DOETINCHEM, The Netherlands - Last October Key Account Manager, Lucas van 't Hof left Bike Europe to pursue new challenges. His successor has now been appointed. He is familiar to lots of operators in the bike business as our new sales manager is Eelco Hermans.
2019 will be a very special year for Thun, not least because the company is celebrating its centenary. Thun was founded exactly 100 years ago, in 1919, by Alfred Thun - the grandfather of the current owner Alfred Thun III, and the great-grandfather of Alexander and Christian Thun. To mark this impressive milestone
The European Commission has imposed anti-dumping as well as anti-subsidy duties on e-bikes imported from China. The Commission has opted for the imposition of per company targeted dumping duties. The dumping duties vary from 73.4 percent for the Bodo Vehicle Group, 24.6 percent for Giant Electric Vehicle
GAMS, Switzerland - In some three months, the second maker of e-bike drive systems is forced to stop its activities. After the receiver of insolvent BionX Canada Inc. sold the company's assets late October 2018; now the curtain drops for Go SwissDrive.
REDDITCH, UK - The UK's leading bricks and mortar cycle retailer Halfords have released their latest Q3 trading figures. In the past 14 weeks to January 4, cycling sales were down 0.3% compared to a rise of 8% for the same quarter last year.
WEITERSTADT, Germany - From model year 2019 onwards, Riese & Müller will be the world's first manufacturer to fit a main beam and brake light onto its e-bikes. They will come as standard features on the Homage and Delite models.
LILLE, France - Decathlon detected a front mudguard defect on its B'Twin B'Original bikes sold between January 2016 and 31 August 2018. The French retail giant issued a voluntary recall in several countries including France, United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands
DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - 2018 has been a milestone year for e-bike innovations. An unprecedented number of new suppliers of motor systems have arrived.
荷蘭，鹿特丹（Rotterdam）－世界自行車產業論壇日期確定，將於6月4日、5日登場。在2017年第一屆世界自行車產業論壇於波多成功落幕之後，WFSGI將再次與Bike Europe攜手合作舉辦這場業界的盛會。
葡萄牙，阿格達（Agueda）－葡萄牙的RTE S.A.將於2021年在波蘭設置一座自行車製造廠。RTE目前年產量介於120萬至140萬之間，是全歐規模最大的歐洲自行車組裝廠。該公司為Decathlon的獨家供應商，其執行長Bruno Salgado在一場近期的訪談中透露該公司在波蘭設置新廠的計畫。
美國，拉斯維加斯（Las Vegas）－Schaeffler稍早在CES發表了Bio-Hybrid，作為新型的個人都會交通工具，也重新定義了電動自行車，而該車款即將進入量產。該公司於賭城的展會上表示：「我們將自行車的所有優點集合於一身，並排除掉像是不穩定等的缺點。」預計在2020年進入市場。
德國，柏林（Berlin）－Signa Sports United為歐洲領先的運動類電商平台之一，其與日本的Aeon Co.及泰國的Central Group進行策略合作，將業務拓展至亞洲。Signa表示這兩家公司為亞洲最大的網路零售企業。
ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands - Save the date for the 2nd World Cycling Forum which will take place on Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 June 2019. The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) in cooperation with Bike Europe will organize the second edition of this International Conference.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Yesterday, the European Cyclists Federation (ECF) issued an emergency call to all stakeholders as a mandatory insurance on all e-bike types still looms.
REDITTCH, UK - Whilst 2018 saw the well-documented collapse of high street bike retailer Evans in the UK there was little in the press about competitor Cycle Republic, despite the fact that the high street competitor to Evans appears to have grown slowly but surely throughout 2018.
PIETARSAARI, Finland - Sponsor Capital has acquired the majority of the shares of Herrmans; the Finnish producer of bicycle components and heavy-duty light solutions. The new owner of the company is to support future growth and to further strengthen Herrmans' market position and competitive advantages.
LAS VEGAS, USA - Schaeffler's close to production-ready Bio-Hybrid was launched at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) earlier this week as a new form of personal urban mobility that basically re-invents the electric bike.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Next week the European Commission will announce the definitive anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on the e-bike import from China. It ends a legal proceeding which took over 15 months.
