Decathlon Changing Company Name
VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ, France - Decathlon is changing its corporate name. Europe's largest sporting goods retailer' new name will be Oxylane which ...
Prologo: Original Gear Collection
Original Gear Collection 2008 is the name of a new series of Prologo saddles. Special for this new range is that it consists of saddles that are an ...
Shimano's Reliability Campaign to East Europe
NUNSPEET, the Netherlands - After its initial success over the last two years, Shimano's Reliability Campaign will again take place this year and is ...
German Call a Bike: Expansion
BERLIN, Germany - Germany's pioneering bike rental system Call a Bike, a subsidiary of DB Rent (a subsidiary of German Railway), announced at the 2008 ...
<b>Poland 2007:</b> Disaster Strikes Again!
WARSAW, Poland - For the second year in succession, bicycle sales dropped dramatically; in 2007 hitting the lowest level in the history of the free bike ...
Bicycles: Global Growth Market
SAN JOSE, California - The world bicycle market is projected to reach in excess of 31 billion (US$ 61 billion) by 2010. In the period 2001 2010 the ...
PRO: New Vibe & Vibe 7S handlebars
For the 2008 professional road race season PRO supplies five Pro Tour teams with the Vibe and Vibe 7S handlebars. With teams like Rabobank, Credit ...
Strong Shifts in 2007 French Market
PARIS, France - Last week the French industry association Tout a Velo reported on the 2007 bike sales in France. The report shows some remarkable shifts ...
Eurobike 2008 Adding Extra Hall: Now Big Enough?
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - One of the two new halls that are under construction at Messe Friedrichshafen, will be ready to be used at this years ...
Czech Trade-Association Joins ETRA
BRUSSELS, Belgium - At the annual general meeting recently held, the European Twowheel Retailers Association (ETRA) had the pleasure of welcoming a new ...
Amsterdam Chooses Bicycle as Unique Selling Point
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - Amsterdam, the worlds number one cycling city with some 60% of all trips in the city centre made by bicycle, wants to turn ...
Leonie Kreleger Will Leave Bike Europe
As of April 14th Bike Europe's account manager Leonie Kreleger will be the new account manager for bicycle safety seat manufacturer Dremefa. She will ...
Rumours on 2009 IFMA Dates Denied
COLOGNE, Germany - At yesterdays ZIV press conference, Cologne Messe officially denied all rumours on changing the dates for the 2009 IFMA. Show Manager ...
E-Bikes: Star on Growing German Market
COLOGNE, Germany - 4.6 million bikes were sold in Germany in 2007; plus 4% compared to the 2006 total. In percentages e-Bikes were the absolute star ...
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Shimano Announces New Price Increases
NUNSPEET, The Netherlands - Shimano is raising its prices again in November 2008. After announcing price increases for shipments made from the 1st of ...
'Bike Rental Systems Will Turn Bike Business Around
TAIPEI, Taiwan - During last months Taipei Int'l Cycle Show, Bike Europe's editor in chief Jack Oortwijn was invited to address the members of the ...
Accell CEO: 'Bike Rental Projects Create Big Spin Of
TAIPEI, Taiwan - At this years Taipei Cycle Show, Bike Europe interviewed Accell Group CEO Ren Takens on the rapidly growing new market which is the ...