台灣，台北－現今時日要將自行車所有零件準時送達客戶手中是（電動）自行車組裝廠最頭痛的難題之一。儘管如此，台灣（電動）自行車廠去年出口仍創下二位數成長。

葡萄牙，阿納迪亞（ANADIA）－年產能達五萬的葡萄牙全新電動自行車工廠已正式啟用。該廠位於該國Portugal Bike Value中心地帶，是一間碳中和工廠。

德國，博霍爾特（BOCHOLT）－德國D2C（direct to customer，直接面對消費者）自行車供應商Rose Bikes GmbH公佈2020/21年財務報告，銷售較前一年成長8.5%，達1.487億歐元。該公司正在進行的拓展計畫幫助他們實現二位數成長。

荷蘭，RIEL－ 扭力感測器開發商IDbike積極計畫大幅提高生產並成為完整電動自行車傳動系統的OEM供應商。該公司為實現計畫正對外募集200萬歐元的資金。

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.

WARSAW, 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。