BUSNAGO, Italy - Steven Merlini who announced last December that it was time for a change after 21 years at Selle Italia, found a new challenge at the sales and marketing team of Prologo.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - During the Dutch presidency of the Council of the European Union from January till June this year, the Netherlands aims to increase the number of kilometres cycled in Europe. Therefore Dutch embassies in cooperation with local stakeholders will organize a series of cycling activities.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - As part of the first ever Cycling Industry Club Advocacy Summit in Taipei the 'industry leader's panel' will focus on how the industry can build on that knowledge and work together to grow the market.

比利時，布魯塞爾- 目前歐盟市場情況並未受到11月26日歐洲法院對Giant China取消傾銷定罪判決的影響。明年該企業出口到歐洲的一般自行車將持續被課48.5%的反傾銷稅。這是歐洲自行車製造商協會(EBMA)提起上訴的結果。

瑞士，HUTTWILL- 和最近在奧地利與之前在其他國家所做的事一樣，瑞士電動自行車製造商Biketec AG (Flyer製造商)現在控制了其在比荷盧的分銷網絡；這些國家是其最重要的市場之一。Biketec已經接管了比荷盧進品商Amazing Wheels。

日本，大阪- Shimano在2015年財務業績摘要報告中表示歐洲高階與電動自行車相關的產品需求旺盛。儘管銷售量較低，Shimano仍持續在2015年達成兩位數的成長。自行車零組件的淨銷售額成長了14.6%為3140.1億日元(24.63億歐元)，其中營業和淨收入甚至以更大的數據成長。

美國，BIG FLATS-美國聯邦巡迴上訴法院對Stan's NoTubes和Specialized之間的長期鬥爭決定維持先前由審理暨訴願委員會的判決，也就是宣布Stan's NoTubes的美國專利是有效的。

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - The landscape of the Slovenian bicycle market is drastically changing again. The Slovenian market is getting closely connected with Croatia, the newest member of EU. Soon these two small countries will transform into one market as far as bicycles are concerned.

HUTTWILL, Switzerland - After doing the same in Austria recently and earlier in other countries Swiss e-bike manufacturer Biketec AG (maker of Flyer) now takes control over its distribution in the Benelux countries; one of its most important markets. Biketec has taken over Benelux importer Amazing Wheels.

OSAKA, Japan - In its summary of the company's 2015 financial results Shimano reports on brisk demand for high-end, e-bike related products in Europe. Despite lower sales volumes, Shimano still managed to continue its double digit growth in 2015. Net sales in bicycle components increased by 14.6% to JPY 314,010 million (€2,463mn) while operating as well as net income increased with even bigger numbers.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The real significance of this beautifully shaped wooden bicycle helmet concept is the use of material. It's not the first or only wooden bicycle helmet out on the market, but it's first with shock absorbing foam that is mainly made out of wood.

LONDON, UK - Supported by the Welsh Government and the HSBC bank, Frog bikes will be opening a new factory in the UK shortly. According to Frog Bike's press release "the production is expected to commence this summer."

WARSAW, Poland - According to the enthusiastic headlines of the business press, bicycles are a trendy product these days in Poland. Celebrities and hipsters, together with successful athletes, are contributing to an increased popularity of cycling in Poland. Manufacturing and sales are looking good.

CORK, Ireland - Wiggle and Chain Reaction Cycles announce today that they are to merge to further strengthen their position in the global online retailing world of cycling, running, swimming and triathlon (tri-sports) products and accessories.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - According to the national statistics office the Czech Republic is still a net exporter of bicycles. In the past twelve months some 228,000 bicycles were imported while 393,000 units were exported, mainly to EU markets. These figures are pretty similar to past two monitored periods, showing the stability of the bicycle industry.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Current market conditions in Europe are not disrupted by the November 26 European Court of Justice's verdict that cancelled the dumping conviction of Giant China. In the next year's the company's export of regular bicycle to the EU will continue to be taxed with 48.5% dumping duty. This is the result of an appeal filed by the European Bicycle Manufacturers' Association (EBMA).

BIG FLATS, USA - In a long-fought battle between Stan's NoTubes and Specialized the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided to uphold a previous ruling by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which had declared Stan's NoTubes' US Patent to be valid.

WETTER, Germany - The Germany security product supplier Abus is closely involved in the development of a dedicated speed e-bike helmet for the North European market. Together with the Dutch standardization institute NEN the requirements for this helmet that complies with the ECE 22.05 standard are laid out at the moment.