荷蘭，杜廷赫姆（Doetinchem）－就目前看來，電動自行車銷售今年有一個好的開始，至少代理合作商Dynamo Retail Group對於荷蘭的市場是這麼描述的。在其研究報告當中，儘管電動自行車正處熱銷，但荷蘭的市場未見飽和跡象。

NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND - Registration is now open for the 2019 World Cycling Forum being held on 4 and 5 June 2019. The Conference, organized by the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) and Bike Europe, takes place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - First indications show that the sale of e-bikes started well this year. At least, this is reported for the Netherlands by dealer cooperative Dynamo Retail Group.

BERLIN, Germany - The 2019 e-bike market will above all be dominated by models equipped with smaller and lighter mid-motors. In particular Brose focused its developments on such distinctive features. The company launched at Eurobike 2018 the new Smag drive with which it took "A bold step forward".

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - The huge popularity of e-bikes in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands was reason for General Motors to introduce its new ARĪV branded e-bikes on these markets. The name ARĪV was selected as part of a global crowdsourcing campaign announced in November 2018.

TOKYO, Japan - Last year's Market Report Japan reported on the already for years ongoing drops in sales of regular bicycles. The only good news was the Made in Japan e-bikes as their 2017 sales increased in numbers as well as in value.

OSAKA, Japan - The last Tuesday published Shimano Inc. 2018 financial report holds positive statements on the performance of the European bike market. However, Shimano is less positive on the outlook for 2019 as Brexit looms as well as rising fiscal instability in Italy.

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland - Last Tuesday Garmin Ltd. announced that one of its affiliates has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Tacx Onroerend en Roerend Goed B.V., a privately-held Dutch company.

ZURICH, Switzerland - Trek Bicycle Europe announces the appointment of Harald Schmiedel to a newly created role as European Director of Sales. Harald will take up this role with responsibility for Trek's sales in its European subsidiary markets with immediate effect.

利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－在針對中國進口至歐盟的電動自行車反傾銷稅開始徵收的同時，中國常規自行車傾銷至歐盟一案也尚在進行。目前還在調查中國是否真的有傾銷常規自行車到歐盟市場的行為，以下為反傾銷案的最新消息。

德國，柏林（Berlin）－載貨自行車DIN 79010的德文擬訂標準已出爐，不過目前僅有德文版。免費審查及評論的截止日期為4月1日。

美國，費城（Philadelphia）－曾為美國自行車零售巨頭的Performance Bicycle確定將收掉所有經營商店。該大廠擁有104間分店及1,700位員工，未來將以電商模式來經營。這是Patrick Cunnane擁有的Advanced Sports Enterprise （ASE）申請破產之後的最新相關消息。

芬蘭，赫爾辛基（Helsinki）－Amer Sports已公佈其2018年財務報告，並宣佈正積極在尋找其自行車業務的潛在買家，包含Mavic（輪組、輪圈、輪胎及鞋類）和Enve（輪組、花鼓、手把、豎桿、座桿及前叉）。Amer的財務報告並沒有將兩間公司的成果分開說明。

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A small but significant growth showed the 2017 import of conventional bikes into the EU 28 member states from countries outside Europe. Was this a first sign of a rising demand for regular bicycles? Import figures for the first nine months of 2018 do not show continued increases. However, neither are big

PHILADELPHIA, USA - Performance Bicycle, once the biggest bike retail chain in the U.S. with 104 stores and 1,700 employees, is closing all its outlets. The company is to continue as an e-commerce business. It's the latest development in the collapse of Patrick Cunnane's Advanced Sports Enterprises (ASE).

HELSINKI, Finland - Amer Sports has published its financial 2018 report in which the company announced that it is now actively seeking for a potential buyer of its Cycling asset, consisting of Mavic (wheels, rims, tyres, apparel and foortwear) as well as Enve (wheels, hubs, bars, stems, posts and forks).

ALBSTADT, Germany - E-bike drivetrain manufacturer Alber acquired a part of the electronics specialist and display supplier Bloks GmbH. Munich-based Bloks GmbH filed for insolvency last July. The administrator failed to find a new investor and Bloks was brought to bed at the end of 2018.