CHICAGO, USA - SRAM issued a global recall after it received reports of failures of the Zipp 88 front hub flange as well as its stainless steel or titanium quick releases.

瑞典，VARBERG- 「Cycleurope去年的銷售和利潤都比2014年要來得好。我們非常滿意5億歐元的營業額，但利潤還可以更好，」Cycleurope Sverige AB執行長 Mårten Nydahl在瑞典報紙「Hallands Nyheter」的報導上說。

台灣，台北- 上星期在台北國際自行車展裡，由世界體育用品工業聯合會主辦的公開會議中，包括了和UCI就公路車6.8公斤的重量限制討論的最新狀況。

加拿大，蒙特婁- Dorel 2015的業績表現因匯率波動而蒙上陰影。Dorel 總裁Martin Schwartz在2015年公布業績時說：「不利的匯率衝擊到我們的盈餘約達4300萬美元。」

德國，慕尼黑- Winora Group (屬於上市Accell Group的一部分)於二月初慶祝Haibike 設計中心(Haibike Design Cenctre)的設立。值得注意的是設立的位置不在Winora Group靠近Schweifurt、位於Sennfeld的總部，而是在巴伐利亞首府慕尼黑。

VARBERG, Sweden - "Both in sales and earnings last year was better than 2014 for Cycleurope. We are very content with the turnover of 500 million euro, though the profit could have been better," says Mårten Nydahl, CEO of Cycleurope Sverige AB in a report in the Swedish newspaper 'Hallands Nyheter'.

MONTREAL, Canada - Dorel's 2015 financial results are overshadowed by challenging currency rates. "The adverse exchange rates impacted our earnings by approximately US$ 43 million," said Dorel President and CEO Martin Schwartz at the presentation of the 2015 results.

MUNICH, Germany - Early February the Winora Group (part of listed Accell Group) celebrated the opening of a Haibike Design Centre. Remarkably it isn't based at the Winora Group headquarters in Sennfeld near Schweinfurt but in the Bavarian capital Munich.

MOSCOW, Russia - Now the Russian society is struggling with a severe economic crisis the Velo-Park bike show, which took place last week, from March 11-13 in the country's capital, was an important indicator of bike industry's position at the start of the season. The 12th edition of Velo-Park took place as usual in the Crocus Expo exhibition complex just outside Moscow.

CHICAGO, USA - Rockshox has completely re-engineered its Reverb dropper posts. According to the manufacturer, "All the smallest details, down to the single seal, have been re-evaluated and updated to pass longest durability tests."

PNOM PENH, Cambodia - The country's bicycle export to the EU was up by a huge 22% in 2015 and counted some 1.5 million units. The for years continued growth in export from the Kingdom of Cambodia has all to do with the fact that the country enjoys the GSP duty free export status that safes exporters the EU's 14% import duty. That status is now (again) in jeopardy.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The Public Meeting organized by the World Federation Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) at last week's Taipei Show included an update on the talks with the UCI on the 6.8 kg weight limitation for road bikes.

NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - The introduction of Shimano groupsets is generally done in two stages, OEMs first followed by the After Market. It's not like that with the new Metrea. This will be available on the After Market before bikes spec'ed with this groupset are on the shop floor.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - "The number of Swedish children injured after bicycle accidents have fallen sharply since 2005 where it became compulsory for children under 15 years to wear a helmet in Sweden," reported the newspaper 'Dagens Nyheter' recently.

The Lava was Infini's best-selling bicycle headlight. Now the company has developed a Mini. In the January/February issue of Bike Europe we incorrectly wrote that the 'Mini' has a bigger output than the 'Lava'. These are the correct specifications:

德國，柏林- 今早由產業協會ZIV公布的2015年銷售數據指出，德國自行車市場表現亮眼。自行車又再次風行德國，不論在國內、外銷等市場，自行車、電動自行車、零組件與配件的銷售與製造都有成長。

葡萄牙，AGUEDA- 台灣的順捷股份有限公司將在葡萄牙自行車谷(Bike Valley Portugal)設立新自行車工廠。該公司在上星期的台北國際自行車展上宣布了這項消息。這是歐洲自行車產業所發起的回流專案「將製造帶回歐洲」的一大進展。

台灣，台北- 對照於上星期的台北國際自行車展，反差真大。前一個國際性自行車展-歐洲自行車展，表現出極高的活力。但在第29屆台北國際自行車展發現活力少得多。台北國際自行車展變得更安靜的情況的原因都和市場往反方向移動有關。