AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - The announcement of the Dutch bicycle market statistics did not include many surprises this year. After the long summer of 2014, with mild temperatures and a lot of sunny hours, bicycle sales increased in both numbers and turnover. What intrigued everybody was the exact growth level.

BAD SODEN, Germany - The safety standards for bicycles are being globalized. It is the result of a long term discussion between industry stakeholders, test-houses and experts from universities in Europe, America and Asia. On September 1, 2015 the first ISO 4210-2 has been published. This is the safety standard for City-/Trekking-/MTB/Road- and Young Adult bikes.

BAD SODEN, Germany - Like with regular bicycles also the safety standards for e-bikes are being globalized. However, as the ones for bicycles are already in force the global standards for electric bikes still have a long way to go before they are there. The question is also which e-bike categories are to be covered by the new ISO standards?

TACHIA, Taiwan - In an interview with Bloomberg Business the 81 years old Giant Manufacturing Co. founder and chairman King Liu revealed his plans to retire in 2017. A new chairman and CEO as well as an entire succession plans should be finalized at the end of 2016.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Novatec developed the all new Alpine Wheelset, a wheel light enough to climb steep terrains and tough enough to handle aggressive, technical lines when descending.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - At the mid October held Taichung Bike Week prices were a much discussed matter. In particular as the costs for raw materials like steel and aluminium have been dropping by 30 to 40% lately while also labour cost increases were limited in China this year. Will this bring lower prices for ModelYear 2016 and 2017 bikes?

德國，ENSE-PARSIT-根據地方報紙Saarbrücker Zeitung指出，歐洲最大的經銷合作組織ZEG將接手Kettler位於Hanweiler的自行車工廠。

台灣，台北- 2015年前三季台灣自行車及其零件的出口已超過300萬輛，和2014年的265萬輛相比，大幅成長了16.2%。根據台灣自行車協會(TBA)最新的統計資料指出，自行車產業在好幾年的出口衰退後，開始復甦。

日本，大阪- 就像今年前兩季一樣，Shimano在2015年第三季仍達成兩位數的成長。以結果來看，2015年前九個月，淨銷售額成長了19.0%，來到2868.4億日元(21.66億歐元)，營收和淨營收以更大的數字成長。

荷蘭，DOETINCHEM- Bike Europe的最新一期報導東歐各國市場、亞洲自行車展、Cosmo Bike展、Interbike和UK Cycle自行車展；我們同時深入探討已經變成ISO標準的最新EN安全標準。

ENSE-PARSIT, Germany - According to a local newspaper - the Saarbrücker Zeitung - Europe's biggest dealer cooperative ZEG is about to take-over Kettler's Hanweiler based bicycle factory. The Kettler management is currently working on an insolvency plan which is scheduled to be finalized together with the company's creditors at end of the year.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The export of bicycles and bicycle components from Taiwan surged by 16.2% to just over 3 million units in the first three quarters of 2015 compared to 2.65 million in 2014. According to the latest statistics of the Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA), the industry is recovering after several years of declining export.

OSAKA, Japan - Like in the first two quarters of the year also in the third quarter of 2015 Shimano managed to continue its double digit growth. As a result, for the first nine months of 2015, net sales increased 19.0% to JPY 286,840 million (€ 2,166mn) while operating as well as net income increased with even bigger numbers.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - Bike Europe's newest edition reports on bike sales at various Eastern European markets; on Asia Bike, Cosmo Bike, Interbike and the UK Cycle Show while we also dug deeper in the latest EN safety standards that changed into ISO standards.

MADRID, Spain - Close to 1.1 million bikes were sold in Spain last year. According to the 'Bicycle 2014' study by AMBE, the national association of manufacturers, importers and distributors in Spain, the number represented a 5.2% growth in unit sales. Consumption of cycling products grew bigger and even outperformed sales of all other sports categories.

台灣，台中- 正當參展商和參觀者在10月23日星期五打包整理的時候，台中自行車週發起者和主辦人Steve Fenton正回顧這一次成功的活動。「很多人又再一次確認這就是產業所需要的活動類型。」任職於總部在台灣的Pro-Lite的Steve Fenton說。

台灣，台中- 上星期自行車業界人士齊聚台中時，Rehau AG的商業分析師Dainel Quauck在ExtraEnergy露天展示會上向群眾問道：「誰有膽量和Rehau攜手前行?」

德國，SANGERHAUSEN- 在一個特別會議中，Sangerhausen市議會為自行車製造商MIFA的搬遷鋪平了眼前的道路，就在同一個社區裡，MIFA以此為總部已超過一世紀。