土耳其，安卡拉－為了促使其供應鏈彈性化，歐洲自行車產業的其中一個「回流行動」就是開始在土耳其為電動及運動自行車生產鋁合金車架。

Specialized 正在扭轉其受到2016年美國零售業銷售瓶頸所造成的巨大壓力。提早發表的新款ModelYear自行車達到銷售旺季的高峰，也導致歐洲自行車展(Eurobike)和台北國際自行車展改變了今年的展會時間。Specialized ModelYear 2018的自行車發表會將會從今年的9月開始

荷蘭，杜廷赫姆－麻省理工學院(MIT)和三星在一個聯合項目中，合作開發鋰電池的新材料。在最近的一項科學發表中，研究人員聲稱他們有一種固體電解質的新材料，不僅可以無限地延長電池壽命，還可以大大增加存儲容量和安全性。所有這些優勢都為電動自行車帶來了極大的好處。

德國－儘管MIFA於3週前強烈否認此聞，其仍然陷入了嚴重的財務困境。這間剛開始在其新廠進行生產的德國自行車製造商已在1月4日提出破產申請。

Pon Holdings has acquired Faraday Bicycles. Faraday Bicycles is a lifestyle e-bike brand designed in San Francisco and manufactured in Taiwan.

One of the latest reshoring initiatives to create supply chain flexibility in the bicycle industry is the start of alloy bike frame production in Turkey.

The sales agency Europe Cycle Company and the Turkish bicycle factory Bimas Bisiklet Motosiklet argue about the proprietorship of the bike brand Vogue.

What has put severe pressure on the US retail contributing to troublesome 2016 sales is now being reversed by Specialized. The ever earlier introduction

MUNICH, Germany - Last year's political turmoil couldn't harm the global stock market. Good to know for this year as elections in France, the Netherlands and Germany as well as Brexit are coming and could lead to tears and fears. Globally the stock market upped by a big 10 percent in 2016. Also listed bike companies grew bigger. However, not all as in particular the deteriorating China market left its mark on Asian companies.

In a joint project, MIT and Samsung cooperate in the development of a new material for Li-Ion batteries. All this brings major benefits to e-bikes.

After fiercely denying it just three weeks ago MIFA is nevertheless in serious financial trouble. The German bike maker that just started production

Giant founder King Liu as well as Giant Global Group CEO Tony Lo retired at the end of 2016. Tony Lo was chairman of the Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA).

Smart road bike pioneer SpeedX announces the production start of its model which features an integrated SpeedX power meter. It was presented at the CES.

德國，桑格豪森(Sangerhausen)－MIFA的老闆兼執行長Heinrich von Nathusius向Bike Europe證實：「我們在桑格豪森新自行車工廠的生產線即將開始。」這間全新的工廠為MIFA的悠久歷史打開了新的一頁。

台灣，台北－現年82歲的Giant創辦人兼董事長劉金標已宣布他將於今年年底與現年67歲的執行長羅祥安一起退休，而兩位高階執行經理的接班人也於上週五的記者會中宣布了。

印度，昌迪加爾－中國廣大的自行車及電動自行車產業為了強化其高於8000萬的年產量，目前正在尋找新的市場。而印度則被其視為潛在股，因為該國在轉往高端自行車及電動自行車發展。中國於投資合作中尋求一個優惠貿易制度，可在12月8、9日於印度舉行的亞洲自行車聯盟會議(Asia Bicycle Alliance Conference)上看出。

台中，彰化－Johnson Tso因健康問題而辭任了台灣JD集團執行長一職。其為電動自行車系統供應商TranzX等的母公司，並已確定了新任執行長人選。Tina Lin將與新的管理團隊一同改造該公司，並在2019年將JD / TranzX變成上市公司。

The World Trade Organization has received a complaint filed by the Peoples Republic of China on the European Union's new rules for determining dumping