Jan-Willem van Schaik

義大利，米蘭- Piaggio在2014年的米蘭國際摩托車展EICMA裡，已經宣布進入電動自行車市場，並展示了一輛時尚的車款。從那之後，沒有太多來自這家義大利速克達製造商的消息，直到上個星期，他們又推出了Wi-Bike。

MÜNSTER, Germany - Following the takeover of the fender brand Wingee last October, Tubus carrier systems recently announced the acquisition of 33 percent of the shares of Becatex GmbH.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - On December 8 and 9 JEC Group and the Society of Plastics Engineers will host an international conference on bicycle technology. The event will focus on the use of composites in bicycles.

AIGLE, Switzerland - The official approval of disc brakes in road race came a big step closer with the announcement of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to continue the trial of disc brakes in professional road racing in 2016.

MILAN, Italy - At the International Motorcycle Show EICMA in Milan 2014, Piaggio already announced its entrance on the e-bike market and showed a stylish model. Not much was heard from the Italian scooter manufacturer until last week when they again introduced the Wi-Bike.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - This year's Taichung Bike Week attracted some 5,000 industry people including product managers and many distributors. It's not a high profile trade show. Nevertheless, it fulfils a leading role in the annual product development and specification cycle, which has proved to be essential for the bike industry for years.

THE HAGUE, the Netherlands - "Cycling and walking as part of the Dutch transportation system have grown in importance," says the Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis (KiM) in a recent study. Nevertheless the research institute is critical of the country's cycling policy.

SAINT LO, France - Supported by the local community as well as regional authorities, Easybike built a brand new factory completely dedicated to the production of e-bikes. The new plant was opened last Tuesday.

德國，科隆- 世界最大經銷商合作組織ZEG正式確認收購Kettler的自行車部門，此次收購包括Hanweiler的自行車工廠。這象徵了ZEG的經營策略改變，從一個零售組織轉變為兼具自行車製造的企業。

德國，WALDERSDORF- 歐洲自行車展B1展廳，總是有著大批群眾突顯出Cube的攤位所在。也許也就是因為人潮太多了，以致於Cube的人員沒有足夠的空間談生意，因此該公司宣布退出歐洲自行車展，將重心放在內部的B2B展覽。