MACHECOUL, France - Intersport France is investing another 6 million euro in its Machecoul 'Manufacture Française du Cycle, MFC' bike factory. Two industrial plots are bought adjacent to the current facility where a logistics center will be built.

COLOGNE, Germany - The annual show of the biggest dealer cooperative in Europe, ZEG, which took place July 17 - 20, is not only an important order event for the affiliated retailers but it is also the first trade show on the European continent for model year 2016. With that it's THE indicator for new bike trends.

NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - Shimano did not wait till Eurobike but presented an all new footwear line-up at the Outdoor show which took place last week in Friedrichshafen. Adding up the new models, Shimano has an impressive 71 pairs available.

德國，科隆- 歐盟最大的經銷商合作組織上週末在科隆舉辦其年度自行車展。ZEG五十週年慶祝晚會給了今年活動一絲特殊的感覺。

比利時，布魯塞爾- 歐洲議會的交通運輸和旅遊委員會在七月十四日建議，將歐洲自行車聯盟的歐盟自行車路線地圖納入2016年歐洲委員會的工作計畫中。這代表了ECF自行車產業俱樂部的一項重大突破，此俱樂部的主要目標是讓更多人能更常騎乘自行車。

荷蘭，AMERSFOORT- 2014年春天荷蘭零售組織Bike Totaal和Biretco的合併帶來了正面的動能。新成立的Dynamo Retail Group在2015年前半年加盟店的數量增加了18間，總數為772間。

義大利，VERONA- 距離第一屆CosmoBike自行車展開幕還有三個月的時間，主辦單位說有400家企業已經選擇了這個車展來發表義大利2016年的創新產品。

COLOGNE, Germany - Europe's biggest dealer cooperative gathered in Cologne last weekend for their annual order show. ZEG's 50th anniversary party gave the event a special touch this year.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - On July 14th the members of the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism committee recommended to include the European Cyclists Federation's EU Roadmap for Cycling in the European Commission's Work Programme for 2016. It represents a major breakthrough for ECF's Cycling Industry Club main objective to get more people on bikes more often.

NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - Shimano Europe and lock manufacturer Kryptonite agreed upon the distribution of Kryptonite bicycle products in a select group of European countries through Shimano Europe's sales offices.

SCHWEINFURT, Germany - Last week Bike Europe reported that Winora - Haibike's offering in e-MTB's is exploding; from 12 models in MY 2015 to 41 for MY 2016. This is wrong.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - The weeks ahead of the start of the holiday season seems to be the right time for people to pursue a new challenge and move to another organization. Panther International, Humpert, Bosch eBike system and Ridley reported:

SCHWEINFURT, Germany - That e-MTB's and speed e-bikes will be a main theme at the MY 2016 ranges that are to be world-premiered at the upcoming Eurobike is something everybody is expecting. However, how big this offering will be, is now becoming clear.

AMERSFOORT, the Netherlands - The merger of the Dutch retail organizations Bike Totaal and Biretco in spring 2014 brings a positive momentum. The newly created Dynamo Retail Group saw the number of affiliated stores increase by 18 to 772 in the first half of 2015.

VERONA, Italy - Three months to go before the opening of first edition of the CosmoBike Show, the organization reports that 400 companies have chosen for this event for launching 2016 innovations in Italy.

BRUGES, Belgium - The first Trek Bicycle Store in the Benelux will be opened next September. In Europe there are already a number of Trek Bicycle Stores, but none in the Benelux. With bike shop Thooft in Bruges, Belgium that's to change.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - It's again possible to post comments on the news and reports published at bike-eu.com. With the transition to our new publisher Vakmedianet this function was offline for a while. It has been restored and now everyone can again post comments without the need for a login code.

中國，合肥- 在中國重慶舉行的2015年全球汽車論壇上，Continental 集團董事會成員和中國區總裁兼執行長Ralf Cramer宣布該集團投資中國的計畫。