TAIPEI, Taiwan - It is regarded as one of the main challenges for e-bike and bicycle assemblers today, having all components in stock in time to deliver a complete bike. Still Taiwan's e-bike and bicycle assemblers managed to generate double digit growth volumes last year.
RIEL, the Netherlands - Torque sensor developer, IDbike has ambitious plans to produce significantly more volume and become an OEM supplier of complete drive systems for e-bikes. To facilitate this the company is now looking for external investors to the value of €2 million.
GELDERMALSEN, The Netherlands — For many years it was thought that the bicycle and e-bike were fully developed in terms of shape, but the opposite is true. Gert-Jan van Breugel of the Dutch design agency, Modyn, explains how technology mainly associated with an e-bike has given design trends a new impetus. "The bicycle is really diversifying," he tells Bike Europe.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - At the Taipei Cycle 2022 kick-off event yesterday in Taipei, the winners of the annual design and innovations awards were revealed. A total of 33 entries were awarded of which 4 in the category 'e-bikes and drive units'. The six Gold Awards will be unveiled on the first day of Taipei International Cycle Show on 9 March 2022.
ANADIA, Portugal - An all-new e-bike production facility with a capacity of up to 50,000 units annually, has started production in Portugal. Based in the middle of the Portugal Bike Value, Bikap presents itself as 'carbon neutral' factory.
Subscribers onlyWARSAW, Poland - The potential of the Polish bicycle market is generally regarded as very high, but supply chain constraints have made the bicycle market very unstable. Over the past decade, Poland became a very popular location to produce bicycles for the EU market. But assemblers are facing major delays due to shortages of drivetrain components.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission has decided to classify e-bikes powered via a generator and not driven via a chain as regular 25 km/h and 250W e-bikes excluded from Regulation 168/2013 following Article 2.2(h). Until now for these bikes type-approval in the L-category was required. This proved to be a legal bottleneck for technological development and successful market introductions.
BOCHOLT, Germany - German D2C bicycle supplier Rose Bikes GmbH closed its fiscal year 2020/21, with a sales increase of 8.5% compared to the previous year, totalling €148.7 million. For 2021/22, the company's ongoing expansion plans are said to be the backbone of achieving a two-digit sales increase.
ZEIST, The Netherlands - Incase it didn't arrive on your doormat, the February edition of Bike Europe magazine (issue 1/2022) is now available to read online in our digital magazine section. Read about the impact of Specialized's move to roll out a global D2C sales strategy and Davide Campagnolo's view on the supply chain bottlenecks.
德國，法蘭克福（FRANKFURT）－自行車界最大規模商展Eurobike從福吉沙芬移地法蘭克福將會帶來全然不同的樣貌。Eurobike展會經理Stefan Reisinger與其團隊對外說明這屆展會的不同之處。
法國，巴黎（PARIS）－在汽車供應商Valeo發表自行車電動輔助技術的14個月後，他們表示已與14間電動自行車製造商合作進行量產。該技術會在今年五月納入製程，一開始主要用於法國的電動自行車。
美國，芝加哥（CHICAGO）－零件製造商SRAM開發出一套電動自行車馬達系統的消息已流傳一段時間。他們和電動馬達系統有著一段愛恨情仇，以往嘗試踏入這塊市場之後都無疾而終，回歸本業。不過美國快速成長的電動登山車市場已大幅改變此況。
美國，小石城（LITTLE ROCK）－Cardinal Cycling Group從Rossignol Group手中買下Time Sport已滿一年，他們對於該品牌的發展相當滿意。據母公司執行長Tony Karklins表示，去年銷量超過兩倍成長達三到四千輛，今年的產量也會再增加。
CHICAGO, USA - Not for the first time, it is hinted that components manufacturer SRAM has developed an e-bike drive system. The American's have a sort of love-hate relationship with electric drive systems. After each attempt to enter the market, they went back to their roots. However, the rapidly growing e-MTB market in the US has changed this situation drastically.
LONDON, England - Electric last-mile delivery vehicle provider, Zoomo, has raised an additional $20 mln (€17.5 mln) in its Series B funding round. The additional funds, which bring the total funding raised to date to over US $100 mln (€88 mln), will be used for product development and further market expansion.
LITTLE ROCK, USA - One year after Cardinal Cycling Group purchased Time Sport from Rossignol Group, the new owner is satisfied in the development of the brand. According to Tony Karklins, CEO of the parent company, production volumes are set to rise in 2022.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Cycling Industries Europe is hosting a webinar on February 23rd as part of its Cycling Innovation Network (CIN). With two top level speakers, the webinar will examine what the innovation process looks like in large companies.
