Jack Oortwijn

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Last Friday, an important deadline expired in the anti-dumping case regarding the import of e-bikes from China. 21 September was the last day on which the European Commission could proclaim provisional anti-subsidy

KARLSTEIN am MAIN, Germany - BMZ and Shimano announce that they are expanding their cooperation. It results in more BMZ batteries that fit with the Shimano STEPS e-bike systems. It means for OEMs that the BMZ batteries can be suited to specific requirements.

Finally it becomes more clear where Accell is heading to after Europe's biggest in bikes earlier this year announced to implement radical strategy changes. Part of these changes, and certainly not the least one, is the company's switch to omnichannel. What

The next-generation of high-end composite bicycle frames will be produced in Leuven, Belgium. REIN4CED is the new startup company behind it, which not only developed the patented impact-resistant steel-fiber composite frames, but that also devised a fully

Current EU Regulations on e-bikes offer a serious loophole. It makes it possible for companies to put over 250W and over 25 km/h e-MTBs on the market that skirt complicated and expensive type approval procedures. That's possible due to this exemption in the type-approval regulation wording: "vehicles primarily

After two years of not participating in the Eurobike show Europe's biggest dealer cooperative 'Zweirad-Einkaufs-Genossenschaft, ZEG' announces to be back next year and also in the years thereafter. With that ZEG's wholly owned brand names like Bulls, Hercules, Kettler Alu-Rad and Flyer are returning. Georg Honkomp,

This year's extremely good summer has contributed by no small means to the fact that players in the Dutch bicycle market can look back on an excellent sales season. Turnover-wise a double-digit growth is recorded up to August 31 with bicycle and e-bike sales euro growing even by more than 15 percent.

WASHINGTON, USA - The Trump Tariffs on bicycles, e-bikes and bike products imported into the U.S. from China will enter into force next Monday, September 24. From that day onwards up to the end of the year a 10 percent tariff will be levied which is to be raised to 25 percent with the start of the New Year.

GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Bicycle Industry Association (WBIA) is growing. The latest new members that are welcomed are AICMA (All India Cycle Manufacturers' Association) and ANAFABI (Mexican Association of Bicycle Manufactures). They already joined the last WBIA General Assembly which was held last July.

HELSINKI, Finland - After Amer Sports announced one week ago that it wants to sell its activities in the cycling market with Mavic and Enve, the Finnish holding got a takeover bid for all Amer shares by the Chinese companies ANTA Sports Products