Jan-Willem van Schaik

After two excellent bicycle sales reports for 2014 and 2015, the German industry organization ZIV announced today less positive market results for 2016.

Decathlon issued a voluntary recall for a full line of ladies e-bikes due to breaking frames. The e-bikes included in this recall were distributed between

Bike Europe and the bike dealer magazine for the Netherlands and Belgium, 'Tweewieler' will exhibit at the 30th Taipei Cycle Show taking place from March

丹麥，哥本哈根(Copenhagen)－儘管整體自行車市場是衰退的，但電動自行車在丹麥、瑞典及挪威這三個北歐國家皆有了良好的立足點。儘管這股轉型尚未在芬蘭形成，但這是遲早的事情，因為去年高端自行車市場擴大，所以現在的芬蘭人比起過去更願意多花金錢在自行車上。

德國，腓特列港(Friedrichshafen)－第26屆歐洲自行車展Eurobike將在今年8月舉行，主辦單位預計將會有來自世界各地的1,350家參展商一同參與。展會經理Stefan Reisinger表示：「Eurobike正在轉型，就像自行車產業一樣。在性能電動登山車快速發展之後，電動自行車及相關零部件正在推進自行車作為一種交通產品。」

法國，阿斯克新城(Villeneuve d'Ascq)－迪卡儂的營業額在接連下來的一年增長了12%。世界上最大的體育用品零售商在2016年創造出100億歐元的總銷售額。同比銷售增長率為4.4%，略低於2015年的5%。

The e-bike has gained a strong foothold on the three Nordic countries, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, although their overall bicycle markets declined. The

E-bikes have a greater potential, in addition to the known benefits of cycling, but up until now they were excluded from most of the electromobility

For the 26th Eurobike edition next August the show organization expects to welcome some 1,350 exhibitors from all over the world. "Eurobike is transforming,

VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ, France - For the second consecutive year Decathlon increased its turn-over by 12%. In 2016 the world's biggest sports retailers generated a total of 10 billion euro in sales. Like-for-like sales growth stood at 4.4%, slightly less than the 5% Decathlon reported for 2015.