Takens Re-Elected as COLIBI President
BRUSSELS, Belgium (October 30) - René Takens, CEO of the Accell Group has been unanimously re-elected as President of the Comité de Liaison des ...
Velo Goes AM
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (November 5) Velo, the well-known Taiwanese specialist in saddles and grips is focussing on brand awareness and image. Essentially a ...
Vuelta, by Rodi
In the October issue of Bike Europe, we announced the joint venture between Büchel components and mr. Moreno Fioravanti for the production of high-end ...
ANCMA Steps Up Lobbying To Maintain Dumping Duty for China
MILAN, Italy (October 28th) - The ANCMA Anti-Dumping Committee is stepping-up its efforts to sway important decision makers in the direction of ...
Fox Forks not (En)durable
HEERENBERG, Netherlands (October 30) - A recall for Specialized Enduro 2004 models. The bikes equipped with Fox Talas forks have been specced' with ...
Votec on Thin Ice
BRETTEN, Germany (October 30) - I.B.I. , the company behind the VOTEC brand has been forced to apply for a Chapter 11. Reasons appear to be the ...
Takens Re-Elected as COLIBI President
BRUSSELS, Belgium (October 30) - René Takens, CEO of the Accell Group has been unanimously re-elected as President of the Comité de Liaison des ...
The Power of Dreams
TOKYO, Japan (October 30) - Honda Motors has announced a record-breaking profit: in the second quarter the company made a whopping 137,4 billion Yen (€ ...
Giacomelli-Deal Stopped in its Tracks
RIMINI, Italy (October 30) - The bankruptcy court of Rimini have declared insolvency over the entire Giacomelli Sport Group, including all its ...
Lance Dates Girl Next Door
AUSTIN, US (October 28th) - Nothing special you might think, after all Lance Armstrong is officially a bachelor since he broke-up with his wife. But if ...
Money, Money, Money
TOKYO, Japan (October 28th) - The controversy between the US, China and Japan about the value of their respective currencies is sharpening up due to the ...
And You Thought The Carbon-Era was Millions of Years Ago?
LAS VEGAS, US (October 20th) - Well, that era of carbon is many, many moons ago… but the present day version is now a confirmed hype. What started at ...
Giant President Speaks His Mind!
LELYSTAD, Netherlands (October 24th) - Jan Derksen, the main man of Giant Europe is well displeased with the possibility of prolonging the anti-dumping ...
Passionate Appeal
LOKEREN, Belgium (October 20th) - Federvelo, the Belgium federation of manufactures and importers of bicycles raises a passionate appeal to the ...
Another Shimano Patent Infringement
NUNSPEET, Netherlands (October 22nd) - Shimano has won its case against DNP and TAIMCO. Again it was the München Landesgericht that decided in favour of ...
Bike-in-a-Box
LONDON, UK (24th October) - Yesterday we reported about the Belgian distributor organisation Federvelo protesting against the ultra-cheap bikes on offer ...
JJB Evacuates Europe
WIGAN, UK (October 16th) - JJB Sports, the British retailer is pulling the plug on its' European stores. Last weekend the store in Rotterdam closed down ...
Light at the End of the Tunnel?
NEW YORK, US ( October 21st) - The latest figures from corporate US are totally different from what we are used to: Splendid! Is the word of choice ...