TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Next May 11 a Bike Europe seminar is organized on the current initiatives taking place in Europe with regard to creating supply chain flexibility and increasing speed to market. This seminar takes place in the Evergreen hotel in Taichung, Taiwan.
SASSENAGE, France - French multi-sports retailer Go Sport Groupe is launching a new chain of specialised cycling stores. The new retail chain is branded BIKE+. It has been set-up in view of, "The developing cycle market marked by a rising range especially with the appearance of electric bicycles."
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Mokumono Bikes announced the launch of their Kickstarter campaign to raise funds and start up its innovative bicycle frame production process in the Netherlands.
LUDHIANA, India - HeroEco is expanding its capacity both in terms of infrastructure and technology. The total investment in the expansion stands at about USD 3.3 million.
SHANGHAI, China - The 26th edition of the China Cycle 2016 will focus on the impact of internet and new technologies on the bicycle industry. The show opens its doors on May 6 at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre in Shanghai.
TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Bike tool optimization on a square millimetre. That's what it is all about according to bike tool manufacturer Winride.
美國，蒙特羅- 美國的電動自行車是不是正在轉變？如果以上星期的美國西雅圖展(Sea Otter Classic Show)為指標的話，那此問題的答案就是肯定的。然而，那是將電動自行車的參展商數量納入考量而論的話。
瑞士，AIGLE- 國際自行車聯盟(UCI)於今天下午發表聲明，決定立刻暫停在目前公路車賽事中碟煞系統的測試。
德國，CLOPPENGURG- Pon擁有的Derby Cycle與旗下Focus、Kalkhoff、Raleigh、Univega和Rixe等品牌今年將不會參加歐洲自行車展。相反的，此德國最大的自行車製造商在昨天下午宣布「將更致力於其2016年的經銷商活動。」
荷蘭，HEERENVEEN- 和Derby Cycle及其他品牌放棄參與歐洲自行車展完全相反，Accell Group將目標鎖定在福吉沙芬展。當Accell Group執行長René Takens被問到對於Derby Cycle聲明發棄參加2016年歐洲自行車展的看法時，他說：「我們將全力聚焦在2016年的歐洲自行車展，我們會有一個聯合的攤位展示我們所有的品牌。」
MONTEREY, USA - Is something shifting in the United States regarding electric bicycles? If last week's Sea Otter Classic show is an indicator the answer on that question is yes. However, that's when taking the number of e-bike exhibitors into account.
NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - The launch of Shimano's new mid-range off-road SLX groupset brings many of the performance features of Deore XT to almost every type of mountain biker. New at Shimano is also Deore XT with Di2 electronic shifting.
AMSTERDAM, THE Netherlands - It might be a little early for euphoria but, bike sales in the Netherlands really took off in the first months of 2016. Data from the country's bike market researcher Gfk underlines it as well as the sales figures from retail organization 'Bike Totaal'.
MARCLOPT, France - New at Mach 1 is a further expansion of its Stormer Disc rim program which is targeting road race bikes fitted with disc brakes.
AIGLE, Switzerland - In a statement published this afternoon the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced its decision to suspend, with immediate effect, the trial of disc brakes currently being carried out in road races.
CLOPPENBURG, Germany - Pon owned Derby Cycle and its brands Focus, Kalkhoff, Raleigh, Univega and Rixe will not be taking part in Eurobike this year. In turn-over the largest bicycle manufacturer in Germany announced yesterday afternoon "to concentrate more on our dealer events in 2016".
HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - Completely opposed to quitting Eurobike by Derby Cycle and other brands is what Accell Group aims for with regard to the Friedrichshafen Show. Asked for a comment on Derby Cycle's announcement to skip Eurobike 2016 Accell CEO René Takens says, "We set out focus full on the show with one joint booth for all our brands."
VIENNA, Austria - The total number of e-bikes and e-MTB sold on the Austrian market hiked last year by 54.4% to 77,220 units. "Nearly one-fifth of all bicycles sold in Austria is an e-bike," notes Alexander Raffeiner of the Austrian sporting goods industry association VSSÖ.
