Jan-Willem van Schaik

MANCHESTER, UK - Danny Evans has been appointed as new CEO of Manchester-based Avocet Sports, the UK subsidiary of Hero Cycles, by volume the world's biggest bike maker. Evans will be responsible for Hero's operations in both the UK and Europe.

DENVER, USA - Twelve years after launching Gates Carbon Drive for the bicycle market, Gates is building upon its success unchaining bikes to bring advanced drivetrain solutions to electric motorcycles or e-scooters and the wider marketplace of light electric vehicles (LEVs).

MORGAN HILL, USA - At just 12.2 kilogram, Specialized's new Turbo Creo SL e-racer is much lighter than other e-bike with bottom-bracket based motors. Instead of using an existing system designed for urban riding or mountain biking, Specialized have built a system from the ground up specifically for road riding.

PODGRODZIE, Poland - The opening of the AG Motors aluminum frame factory in the East of Poland last week will contribute substantially to improve supply chain flexibility in the bicycle industry.

德國，斯圖加特（Stuttgart）－德國專業檢測組織DEKRA拓展其服務範圍，鎖定電動兩輪車領域。德國斯圖加特有一間全新的電磁相容（EMC）實驗室和電池檢測設施已開始運作。近期電動自行車法律規範改變，這是因應這一波需求增加所設立。時速達25公里的電動自行車現在開始必須符合機械指令及EN15194標準。

MAINZ, Germany - The premiere of the Accell D-A-CH order days, which took place yesterday and during the weekend, results in the fact that Accell Group will not exhibit at Eurobike this year.

DELFT, the Netherlands - The Cycling Lab of the Delft Technical University (TU) opened its doors for the World Cycling Forum participants last month. In a series of presentations, they were informed on the background of the Cycling Lab and what this lab brings the bicycle industry.

台灣，台中－Giant Manufacturing Co.和Merida Industry Co. 報告指出第二季度的電動自行車銷售成長穩地。該產品對於台灣自行車兩大龍頭企業來說已越來越重要。Giant發言人在五月便已宣佈該公司預計歐洲市場對於電動自行車的需求將持續增加。

TAICHUNG, TAIWAN - Both Giant Manufacturing Co. and Merida Industry Co. report a steady growth of e-bikes sales during the second quarter of the year. The e-bike is becoming increasingly important for Taiwan's largest bicycle manufacturers.

DUBLIN, Ireland - Cycling Industries Europe (CIE) visited Google's European Headquarters last week to start a search for connected cycling solutions. "We see this visit as the start of a programme to support businesses that have products or innovations in the Intelligent