Jan-Willem van Schaik
Editor in Chief

Editor in Chief


"A market survey conducted by OnBikeX.de showed that no less than 85% of all IBD suppliers in Germany is exhibiting at Eurobike," says Eurobike MD Stefan Reisinger.

To help increase IBD sales and improve performance on the shop floor Specialized's retail educator Donny Perry partnered with online learning innovator Myagi to create a completely web based training program.

BOLOGNA, Italy - Termal Group and its subsidiary Five has expanded its position on the Italian e-bike market with the acquisition of the Italwin brand. The take-over was announced just after the publication of the 2015 sales statistics by industry association ANCMA which indicated that the Italian e-bike market grew by nearly 10% last year.

德國,柏林- 由於電動自行車日益普及,德國自行車市場的銷售狀況相當不錯。德國自行車產業協會 ZIV 報告指出,2014年市場銷量成長了8%,而2015年則有6.5%的成長,為435萬輛。

BERLIN, Germany -Thanks to the growing popularity of the e-bike, the German bicycle market is in pretty good condition. In 2014 the market volume increased by 8% while 2015 showed a 6.6% growth to 4,350,000 units, reported the national industry association ZIV.

SALT LAKE CITY, USA - Following 11 reports of broken seat posts, Scott issued a voluntary recall of its model year 2016 men's and women's road bicycles all assembled with the Syncros 1.0 Carbon Offset 27.2mm.

台灣,台中- FSA 最近新啟用了一棟四層樓的工廠,此工廠將完全投入 Vision 輪組的製造,其中還包括了碳纖維輪圈製造。

CASSELLA D'ASOLO, Italy - To celebrate the founding of Selle Italia 120 years ago, the Italian saddle manufacturer launched an all 'new' brand. Referring to its long time history, the company re-introduces its old name Sella Italia to present a line of leather saddles.

MONTEREY, USA - Next year's Sea Otter Classic in the US will be held one week later compared to the dates of the 2016 event. The 2017 Sea Otter Classic is scheduled for April 20-23, 2017.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - FSA recently opened a new four-story factory which is fully dedicated to the production of Vision wheelsets, including the manufacturing of carbon rims.