Jan-Willem van Schaik
Editor in Chief

Editor in Chief
MONTREAL, Canada - Dorel Sports including Cycling Sports Group (CSG; Cannondale, GT, Mongoose among other brands as well as Pacific Cycle and Caloi) is ringing alarm bells on the current situation at the North American bike market.
CHANGHUA CITY, Taiwan - Oxtec hubs, manufactured by Tai-World Mfg. come with an new developed inner structure. While Oxtec hubs are compatible with both mountain bikes and e-bikes they feature important advantages.
DELHI, India - Established in 1974, Ralson India Ltd. began its modest journey in Ludhiana, manufacturing bicycle tyres and tubes. Ralson advanced into becoming one of India's leading players in the bicycle tyre industry, as well as expanded into the manufacturing of automobile tyres.
DEVA, Romania - Bicycle and e-bike manufacture Eurosport DHS celebrated its 20th anniversary last 12 September. A large delegation of suppliers, distributors and customers attended the ceremony. Eurosport DHS is regarded as one of the largest bicycle factories in South-East Europe.
BUSNAGO, Italy - The introduction of FSA's e-bike drive system was one of the highlights at Eurobike. Next to manufacturing bicycle components like cranksets, spiders and sprockets FSA is also a well-established supplier to e-bike drivetrain makers.
SUZHOU, China - Phylion recently celebrated the production of its 10th million power lithium-ion batteries. According to Phylion Battery's chairman and president Feng Xiao "Manufacturing lithium batteries is a serious process. You can't just come and go like webshops.
WROCLOW, Poland - Earlier today President and CEO Qinghua Wang of Bafang Electric (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. officially opened the company's new production facility based in Wroclow, Poland.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - It's costly to obtain a license for the use of a patented InTube battery system, according to sources. At least that's said about the one Bosch is selling for its frame-integrated batteries that come with its drive-units and other components.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - For Indian Amar Wheels Eurobike 2019 is the new opening to the European market. "Exhibiting at Eurobike gives us the opportunity to show the market how we reorganized Amar Wheels and made it fit better for the European market," explains Amar Wheels Marketing Director Karran Aggerwal.
ULFT, the Netherlands - Basil originally unveiled the MIK (Mounting is Key) luggage carrier system at Eurobike 2017. This year, the Dutch company unveiled the second generation, the heavy-duty version. The heavy-duty version can carry up to 30 kilogram making it suitable for child seats.