EPINAL, France - The speed e-bike is an all-new category for performance brand Moustache Bikes from France. For model year 2021 the company already expanded its range with entry level models and focused on more urban bikes.
ARNHEM, the Netherlands - An electric cargo bike with a special hydrogen extender to double its range will soon find its way on the road. French Pragma Industries introduced the hydrogen e-bike already some years ago. In the Netherlands, Pragma is now cooperating with Urban Arrow and the Arnhem-Nijmegen Business school in the 'Everything about Hydrogen' Foundation to develop the HydroCargo.
SponsoredA fair trade resource for green mobility: The Marathon E-Plus rolls on fair trade rubber - as the first bicycle tyre worldwide. Schwalbe is the only tyre manufacturer associated with Fair Rubber e.V., which pays out the full amount of the premiums to small farm cooperatives.
BASSERSDORF, Switzerland - The fact that in the wake of the Corona boom in the bicycle industry there are not only winners, but also losers, is proven by the pioneering mountain bike brand, MTB Cycletech. Due to the increasing lack of parts for their custom assembly and therefore no bikes going out and no funds coming in, the manufacturer Velobaze had to file for bankruptcy last week.
TAIPEI, Taiwan - After nearly a month of virtual exhibitions, business meetings and forum discussions, Taipei Cycle Online has now drawn to a close. Organisers, TAITRA, report that the online format attracted many new exhibitors, but a "physical trade show is irreplaceable". Plans are now in full swing for just that in 2022.
TAICHUNG, Taiwan - For fiscal 2020, the country's largest bicycle manufacturer Giant Group reports a 10.3% year-on-year sales increase to TW$ 70.01 billion (€2.08 billion). At TW$ 4.95 billion (€147.29 million), profit after tax was even 46.7% higher than the previous year.
Subscribers onlyMILAN, Italy - E-bike and bicycle sales in Italy were unparalleled last year. That was already reported earlier by the country's industry association Confindustria ANCMA. The official sales statistic published recently confirms these reports.
日本，大阪（Osaka）－Shimano高層團隊結構在3月30號這天有了正式的改變，該公司在股東大會上公佈新的法人代表名單，其中包含總裁一職。
奧地利，哈爾德（Hard）－奧地利第二大自行車製造商Simplon Fahrrad GmbH已定好未來成長方向。其母公司Simplon Holding已購入鄰近地產，欲將目前產能提高兩倍。新址即將於近期完工，該處也將設有一間大型體驗中心。
法國，安錫（Annecy）－ Mavic新東家在策略上決定將重心放於該公司的核心業務，此舉將對經銷夥伴帶來影響。該公司聲明：「因為公司規模縮小及相關資源減少的關係，我們已做出一些調整來適應市場，並針對品牌和產品開始做規劃。」
英國，倫敦（London）－英國自行車協會（Bicycle Association，簡稱BA）最新發佈每月數據顯示，同比自行車與電動自行車進出口有大幅波動。資料統計顯示疫情和英國脫歐的雙重效應重創英國與歐盟之間的（電動）自行車進出口貿易。
NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - Shimano Service Centers and other Shimano dealers can now provide 3rd party battery services for e-bikes specified with Shimano Steps drive units. Previously dealers requiring support with such 3rd party batteries had to reach out to the e-bike manufacturer or the battery manufacturer. But now Shimano is optimising this handling process.
NANJING, CHINA - With an annual revenue of €25.6 million last year, Nanjing Lishui, has increased its production capacity to around 1-1.5 million e-bike controller units in recent years. Despite the booming bike market since the pandemic, the company is experiencing a lot of negative uncertainty, but this isn't holding back the European expansion ambitions. "Nanjing Lishui will swim with the tide and pursue advancement to face the 'new normal' with complexity and uncertainty," confirms director Hsu.
BERLIN, Germany - Since the early days of e-bikes, performance and exclusivity justified extraordinary price tags. Today, the product variety in the € 10,000+ class ranges from gems and sports equipment and is as diverse as the clientele itself.
OSAKA, Japan - Shimano's top management is undergoing official structural changes as of today, 30th March 2021. During the General Meeting of Shareholders and the Board of Directors, new Representative Directors, including the President, have been appointed.
MONZA, Italy - Founded in 1907, Atala is one of Italy's largest bicycle manufacturers and since it became part of the Accell Group in 2010, it has been given a head-start in the e-bike category. Based in Monza, a few kilometers away from Milan, the brand produces all kinds of bicycles and e-bikes as well as home trainers. Bike Europe interviewed CEO Massimo Panzeri who shared his experiences of how Atala is positioned to handle the unprecedented growth in demand as a result of the pandemic.
CESENA, Italy - Oli eBike System started producing e-bike drive units in 2015 and has been successfully growing since then. With a complete product-range including three motors, with a fourth being launched in Q3, two displays and two battery options, the 'Made in Italy' company is now expanding operations across Europe.
LONDON, UK - The most recent monthly figures showing like-for-like bike and e-bike imports and exports released by the Bicycle Association (BA) show a huge fluctuation. The statistics reveal the massive double whammy effect of the Covid crisis and the UK's exit from the EU has had on the bike and e-bike flows into and out of the UK.
