Rosie Burgin

SHENZHEN, China - Topband, the Chinese manufacturer of controllers, motors and lithium batteries for a range of industries is entering the e-bike mid-motor market for the first time. Building up from batteries to a complete e-bike drive system offering, the company displayed its new lightweight motor at Eurobike.

FRANKFURT, Germany - Danish start-up Pentalock enjoyed its second ever outing to Eurobike for this year's event. In contrast to a year ago, the anti-theft solution is making a market entrance in the Netherlands and is ready to scale-up production as CEO and co-founder Emil Norup explained to Bike Europe.

BREMBATE, Italy - Vittoria has introduced a new addition to its Corsa range of tyres, the Corsa N.Ext. Designed to offer racing-inspired performance with ultimate durability, it completes Vittoria's top-of-the-range offer by filling the gap between the Pro Competition and Advance Training tyre categories.

FRANKFURT, Germany - enviolo, known for its unique stepless shifting products, introduced two new additions to its product portfolio during Eurobike this year the 'Extreme' hub and gearbox. With the Extreme products enviolo aims to strengthen its position in the B2B e-cargo bike segment and meet the demands of bicycle manufacturers who want to equip cargo bikes with enviolo's stepless shifting technology.

WELS, Austria - Pierer Industrie has acquired an 80% stake in the Johansson cargo bikes business, from EW Mobility GmbH & Co KG, following which a newly founded Johansson GmbH based in Schweinfurt, Germany, will be established. The acquisition shows that the Pierer group doesn't want to miss out on this rapidly growing product category.

FRANKFURT, Germany - Energy storage, raw material prices, dependence on China, these were some of the issues addressed by Sven Bauer, CEO and Founder of BMZ during his keynote presentation during the Battery Experts Forum held in Frankfurt last week. However, supply chain shortages which have also gripped the e-bike industry was also high on the agenda.

LADOUX, France - Michelin has launched its new Michelin Power Cup range of premium road bicycle tyres. The range, which is available in Tubular, Tubetype and Tubeless Ready versions, features new tread compounds for speed, rolling efficiency and cornering grip.

MILAN, Italy - Pirelli has updated its Scorpion range to offer maximum performance for all mountain bike disciplines. The enduro and e-MTBs tyres now feature a new design and compound and the ProWall casing option has also been added for the enduro tyres.

FRANKFURT, Germany - The 17th edition of the Battery Experts Forum is now underway in Frankfurt. In a change of date to coincide with Eurobike, more than 100 leading industry users, developers, opinion leaders as well as researchers from international companies and institutes will talk about the latest trends in batteries over the next 3 days.

LEUSDEN, the Netherlands - From today there's a new player in the e-bike drivetrain market, Okawa. With what is calls a "disruptive business model, focused on sustainability and a compelling consumer experience," the start-up offers a versatile model that includes drivetrain subscriptions and a strong service proposition to keep e-bike users on their bike and servicing simple for dealers and agents.