The main topics in this edition: - Trade shows try to find a way back to normal - Component shortage hampers Accell's sales - Investors eye the bicycle industry - Carbon Team frame factory celebrates opening

From 7 September 2021 to 12 September, the IAA MOBILITY will take place in Munich for the first time as an all-encompassing mobility event at several locations in the city and on the trade fair grounds. Bicycle brands can be found in the Hofgarten and on Marstallplatz.

PITTSBURGH, USA - While they have always been an effective means to get from point A to point B, bicycles have evolved into fashion statements of design and colour. Not only is the growing volume of bicycles in the streets today hard to miss, but so are the changing aesthetic trends in finishes, tones and colours.

OSAKA, Japan - In its financial statement on the first half of 2021, the Shimano Group again reports a brisk sales increase of its bicycle component segment of 73.4%. From the same period in the previous year, bicycle components turnover jumped to JPY212,599 million (€1,630 million), and operating income was up 152.

MUNICH, Germany - The cycling boom the world is experiencing since 1,5 year has put the industry in the spotlight for a global audience. The market disruption in both supply and demand is unprecedented. What is the answer of the international bicycle industry and how can they benefit from this current cycling boom?

MUNICH, Germany - The rapidly growing relevance of the online marketplace is one of the main topics of the World Cycling Forum. The lockdowns in the past 1.5 year gave an all new dynamic to retailing. CEO Signa Sports United Stephan Zoll will give his view on changing consumer behavior.

MUNICH, Germany - The busy agenda of the World Cycling Forum 2021 includes Q&A sessions with the speakers, panel discussions as well as ample networking opportunities during the breaks.

Fazua, makers of their own lightweight, removeable e-bike drive system, have teamed up with IoT mobility specialist Comodule to give riders the possibility to insure their e-bikes through the Fazua Rider App.

MUNICH, Germany - Automotive giant BMW has picked up the new urban mobility trend towards electrified micromobility solutions like cargobikes and e-scooters. According to the company statement, BMW has "looked beyond our core business." Production is not part of the concept, that's left to others.

FRANKFURT, Germany - The maximum number of participants over three days was set at 5,100, and was the number of visitors who came to the joint event of Eurobike and the German buyers' group, Bico, from 24 to 26 July. This order show can be seen as a test case for Eurobike to be held in September

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Bolster Investment Partners acquired a 50% stake in Optima Cycles. Simultaneously, with Bolster's investment in Optima Cycles, sister company MM Bicycles, located in Taiwan, will be acquired and integrated into the group under the name Optima Cycles Asia.

BERGAMO, Italy - After almost 10 years, Stefan Anton left the Italian tyre brand, the Vittoria Group, at the end of June. In the past years, Anton has held multiple roles within the company, leading regional offices and as product director, where he was extensively

荷蘭，海倫芬（HEERENVEEN）－Accell Group表示，一年多來一直困擾（電動）自行車產業的供應問題已造成德國、奧地利、瑞典和東歐國家一到六月的銷售下滑。不過多虧零配件市場成長，該集團淨銷售增加3.3%，達6.991億歐元。

保加利亞，普羅夫提夫（PLOVDIV）－自行車製造商Maxcom和奧地利摩托車／電動自行車製造商Pierer Group已簽訂金額至少6000萬保加利亞幣（3100萬歐元）的合作協議，將建設一座全新的電動自行車工廠。

OLDENBURG, Germany - Steel frame specialist bike brand, vsf fahrradmanufaktur, has, until now, been associated with touring and utility bikes. However, their recent launch of a high quality, limited edition gravel bike looks to expand their reputation into a new product category.

義大利，聖文德米亞諾（SAN VENDEMIANO）－PM&Partners SGR買下多數股權後，執行長Massimo Fregonese便接手經營Elasti Interface和CyPad Group。Cypad Group是一間跨國企業，總部鄰近義大利東北的Treviso，在義大利、克羅埃西亞和墨西哥皆設有據點。

Italy - Two e-bikes are loaded into a van while the owners sleep in their camper. Around midday close to Romania, the van door is opened again by the police. How could a gang of thieves have been stopped 1.000 kilometers away?

PARIS, France - Six weeks before Eurobike, the Parisian show Pro Days has succeeded in its challenge to present a large-scale industry event with around 1,100 exhibiting brands and 200 booths. And despite the rebound of the pandemic with the Delta variant, the organisers gathered around 3,000