Jan-Willem van Schaik

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.

The brand name Bike More was not new to Cycertec for its cycling apparel portfolio. The Taiwanese company has expanded its range outside its regular offering. For Trekking Bike More developed a under saddle bag made of 100 percent waterproof TPU.

NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - The introduction of new business models on the Dutch retail market was disruptive for the regular IBD business in the past years. Especially the rapidly expanding e-bike market attracted many new brands, webshops and start-ups launching new sales concepts. One of them was Stella e-bikes.

NIJVERDAL, the Netherlands - Dutch design from Amsterdam with Japanese technology from Osaka. That was the idea when introducing the international bicycle child seat and component's brand Urban Iki in 2015. This design is now awarded with the German Design Award 2019.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - The e-bike business continues to grow. But it's getting ever-more-complex. In particular when taking the consequences into account of the anti-dumping on e-bikes imported from China.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - This is the final call for industry peers that want to take part in the WFSGI World Manufacturers Forum. The two day forum takes place on 11 and 12 December in Hi Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It's still possible to take part in this forum; there are seats left.

DOETINCHEM, The Netherlands - An in-depth report on the potential of cargo-bikes, an extensive review of the 2018 Taipei Cycle Show and an interview with the founders of Stella on their disruptive entrance on the Dutch e-bike market.

OSAKA, Japan - To gain traction for its e-bike business, Panasonic partnered with Chinese Mobike to explore the possibilities of an electric-bike-sharing service in Japan.