Bike Age." The Forum speakers will dig deep in topics that vary from contemporary e-bike designs to e-mobility.

HELSINKI, Finland - It started with Amer Sports' announcement that it wants to sell its activities in the cycling market with Mavic and Enve on 5 September. Now it looks like the entire Finnish holding will be sold to the Chinese companies ANTA Sports Products and FountainVest Partners.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Already in 2017 the EU imports of regular bicycles from China showed a huge increase; by 54 percent to 635,000 units. Eurostat import data for the first half of 2018 shows that this vast growth continued.