Jan-Willem van Schaik

MOSCOW, Russia - Velomotors CEO and well-known Russian businessman, Alexander Nachevkin, has suddenly passed away after a short-term but severe illness on Monday 4 January. Born on September 27, 1960, he was only 60 years old.

EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands - Massive demand for e-bikes and bicycles in combination with production interruptions disrupted the market in 2020. The impact on disturbed supplies for Shimano components of this Covid-19 driven market situation will not be over this year as Shimano Europe president Marc van Rooij explains.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Three European cycling industry associations announced a new forecast that the e-bike and bicycle market is expected to expand by almost 50% in 2030 compared with 2019. Taking the current supply chain problems into account, this projected market expansion requires substantial investments to increase component production as well as assembly capacity in the near future.

EPINAL, France - "Make cycling fun to get them on an e-bike," was the main reason for both Manuel Antonot and Greg Sand to start their own e-bike factory in the French Voges in 2011. Now known as Moustache Bikes, the company has seen buoyant growth in the past years, making them the leading company in the premium category on their home market today.

REUTLINGEN, Germany - The past year has shown an unprecedented growth for the e-bike industry. How will this impact product availability for the next model year? "2021 brings a lot of uncertainty on all levels," said Bosch eBike Systems CEO Claus Fleischer.

MUNICH, Germany - the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) and the IAA Mobility organizers VDA and Messe München have decided to move the date of the World Cycling Forum (WCF) to 6 - 7 September 2021.

PARIS, France - Increasing e-bikes sales are still attracting more and more automotive suppliers to the industry. The latest newcomer is French Valeo, who saw a hike in e-bike sales on their home market. The company has adapted its 48V motors for the electrification of bicycles.

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - According to projections of the Dutch dealer association Bovag the total market volume increased this year by almost a third. "This could have been 10% to 20% more if we had been able to get the parts on time," stated Accell Group CEO Ton Anbeek.

FSA has developed cable routing systems for road, gravel, aero, and MTB bikes which can be used for both internal and external cable routing. This patent-pending system combines FSA's knowledge bases in both headset and cockpit development as well as manufacturing.

The world is going digital. More and more devices are connected to the internet or to each other. Digitalisation is increasingly shaping our everyday lives and changing our habits. Also smart cycling becomes a reality with the connected pedelec. Mobility, in particular, will benefit from networking.