COPENHAGEN, Denmark - With an import that quadrupled in the past five years and a market share that is nearing ten percent, e-bikes are growing into a significant force on the bicycle market in Denmark. This is what the 2017 numbers indicate with unfortunately the latest on 2018 still missing.

The brand name Bike More was not new to Cycertec for its cycling apparel portfolio. The Taiwanese company has expanded its range outside its regular offering. For Trekking Bike More developed a under saddle bag made of 100 percent waterproof TPU.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - It weighs only 10 grams. The Arofly power meter looks like an odd, oversized valve cap screwed onto the back tyre valve. The newly presented second generation called Arofly Elite just won a Taiwan Excellence Award 2019.

NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - The introduction of new business models on the Dutch retail market was disruptive for the regular IBD business in the past years. Especially the rapidly expanding e-bike market attracted many new brands, webshops and start-ups launching new sales concepts. One of them was Stella e-bikes.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A cold and chilly start to the preseason is usually never good for bicycle sales. But the hot and rain-free super summer of 2018 has helped to boost sales this year in Sweden. In particular e-bike sales.

E-bike rear hub motor pioneer BionX Canada Inc. was forced to file for bankruptcy on 27 February this year. At that time its European subsidiaries BionX GmbH and Elby Bike Europe GmbH were not affected. Since then, BionX GmbH has been searching for a European motor producer. Without success. 10 December 2018.

RENO, USA -Yesterday, Interbike organizer Emerald Exposures announced the cancellation of the 2019 edition of America's leading bicycle show. "The past four years have been difficult for the U.S. bicycle market," says Darrell Denny, Executive Vice President of Emerald Expositions' Sports Group.

The sale of speed pedelecs shows a close to 8 percent growth this year. This is what happened in the Netherlands during 11 months of 2018. As it is unclear what's happening throughout Europe with regard to the rise of this e-bike category; market

This year's unusually hot summer had a refreshing effect on the bicycle market in Finland. All business data shows there have been busy days in retail shops throughout the summer. These shoppers were in particular buying Fat bikes and also electric bicycles. E-bike sales doubled, but in absolute numbers is still low.

NIJVERDAL, the Netherlands - Dutch design from Amsterdam with Japanese technology from Osaka. That was the idea when introducing the international bicycle child seat and component's brand Urban Iki in 2015. This design is now awarded with the German Design Award 2019.

利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－歐盟執委會在11月15日發佈雙反案的最終一般揭露文件（General Final Disclosure Document），立下了重要的里程碑。Bike Europe近期針對此案做了許多相關報導，到明年1月20日執委會決定最終徵收稅率的截止日前，稅率是否會在拉高？

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－歐洲自行車製造商協會EBMA表示，若確定徵收雙反稅，電動自行車（EPAC，電動輔助自行車）製造回流將會帶來近4600個工作機會。歐盟執委會將會在明年1月19日宣佈最終決定。

台灣，台北－Kindshock近期在台南買下一塊地，他們將在此地建立新的總部及更大的製造廠。據聞該公司計畫跨入碳纖零部件生產，此新建設應屬拓展計畫的一部分。

荷蘭，杜廷赫姆（Doetinchem）－電動自行車銷售成長不斷，不過現在反傾銷稅的影響，也轉變了情勢。這是否會導致中國的製造商將生產全面移至其他亞洲國家或是（東）歐？還是說還有其他對策？

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The on 15 November by the European Commission published General Final Disclosure Document on both the anti-dumping and the anti-subsidy case on e-bikes imported from China, heralded a significant milestone. Bike Europe has published extensively about it.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The first stop of the European tour of the Indian delegation representing the country's bicycle and components manufacturers was the CONEBI (Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry) office in Brussels yesterday.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Kindshock recently acquired a plot in Tainan, Taiwan where the company will start building its new Headquarters as well as a bigger than ever before factory. This fits with the growth ambitions of the company, which are also rumored to extend into the production of carbon components.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - It currently is the big obstacle that blocks the EU - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement; labour and human rights in Vietnam. The EU is now putting in place an overall framework for ensuring consistency in the inclusion of safeguard measures in free trade agreements.