End of Taiwan's Anti-Dumping Duties; Will EU Makers Go for Renewal?
BRUSSELS, Belgium (October 21) - The anti-dumping duties on Taiwan made bicycles are due to be lifted on the 26th of February 2004. Currently all Taiwan ...
Cisalfa To Buy Giacomelli?
RIMINI, Italy (October 16th) - A rumoured €13 million is being offered for 80 of the 120 Giacomelli stores in Italy. Cisalfa Sport's offer comes at a ...
US Bike Lanes
LOUDOUN, US (October 23rd) - One step further on the Road-Map to Bike Use, the Loudoun board of supervisors has approved a plan to build bicycle routes ...
Mobile Giant
LELYSTAD, Netherlands (October 23rd) - T-Mobile, the former 'Deutsche Telecom' has not only switched from Pinarello bikes to Giant: they also swapped ...
Twico & Bike Totaal: Drifting Apart.
VENLO/AMERSFOORT, Netherlands (October 10th) - Although the intentions were good the declaration in which Twico Retail Support and Bike Totaal ...
Beware Jaywalkers!
ANNAPOLIS,US (October 15th) - The first police patrol on Segway's: the town of Annapolis gets the credit for that. Officers John Lee and Pierre Pyle are ...
Giro da Lombardia
COMO, Italy (October 18th) - The 97th edition of this classic and classy race: on the 18th of October the racers will start from the yacht club in Como. ...
Spinning a Good Yarn
MALDEN, US (October 16th) - Aaron Feuerstein the CEO of Malden Mills, the inventor and major producer of fleece material seems to have survived his ...
Kynast: Stop or Go?
QUAKENBRUECK, Germany (October 7) - Although officially declared bankrupt the receiver of Kynast, Dr. Stephan Thiemann left an open answer to the ...
Conquering Rome
ROME, Italy (October 9th) - Kymco, the Taiwanese manufacturer of motorized 2-wheelers is growing strongly on the Italian market. According to Cheng ...
Interbike Opening
LAS VEGAS, US (October 13th ) - The Interbike show opened in force: some 1000 exhibitors played host to 14,000+ visitors. The show has some new features ...
Mod Squad
SINGAPORE, (October 13th) - Almost 60 years ago the Vespa was invented as basic transport. A means to get war-torn Italy on the move again - the nifty ...
Tour Acadienne
QUEBEC, Canada (October 15th) - In 2008 Quebec celebrates its 400th birthday: something special should be done…To start the Tour the France from the ...
Formula 1 Bike
TOKYO, Japan (October 13th) - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.Ltd and National Bicycle Industrial Co.Ltd, have jointly produced an original bicycle ...
New Bike Show in Belgium
LEUVEN, Belgium (October 6) - A new bike show is to be held from the 31st of October trough the 3rd of November. The venue are the Brabanthallen in ...
Cannondale Blows its Top
BETHEL, US (October 3rd) - Three top managers have been given their notice at Cannondale US. Dan Alloway, Len Konecny and son of the company's founder, ...
No FietsRAI but FietsVAK in Holland
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (October 6) - The FietsRAI, Holland's' bicycle show will not be held in 2004. It will be replaced by FietsVAK; a trade show on a ...
Robo-Bike: Soon Reality?
WASHINGTON, US (October 3rd) - Wavecrest industries, of presidential candidate fame, have proposed their M-750 model as transport for security forces. ...