Jan-Willem van Schaik

BREMBATE, Italy - From September on, Italian premium components maker 3T will reorganize its distribution and go dealer-direct in Italy. They will be supplied from the company's European distribution centre based near Bergamo in the north of Italy.

SHENZHEN, China - The intelligent bicycle riding device manufacturer Livall has raised a combined fund of € 11.7 million in an opening round of a capital raising campaign. Venture capital firm ChinaEquity Group led the financing in the one year old start-up, headquartered in Shenzen.

LAS VEGAS, USA - "I get frustrated when I hear people say that they can see everything online, or that there's not anything new to see at Interbike by the time the show arrives," says Pat Hus, Vice President of Interbike. "I am going to assume that many of these naysayers haven't been to the show in many years."

CLOPPENBURG, Germany - High expectations on market developments made Derby Cycle decide to do more than a line-up of new MY 2016 e-MTB's, but ones for specific target groups. It's another indication of a coming perfect storm in e-MTB's.

英國，倫敦- 自行車環法大賽第一站在約克郡舉行的時候，今年英國製自行車的銷售一飛衝天。根據國家統計局的最新數據，英國製自行車的製造與銷售幾乎跳升了70%。

LONDON, UK - Demand for British-built bikes soared in the year when the first stage of the Tour de France was held in Yorkshire. According the latest statistics of the Office for National Statistics production and sales of UK made bicycles jumped almost 70%.

MOSS, Norway - Hamax is conducting a voluntary recall of its bicycle child seat Zenith Relax. The seat is a completely new 2015 model and has only been available since the beginning of April.

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - In the first half of 2015 Accell Group booked an operating profit of € 49.1 million, an increase of 29% from the € 38.2 million recorded in the first half of 2014. Net profit was up 21% at €31.9 million from € 26.3 million in the first half of 2014 while turnover was up 13% at € 537.8 million. The organic increase in net turnover came in at 11%, which was mainly the result of of higher sales of e-bikes and sports bicycles in the higher segment.

COLOGNE, Germany - The annual show of the biggest dealer cooperative in Europe, ZEG, which took place July 17 - 20, is not only an important order event for the affiliated retailers but it is also the first trade show on the European continent for model year 2016. With that it's THE indicator for new bike trends.

NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - Shimano did not wait till Eurobike but presented an all new footwear line-up at the Outdoor show which took place last week in Friedrichshafen. Adding up the new models, Shimano has an impressive 71 pairs available.