BERLIN, Germany - The e-bike market in Germany is growing at record pace. The newest 2017 data from industry association 'Zweirad-Industrie-Verband' (ZIV) clearly underlines that e-bikes nowadays in Germany are a clean, quiet and space-saving alternative for city logistics.

KARLSTEIN, Germany - In order to meet the continued growth in visitors and companies that want to be part of the event, the 16th Battery Experts Forum (10 to 12 April) will move next year from its current home Aschaffenburg to Frankfurt am Main. It will take place at Messe Frankfurt on 10 - 12 April 2019.

AGUEDA, Portugal - It is one of Portugal's traditional brands, Tabor leather saddles. Founded in 1965, Tabor is now part of Ciclo Fapril, but still holds on to the tradition of producing leather saddles in Portugal.

北京／華盛頓－川普政府計畫對價值2000億美元的的中國商品從原本加徵10%的關稅，提升到25%。其中包含（電動）自行車及零部件。若美國總統川普堅持徵稅，這將會對全球的自行車與零件貿易造成嚴重衝擊，尤其美國每年進口超過1000萬輛中國製的自行車。

加拿達，蒙特婁－Dorel Sports（含Cycling Sports Group，品牌有Cannondale、GT、Mongoose、Pacific Cycle及Caloi）第二季度表現比預期出色，收入增加了7.4%（1550萬美元）到2.245億美元。上半年營收共增加1.9%（810萬美元）達4.312億美元。撇除外匯匯率影響，與去年同期持平。

德國，什文福(Schweinfurt)－有個新公司名之前到處出現，不過在Eurobike後，消息已被證實。Accell Bike Parts GmbH就是這家新公司，而該公司又創立了Accell零配件品牌XLC。

葡萄牙，阿威羅(Aveiro)－Rodi才在去年決定退出該公司在台灣採購的碳纖維輪圈及碳纖輪組市場，但今年又在Eurobike上以在地生產的Black Jack碳纖輪圈重回這塊市場。該公司在現有的Aveiro工廠投資生產全新碳纖輪圈的設備。

WASHINGTON, USA - The by President Trump triggered trade war with China has led the United States to charge the import of electric bicycles from China with a 25 percent tariff. Next to complete e-bikes also e-bike motors are hit with the same tariff. The imposition of the tariff starts by August 23.

BAD SODEN, Germany - "What is the range of this e-bike?" An important question and a key condition for many interested in buying an e-bike. So far, there have been various approaches to identify this objectively, but such procedures could only be compared to a very limited extent.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Last July 31 the partnership between Messe Friedrichshafen and the European Outdoor Group (EOG), conceptual owner of the European OutDoor trade show, officially ended. This triggered the start of a new show, organized solely by Messe Friedrichshafen, named Outdoor Friedrichshafen.

AGUEDA, Portugal - Miranda & Irmao is one of the initiators and strong promotors of the Portugal Bike Value. "This idea was born to make Portugal's industry stronger," says Miranda President Joao Miranda.

MONTREAL, Canada - Dorel Sports including Cycling Sports Group (Cannondale, GT, Mongoose among other brands as well as Pacific Cycle and Caloi) had a much better quarter than anticipated, surpassing earlier published expectations. Second quarter revenue increased USD 15.5 million, or 7.4%, to USD 224.5 million.

POZZOLEONE, Italy - It was presented at last month's Eurobike; the collaboration that Selle Royal, Herrmans and Curana started. This cooperation is about establishing colour and material fits for saddles, fenders and grips and through that offering OEMs integrated styling solutions.

CLUSES, France - The company is named Kervelo and has a background in the automotive industry. At last month's Eurobike it presented a striking combination of a 4, 6 or 12 speed gearbox with a 250W drive unit that fits with the current trend of highly integrated e-bikes.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - While the regular speed limit for e-bikes is 25 km/h and km/h for speed pedelecs, Agogs recently launched the 32 km/h Tracer. According to Agogs "this maximum speed is much better suitable and comes closer to a regular bicycle experience".

HYDERABAD, India - Tronx Motors debut India's 1st smart electric bike named 'Tronx One'. The e-bike is regarded as a first step in building Tronx Motors EV into a mobility company. It's a subsidiary of Smartron India Private Ltd; a company with a background in mobile, compute and wearable electronic devices.

Just a day after Eurobike 2018 - on Wednesday, 11th July - the bike sppot's partners from WAGNER organised and hosted their first bicycle dedicated seminar - Bike Day, in their headquarters in Markdorf.

In brief, Eurobike 2018 was a success for the bike sppot! With a great colorful stand, hundreds of visitors, positive meetings, strong team spirit and all round good vibes.