Jan-Willem van Schaik

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Eurobike presented today a new media event for urban mobility with product testing of top innovations from leading manufacturers. The event is schedule for 10-11 July in in Frankfurt am Main.

PADOVA, Italy - Extrusion fender manufacturer Eurofender celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. What once started as a small ambitious manufacturer of mudguards has grown into a full-fledged supplier based in Northern Italy for the European bicycle industry.

IRVINE, USA - The Sena R1 road cycling helmet received the 2019 German Design Award as 'Excellent Product Design' in the category 'bicycle'. The helmet features the 4.1 Bluetooth technology offering a variety of communication possibilities.

WEITERSTADT, Germany - From model year 2019 onwards, Riese & Müller will be the world's first manufacturer to fit a main beam and brake light onto its e-bikes. They will come as standard features on the Homage and Delite models.

LILLE, France - Decathlon detected a front mudguard defect on its B'Twin B'Original bikes sold between January 2016 and 31 August 2018. The French retail giant issued a voluntary recall in several countries including France, United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands

LAS VEGAS, USA - Schaeffler's close to production-ready Bio-Hybrid was launched at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) earlier this week as a new form of personal urban mobility that basically re-invents the electric bike.

SUZHOU, China - E-Cargo bikes batteries have different requirements compared to regular e-bikes. Besides the need for more power and a longer life cycle, operators have often set higher safety standards. Phylion is targeting their unique prismatic laminated battery cells to specific e-cargo bike use.

On behalf of the Bike Europe team, it is my pleasure to wish all the readers of the e-mail Newsletter and all the regular visitors of the Bike Europe website as well as all the readers of the monthly Bike Europe trade journal, a happy Christmas and a good & healthy 2019.

SUZHOU, China - Battery manufacturer Phylion received the TÜV Süd technical report stating that the company is now officially EN ISO 13849-1:2015 (PL c, category 2) and EN15194:2017 clause 4.3.22. certified.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - With an import that quadrupled in the past five years and a market share that is nearing ten percent, e-bikes are growing into a significant force on the bicycle market in Denmark. This is what the 2017 numbers indicate with unfortunately the latest on 2018 still missing.