Jan-Willem van Schaik

GHENT, Belgium - The European Commission has initiated a review of Regulation 168/2013 which regulates the type approval for vehicles with two or more wheels. Since January 2017 all e-bikes, except those with assistance up to 25 km/h and a maximum continuous rated power of 250W, must comply with the European...

RAVENSBURG, Germany - ZF Friedrichshafen AG has acquired all shares of the joint venture ZF Sachs Micro Mobility GmbH. The previous shareholders BMZ GmbH and Gustav Magenwirth GmbH & Co. KG (Magura) have transferred their shares to ZF Friedrichshafen AG.

GENEVA, Switzerland - The members of the World Bicycle Industry Association (WBIA) have agreed that the WBIA Secretariat will continue to be managed by CONEBI in 2021. During their annual General Assembly last Wednesday, they also confirmed that current president of CONEBI Erhard Büchel will act as president of WBIA for the next year.

SUNDERN, Germany - For the clip-on mudguard category SKS has developed a new model offering maximum stability and flexibility. The Veloflexx set combines the advantages offered by a fixed mudguard and the ease of a clip-on mudguard.

TAMPERE, Finland - Following Revonte ONE, the smart e-bike drive system with an integrated automatic transmission, Revonte has released the flexible Revonte Akku battery solution for e-bikes.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - To provide more legal certainty for e-bike assemblers in Europe, the European Commission amended the anti-circumvention regulation for the import components made in China. Under the new regulation 2020/1296 published in the Official Journal, the

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The existing ISO 4210 safety standard for bicycles was supposed to be extended with a new paragraph on e-bikes. On 1 September ISO officially published this Part 10, but not as a standard, but a technical specification.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Darkbuster E1 e-bike light features high level protection against dust, sand, dirt and is corrosion resistant. Developed by Taiwanese Brightstar it complies to stringent international electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) standards.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, USA - Improperly manufactured cables for e-bikes distributed by Pedego Inc. in the US can cause dangerous circumstances. The company has received five reports of cable malfunctioning, causing the bike to unexpectedly accelerate and is now issuing a recall.

SAALFELD, Germany - The introduction of injection-molded frames by Velosione earlier this year opened the possibility to start recycling carbon frames. The issue of recycling carbon frames is high on the circular agenda to make the bicycle industry more sustainable.