TOKYO, Japan - As part of its 25th anniversary SPD celebrations Shimano has released its second commemorative shoe and pedal combination of the year. Shimano's new M200 Blue Enduro/Trail shoe with matching blue XTR style M995 trail or M990 race pedals continues the trend set by a revolutionary design in 1990.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - 2014 was a very positive year for the European bicycle industry. EU employment, production and sales in 2014 grew compared to the 2013 figures. This is the outcome of an economic study carried out by CONEBI, the Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry.
COLOGNE, Germany - To celebrate its 50th anniversary the German dealer cooperative ZEG hosted a dinner party for over 1,500 guests at the annual members meeting. During the dinner ZEG Managing Director Georg Honkomp announced interesting figures like, "Last year ZEG's dealer turnover passed one billion euro."
QUEBEC, Canada - For the first six months of 2015 Dorel Sports (including its Cycling Sports Group division) saw its revenue decrease by USD 46.6 million (€ 42.5mn), or 8.8% to USD 480.0 million (€ 437.7mn) compared to last year's USD 526.6 million (€ 480.2mn). Organic sales declined in Europe is noted in the financial report of listed Dorel Industries Inc.
ENNEPETAL, Germany - Bottom bracket specialist Thun will launch a series of new BB cartridges at Eurobike 2015 that will match the new five-arm Gates Carbon Drive crankset produced by leading belt drive supplier Gates Corporation.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - It was one of the few European countries missing a national, non-profit cycling organization representing bicycle users. That made representatives of the main cycling NGO's lead by Nadace Partnerství decided to join forces and establish a new Czech cycling federation.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - To raise the bicycle industry's voice for increased political support of urban cycling the Cycling Industry Club (CIC) initiated an industry leader's bike ride to the Eurobike show venue on the opening day.
MATTIGHOFEN, Austria - In a joined declaration battery manufacturer Panasonic and KTM announced a voluntary recall of model year 2013 e-bikes with hub motors due to problems with the batteries.
ULFT, the Netherlands - Ever since its foundation in 1976 the Dutch bicycle accessory label Basil has strived to see people enjoy cycling. Just before the company is celebrating its 40th anniversary the brand Basil is repositioned.
CALIFORNIA, USA - Supacaz, the new bar tape and grip brand in USA, Asia, and South America is now seeking partners in Europe. Supacaz has quickly established itself as a premium bar tape and grip brand in the market. This year, Supacaz enjoyed countless victories in the UCI Pro Tour: Tour of California GC (Peter Sagan) , Giro di Italia GC(Alberto Contador), Yellow Jersey (Tony Martin), and a multitude of sprint victories (Mark Cavendish).
瑞士，蘇黎世 -金融界裡著名的瑞士信貸集團，最近發表幾家自行車產業公司的經營報告。該報告指出，市場往高價位轉移，同時也正在擴張當中。
日本，東京 -Shimano 2014年自行車零件銷售成長了26.1％，此領域的淨銷售額和2015年上半年的數字成長相似。自2013年起，Shimano公司自行車零件的淨銷售額，已飆過50％了！
中國、深圳 - 智慧型自行車設備製造商Livall在首次資本募集活動中，募集了1170萬歐元聯合基金。創投公司信中利集團投資了總部投於深圳、成立僅一年的新創公司。。
美國、MADISON - Trek為其實體零售商推出了一個新的電子商務平台，讓這些零售商在日益數位化的市場上更具競爭力。在該公司年度零售商大會上，主講者向美國零售商透露此項消息，讓零售商不用增加成本就能立即擁有網路零售商店、增加網路曝光度。
MADISON, USA - Trek has unveiled a new e-commerce platform designed to make its brick-and-mortar retailers more competitive in an increasingly digital marketplace. It was unveiled to US retailers at the keynote address of the company's annual retailer show and will enable retailers to instantly have an online retail presence at no added cost to them.
BREMBATE, Italy - From September on, Italian premium components maker 3T will reorganize its distribution and go dealer-direct in Italy. They will be supplied from the company's European distribution centre based near Bergamo in the north of Italy.
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Last year in the Netherlands a big 87,000 kilogram of electric bicycle batteries was collected. The collection, recycling, treatment and disposal of batteries and accumulators are ruled at European level by Directive 2006/66/EC, also known as the battery directive.
DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - It's again possible to search all the news articles and (market) reports published at bike-eu.com. Since 1999 Bike Europe offers its news service for professionals in the bicycle sector.
