HELSINKI, Finland - Mavic owner Amer Sports has changed its distribution policy in the Netherlands. The company's Dutch office will take over all activities that were previously done by distributor Codagex.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - There's a lot of attention to Eurobike lately. The changed set-up, cooperation with Taichung Bike Week and the fact that yet another major brand - Derby Cycle - skipped its participation is all generating conversation in the industry. How does all this affect Eurobike? With its 25th edition scheduled for August 31 to September 4, 2016, is it still the global bike industry platform? Bike Europe interviewed Eurobike manager Stefan Reisinger.

MONTREAL, Canada - Dorel Industries Inc. released the results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016. Though the company's Home Furnishing and Juvenile division reported positive financial results, Dorel Sports reported declining sales and revenue.

VERONA, Italy - On September 16, the second edition of the Italian bicycle show CosmoBike will open its doors presenting the best this bike loving country has to offer to the international market. But CosmoBike wants to more than a show case only. Cycling lifestyle and the impact on the environment are key issues for this event.

NAPLES, USA - The publishers of the 'Electric Bikes Worldwide Reports' announced the 2016 update to the 2015 edition of EBWR, the most comprehensive report of the light electric vehicle industry. The 2016 EBWR Update identifies trends like who are the major propulsion system makers and General Motors new e-bike development.

SHANGHAI, China - The strong focus on Europe with European styled e-bikes was striking when visiting the booths of Aima, Tianjin Golden Wheel or Battle at the 26th International Bicycle Fair in Shanghai. The show that after 4 consumer days closed its doors earlier today indicated that these multi-million electric bike makers are now shifting their focus to Europe as their business in China is hampered by e-bike bans in the biggest cities and as their home market gets saturated.

ENNISKILLEN, Ireland - How to protect bicycles from being damaged while transporting them on the back of a car? Over the past few years architect Paul McGriskin developed and tested a full range of products to protect bicycles while they are in transit via automobile, plane or while in storage.

ÚSTĺ NAD ORLICĺ, Czech Republic - Bicycle frame manufacturer Fort Frames survived the exodus of the frame production from Europe to the Far East during the 1990s thanks to its flexibility. Nevertheless they had to diversify their production and downscale the annual output of frames, which still amounts to some 10,000 units.

MOSCOW, Russia - As the Russian economy suffers from a severe crisis Moscow's bike show Velo-Park proved an indication on how the bike business is coping at the start of a new season. The move to a smaller hall in which also the Moto-Park show merged, signaled that companies were getting ready for a difficult season.

RECARO TERME, Italy - Guided by the vision of creating a total integrated system, Fabrizio Storti developed the Neox with an sequential 8-speed gearbox. The Neox was presented last year at Eurobike and is now on the crowdfunding platform kickstarter, "to find at least 300 customers," says Neox sales manager Gianni Mazzeo.

SHANGHAI, China - On Friday May 6 the doors will open for the 26th edition of the China Cycle 2016. Last year some 158,000 people attended China Cycle of which 11% were overseas visitors, making it the largest bicycle show on earth.

TAINAN, Taiwan - Known for their high end dropper seatposts for the MTB market, Kind Shock is quickly developing new products to improve its market position. In the past few years Kind Shock expanded its facility in Taiwan in order to grow its capacity for the production of new product categories.

美國，芝加哥- SRAM 昨天宣布了組織重整，約資遣了全球各地負責營運的四十名員工。根據 SRAM 總裁Stan Day表示，因去年銷售狀況疲軟，被迫進行組織重整，其中包括了專注於新業務領域。

德國，ENNEPETAL- Thun預估歐洲自行車製造會大幅地擴大，在未來幾年內該公司會投入數百萬歐元到投資計畫中。

德國，BAUNACH- Messingschlager代表並從很多台灣和其他亞洲國家的零件製造商進口產品。該公司在產業發展裡藉由把更多製造帶回歐洲或是安排零件製造商即時交貨以強化市場反應速度下所處的位置為何?

荷蘭，DOETINCHEM- Bike Europe 2016年5月雜誌將會聚焦在維修、零件更換、潤滑油品和剎車來令等最新發展與創新。

中國，上海- Bike Europe將參加第26屆中國國際自行車展。歡迎商業觀眾至現場拿取2016年五月刊的Bike Europe中文版。

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - 2015 electric bike sales in the Netherlands surged with a big 24%. The other main market in Europe for e-bikes - Germany - also showed big double growth last year and which is continuing to grow further with e-MTBs, as Accell Group (e-bike market leader) reported last week in its trading update.