France Future Growth Market for Gazelle E-Bikes
DIEREN, the Netherlands - To expand its presence on the international e-bike market, bicycle manufacturer Gazelle, part of the Pon Bicycle Group, announced a new strategy.

DIEREN, the Netherlands - To expand its presence on the international e-bike market, bicycle manufacturer Gazelle, part of the Pon Bicycle Group, announced a new strategy.

KIRCHBERG, Austria - In the months ahead of Eurobike an ever growing number of brands and companies in the bicycle industry tried to get as much as possible media coverage. Eurobike organizer Messe Friedrichshafen recognized this trend and successfully created a new event to facility the need for growing media coverage.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - On 26 November, 2015 the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the anti-dumping conviction of Giant China is cancelled. The EU has two months to appeal the judgment. It is only after the period of two moths will elapse, without the EU lodging an appeal, that the judgment will take effect and the anti-dumping duties imposed on Giant will need to be effectively terminated.

SURENES, France - Global protective sports gear supplier Bollé entered the cycling market with its first ever line of helmets. This move is a logical extension of the Bollé product range as the company has many year of experience producing helmets for snow sports.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - As third largest brand behind Trek and Specialized, Giant is stepping up its presence on the North American market to grow its market share. "In the first half of this year our IBD sales in the US are up 13.8 percent compared with the same period last year," said Giant Bicycle CEO Tony Lo yesterday in an interview with Bloomberg.

DOETINCHEM, The Netherlands - The world's biggest sporting goods retailer is steadily expanding the number of stores in the Benelux countries of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Beginning next year Decathlon's Benelux store count stands at over 30.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - 18 December is the closing date for registration for the Taipei Cycle d&i awards 2016. Exhibitors as well as non-exhibitors of the Taipei Cycle show are invited to participate in competition.

HANNOVER, Germany - To improve the everyday suitability of electrically powered cargo bikes in particular, Continental developed the CDS cargo product line. This product line is made up of an aluminum/stainless steel 12 millimetre sprocket and a carbon belt.

義大利,BAGNATICA- 照片裡所呈現的是第一批在歐洲製造的鋁合金自行車車架。它們是由完全自動化的機器人所製造出來的。車架總生產時間限縮為4到5分鐘。這些車架是由總部位於葡萄牙的Triangles,這家開創性的公司,全新車廠所生產製造的。

法國,巴黎- 總部位於巴黎的NPD Group,消費者和零售市場調查資訊的提供者,在最近一項針對全球自行車市場的調查中顯示,2014年全球自行車零售市場稅後總值達357億美元(474億美元)。

法國,SAINT-JEAN-DE-MORANS- 旗下擁有像是Dynastar、Kerma、Lange、Look和Risport等品牌的Rossignol Group SA進入併購法國碳纖維自行車和零件製造商Time Sport International的協商程序。

丹麥,HADSUND- Cykelgear.dk將搬到斯堪地那維亞全新、更大的倉儲。這家丹麥零配件和自行車網路商店,經銷商也是其目標的公司業務正快速成長。

PARIS, France - A recent survey on the global cycling market by the Paris based NPD Group, a provider of consumer and retail market research information for a wide range of industries, revealed the € 35.7 billion size (USD 47.4 billion) of the 2014 worldwide bike market at retail level, after VAT.

SAINT-JEAN-DE-MORANS, France - Rossignol Group SA, owner of brands like Dynastar, Kerma, Lange, Look and Risport, entered into negotiations to acquire the French carbon bicycle and parts producer Time Sport International.

HADSUND, Denmark - Cykelgear.dk is moving to a new warehouse which is the biggest in Scandinavia. The Danish P&A and bikes webshop that also targets dealers is growing rapidly.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Tern and Xtracycle design partnered this fall to successfully crowdfund a full-sized folding cargo-bike on Kickstarter. Their project, the Cargo Node, raised over 140,000 euro from supporters across three continents. "The campaign proved that consumers around the world see the potential of folding cargo-bikes," says Josh Hon, founder and Team Captain of Tern.

IRVINE, USA - Felt bicycle issued a voluntary recall after they received 10 reports of the seat post cracking. All bikes were sold by IBDs between August 2014 through September 2015.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Light Electric Vehicles (LEVs), including e-bikes could make (urban) transport much more sustainable. This interactive webinar will provide in-depth information on how to promote their uptake and use.