Jo Beckendorff

WÜLFRATH, Germany - The sharp rise in demand for Puky kids and juvenile bicycles as well as its mountain bikes has prompted the German children and youth bike brand to start additional production in Poland.

RESITA, Romania - After a gradual termination of the cooperation with sports retail giant, Decathlon on December 31, 2021, Romania bicycle assembler, NextCity had to rethink its future. According to the company, "they had assembled almost 4 million bicycles for Decathlon exclusively in the past 12 years."

BERLIN, Germany - E-cargobike maker Onomotion GmbH moved into a new headquarters in Berlin earlier this year. Now the company has celebrated the move of the production facilities into this same location. Now all areas - from development and production to sales and customer service - are in one place.

TIMISOARA, Romania - Sport Mechanical Workshop SRL (SMW) is known for being one of the four exclusive assemblers for Decathlon in Europe. The Romanian company joined forces with the French sporting goods giant to launch phase two of its ambitious long-term strategy. At the beginning of the year they celebrated the start of a major new factory and there is more to come.

TIMISOARA, Romania - For a long time, Romania was considered the poorhouse of Europe. After the communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, was forced to leave in 1989, there were hopes of a rapid improvement. However, restructuring the economy turned out to be much more difficult. What is the potential to develop the country's bicycle industry? Bike Europe visited a series of companies that made the step to Romania.

WELS, Austria - The news has been rumored in the industry for a while, but it has been officially confirmed this week: Pierer Industrie AG has acquired an undisclosed majority stake in renowned German bicycle components expert Syntace. With this, the Austrian motorcycle giant has taken the next step to expand its position in the bicycle industry.

SYDNEY, Australia - Online bicycle shop and marketplace BikeExchange Limited has announced some top management changes including a new CEO. In its latest financial results, the company, which has been restructuring over the last 12 months, also managed to boost its total revenue by 47.4% to $AU6.58 million (€4.5 million) compared to the previous 2020/21 fiscal year.

MATTIGHOFEN, Austria - Despite aggravated delivery problems, Austrian two-wheeler giant Pierer Mobility AG was able to record a positive sales value performance in the first six months of the year. As far as unit sales are concerned, however, the demand for e-bikes could not quite be met.

MUNICH, Germany - With serious supply shortages and ongoing delivery problems hitting the world market, German start-up TFJ Bucycle GmbH launched its used bicycle online marketplace. After a successful start on the home market, the company is now expanding its business concept and taking it international.

FRANKFURT, Germany - Apart from a few niche suppliers who could be counted on one hand, for years there was no one on the road with the TQ drivetrain unit. Now the Germans are back with a new lightweight, quiet, small motor with which they say they have a major bike supplier onboard with Trek Bicycle.