PAAL-BERINGEN, Belgium - Race Productions NV, the company behind Ridley Racing Bikes, took over the bicycle brand Eddy Merckx.

GRENCHEN, Switzerland - BMC is seen as one of the last internationally well-known brands to enter the e-bike market.

BERLIN, Germany - With its new e-bike motor, the 'Drive S', Brose Antriebstechnik now offers its first e-MTB specific motor.

DOESBURG, the Netherlands - On 18 June Hans Drexler died unexpectedly at the age of 64. He was, by the end of 2013, the last owner of the Dutch

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - There's great interest in the  Bike Europe Conference on Omni-Channel that takes place August 29 at Messe Friedrichshafen

WEST LAFAYETTE, USA - A technology developed by Purdue researchers could provide an "instantly rechargeable" method that is safe

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - After Nord Fair closed the CKM in Vejle, the Danish bike industry has been frustrated as the country's only trade show

TAIPEI, Taiwan - To improve flexibility in the assembly of bottom brackets, the Taiwanese company First Bicycle Components developed an eccentric version.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese MGR group focused on the development of sealant products since 2016.

PORTO, Portugal - What's on the horizon for the bike industry? This and many more hot topics were discussed at the first ever 2-day World Cycling Forum

LONDON, UK - The vast majority of UK cycle sales are imports from the Far East and there is a booming but relatively tiny e-bike market numbering

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - As the first car park business in Europe, Q-Park, in conjunction with 'e-bike to go', offers electric bikes

BORAS, Sweden - Oxeon AB, maker of TeXtreme carbon fabrics announces to have set a new standard for the visual spread of tow carbon fiber fabrics.

Bike Europe's August 2017 print edition and the Bike Europe e-mail newsletters as well as the Eurobike Show Daily newsletters will highlight newest products

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - At the Bike Europe Conference on Omni-Channel strategies of a variety of bike companies will be scrutinized and explained.

BERLIN, Germany - After two excellent bicycle sales reports for 2014 and 2015, the German industry organization ZIV announced less positive market results

CANNES, France - "In the past three years we have doubled our OEM sales," says Karl de Quick, General Manager of Michelin's bicycle tyre division

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Known for their wide range of pedals, component manufacturer VP entered the market for grips and handlebar tapes last year.