Remodeled Deore XT Boosts Shimano Sales
OSAKA, Japan - The remodeled Deore XT series boosted Shimanos sales in the period January - September this year. Total bicycle component sales increased
Record Breaking EICMA Moto & Bici
MILAN, Italy - The 65th edition of the EICMA International Motorcycle and Bicycle show, held November 2 - 11, drew a record breaking crowd of over ...
Dutch Biretco Appoints New CEO
BREDA, the Netherlands - Henk de Vreeze is the name of the new Biretco CEO, successor of Ron Te Riele. He starts December 1, 2007 at the retail ...
Bike Expand (Oredon) Listed on Euronext
BIDART, France - To obtain additional funding for their long term strategy, Bike Expand has been listed on the March Libre of Euronext Paris. Our main ...
Rumour of the Week
MAARSSEN, the Netherlands - Bike Europe heard that some bicycle industry people have organized an OE get together
<b>Canada 2006:</b> Bicycle Sales Are on the Roll
In a movement reminiscent of the 1970s bicycle boom in North America, Canadians are being reminded to get out and exercise. This time it is not so much ...
SRAM Expands Again
CHICAGO, US - SRAM again added a new brand and company to its growing portfolio. The acquisition of the US based carbon wheel producer Zipp has been ...
French Rental Bikes Ride the World
PARIS, France - The Vlorution was launched on July 15th last summer and is conquering the world. The concept of implementing a wide spread bike rental ...
Alex Rims Opens EU Distribution Centre
TAINAN HSIEN, Taiwan - Next year rim and wheel producer Alex Global Technology will open a European distribution centre. This new facility will be ...
Chicken & Sons Recovers after Devastating Fire
KENSWORTH, UK - After a fire destroyed the warehouse and offices of Chicken & Sons Bisley Works last weeks the British distributor is nearly in full ...
China's Carbon Testing Facilities Swamped
BEIJING, China - The two by the Chinese government approved carbon testing facilities in Guangzhou and Jiangsu are both swamped with product to be ...
<b>Switzerland 2006:</b> Hit by Cheapness-Wave
Stable market relations in Switzerland: the 2006 sales figures from dealers and sports outlets remained more or less the same, in spite of the ...
CEN电动自行车标准即将定案
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Bike Lighting Stirs up Dutch Government
THE HAGUE, the Netherlands - Since two days bicycle lighting is headline news in the Netherlands. The official requirements for bicycle lighting do not ...
German Twinny Load Supplier Insolvent
COLOGNE, Germany - On 17 October German Twin Load supplier Koch Kleeberg GmbH & Co. ELBE Twinny Load KG asked for insolvency. The responsible district ...
Pacific-Cycles Buys Swivel-Head Folding Technology
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Pacific Cycles has added the Swivel-Head bike folding technology to its product portfolio. This technology was acquired from MAS design ...
<b>Germany 2006:</b> IBDs: winning market share
Here are the German bike sales numbers 2006 based on calculations by the Statistisches Bundesamt and ZIV. Compared with the previous year 2006 has seen ...
CEN Standard for e-Bikes Almost Finalized
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Today the members of the Technical Committee TC333 for bicycles are discussing at the Brussels office of the CEN, the European ...