Jan-Willem van Schaik

In addition to the e-MTB drive units E8000 and E7000 as well as the E6100 city/trekking e-bike groupset, Shimano now introduces the E5000 for city/comfort bikes. With these four systems Shimano offers a complete range in the main e-bike categories. But how is the performance in real-life?

ST. JEAN DE MOIRANS, France - The Rossignol Group, owner of Felt, Rossignol and Time, announce the departure of co-founder and President of Felt Inc, Bill Duehring. The Rossignol Group has appointed Scott Rittschof as Senior Vice President of the company's Global Bike Division.

HELSINKI, Finland - Mavic and Enve no longer fit in Amer Sports' strategy to pursue sustainable, profitable growth. "We prioritize acceleration in soft goods, B2C, China, United States, and digitalization," said Amer Sports President and CEO Heikki Takala this morning while he announced the company's updated strategy.

Merida's e-bike shipments reached 93,300 units in the first seven months on this year up 63 percent or 57,000 units on the 2017 total for the same period. Financial analysists report that the company could see e-bike revenue contributions to rise to 30 percent of its total sales.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The latest Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA) statistics show a major improvement of the country's bicycle and e-bike industry's performance. According to the TBA e-bike exports increased 44.9 percent to 155,910 units between January and July this year.

LILLE, France - French Decathlon has acquired Swiss sports store chain Athleticum from Maus Frères for an undisclosed amount. So far, Decathlon had only two stores and a webshop in Switzerland but now the store count jumped to 23 locations.

BERLIN, Germany - E-bike sales in Germany continues to outperform this year. According to the latest estimates of the German industry association 'Zweirad Industrie Verband' (ZIV) around 670,000 units were sold

AMERSFOORT, the Netherlands - Former SRAM Europe General Manager Martin van Beek (58) was involved in a fatal accident last Sunday. Van Beek has been with SRAM from 1993 to 31 August 2008.

美國，舊金山 (San Francisco)－Uber正從汽車跨入電動自行車及機車代步服務以專攻短程旅客，作為該公司長期策略的一部分。Uber執行長Dara Khosrowshahi表示：「儘管這會和現有汽車駕駛競爭，不過提供更多個人交通工具，會更適合市區內移動。」

SAN FRANCISCO, USA - Uber is planning a shift in focus from cars to e-bikes and scooters for shorter journeys as part of its long-term strategy. According to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi "More individual modes of transport are better suited to inner-city travel, despite its competition with existing Uber's drivers."