Spring started early this year in Russia. It rapidly boosted sales of summer sport goods, namely bicycles, kick-scooters, roller blades etcetera. However, apart from basic mass-market bikes and bike products, Russian buyers get disappointed failing on finding what they are dreaming on in their local stores.

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - Accell Group announced last week that its former Chief Operating Officer, Jeroen Snijders Blok, is to retire by the end of this year. Snijders Blok (60) already stepped down from the holding company's Board of Directors last April.

Internet has been a game changer in many industries which turned the analog 'old world' nearly upside down. In the European bicycle industry manufacturers and distributors were still used to and felt quite comfortable to control their distribution channels. But that's

E-bike battery lifetime is predominantly determined by stress and cell temperature and cell quality. For existing batteries, only stress can be addressed. Stress substantially increases above 80% and below 20% State of Charge (SoC). E-bike batteries are

BRUSSELS, Belgium - In Belgium and in Holland promotion projects are being started in order "To optimize the potential of the speed pedelec for commuting." Such projects are needed because sales of this e-bike category is indeed rising

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Switching to omni-channel is currently 'the name of the game'. Such a distribution strategy includes operating webshops. Here some reservations are needed to be made. Especially when this takes place in the Netherlands

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The successful premiere edition of the Taipei Cycle Forum on 23 March in Taichung Taiwan, made show organizer TAITRA decide to introduce the concept at next Taipei Cycle Show in October. During the second edition of the Forum experts from

JOURE, the Netherlands - The 100 anniversary celebrations of the bicycle lights and accessories supplier Spanninga was the moment for owner and CEO Feike Spanninga to advocate the quality label for bicycle lights in road safety.

Bike Europe has gathered all EU regulations on e-bikes, pedelecs and speed pedelecs. In this (free of charge) updated Whitepaper we present you a manageable overview on all you need to know on e-bike regulations.

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－9月21日是歐盟執委會能夠決定是否向中國電動自行車出口商徵收臨時反補貼稅的最後截止日，不過他們並沒有做出聲明。但是，這也不代表就不會有反補貼稅了。

英國，倫敦（London）－Bike Europe先前報導High Street自行車零售商Evans欲進行財務重整，因此他們正尋找1000萬英鎊（1120萬歐元）的資金來源。英國媒體報導指出，該公司擁有60家商店的強大網絡，現在已轉為尋求買家。Evans除了販售不少評價優良的高端品牌（如Brompton），同時也有許多自家品牌商品，像是FWE服飾配件及Pinnacle自行車。

台灣，台北－今年台北展最夯的話題之一會是「推動自行車產業在物聯網時代中不斷創新的是什麼？」該展將於今年10月30日至11月3日舉辦。

德國，柏林（Berlin）－Drive C是Brose的第五個電動自行車系統，專為都會使用設計的。其大小與Brose其他鋁製驅動系統相同。Drive C的360度安裝位置給了電動自行車開發人員很大的設計空間。

"E-Cargo Bikes are a great alternative for some 20 percent of all delivery vans currently operating in large cities." This is the conclusion of a recently published two-year study into the use of "Light Electric Freight Vehicles" for city logistics by the

Last week's Cycle Show, held in Birmingham, UK, boasts a growing array of e-bike brands and e-bike tech each successive year. In particular its e-bike test tracks are al

SANGERHAUSEN, Germany - Sachsenring Bike Manufaktur GmbH and the Swiss premium e-bike manufacturer Stromer AG announced a long-term partnership last week. Stromer's ST3 and ST5 for distribution on the European and the US market, will be assembled in Sangerhausen in the future.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - 'What is driving the innovation in the cycling industry in the age of the Internet of Things (IoT)' will be one of the main topics of this year's Taipei Cycle Show. The event will take place from 30 October - 3 November.

Lazer Sport found out that in some cases, certain Blade, Magma, Elle and Jade bicycle helmets sold since January 2015 do not pass roll-off tests under the CE or CPSC standards. As a result, in rare circumstances, the strap anchorage may detach