Shimano Cycling Concept Award Goes to Brussels
NUNSPEET, The Netherlands (March 4) - The second Shimano Cycling Concept Award is won by the Belgian non-profit organisation Pro Velo who is aiming to ...
FSA/TH Industries To Start Production in Europe
CAVENAGO BRIANZA, Italy (February 27) - What started as just a sales office, is about to turn into an assembly plant for bicycle components. FSA Europe ...
SRAM To Take Over RockShox
CHICAGO, USA (February 20) - SRAM Corporation is buying the renowned US maker of suspension systems for bicycles, RockShox Inc. Definitive purchasing ...
Revolutionary Tango Folding Bike Causes Urban Solutions' Bankruptcy
ALMERE, The Netherlands (February 18) - Urban Solutions BV has been declared bankrupt. The ambitious company that was started in 1997 as a design and ...
Truvativ Opens European OEM-Sales Subsidiary
WIITEN, Germany (February 18) - Taiwanese-American bicycle component manufacturer Truvativ opened its own European subsidiary in Germany. Dirk ...
Votec Files For Insolvency
KARLSRUHE, Germany (February 12) - The management of SVB-Fahrradtechnik GmbH, owners of the Votec brand, have applied for Insolvency at the Court of ...
Decathlon Expanding with Downtown Pilot Store
VILLENEUF D'ASQ, France (February 12) - Decathlon, the successful French sports supermarket chain, plans to open (only) two new stores in France this ...
Problems with SRAM's New 7-speed Clickbox
AMERSFOORT, The Netherlands - SRAM is faced with problems with the new Clickbox for its 7-speed hub gears. The new component was recently introduced for ...
Giant & Merida: December Sales Include Bad and Good News
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (February 5) - Good and bad news from Taiwan's number one and two bicycle producers Giant and Merida. According to a recent publication ...
Villiger Stops Production in Switzerland
BUTTISHOLZ, Switzerland (February 1) - As a result of the transfer of production to the former Diamant works in Hartmannsdorf, Germany, 22 people will ...
Veloring Restructures and Restarts
MONCHENGLADBACH, Germany (January 29) - German buying association Veloring GmbH & Co. KG is restructuring while its member-organisations Veloring ...
Fire Destroys 5,000 Giant and Merida Bicycles
TARNOWSKIE GORY, Poland (January 25) - On the industrial estate of Tarnowskie Gory, Poland, a warehouse of Hellmann Moritz International burnt down. The ...
Changes in Management Shimano Europe
NUNSPEET, Netherlands (January 25) - Shimano Europe announces changes in its management which will become effective per end February. Frank Peiffer, ...
Halfords Results Up 5.6%
NOTTINGHAM, UK (January 21) - UK's biggest bicycle retailer, Halfords realized a 5.6% growth in overall retail sales during the period April 1 - ...
Dutch Buying Association Euretco Expanding
BREDA, Netherlands (January 21) - Euretco, a € 1 billion-plus buying association active in several retail sectors in the Netherlands and Belgium ...
Swiss News: Cilo Liquidated, Flyer Revived
BURGDORF, Switzerland (January 18) - The restructuring process of the Swiss bicycle industry continues with Cilo recently stopping its operations after ...
Dutch Union Restarts
NIEUWLEUSEN, Netherlands (January 16) - Dutch Union bicycles is restarting its production this week. 2002 production is targeted at 65.000 units. The ...
Future European Transport Policy Ignores Bicycles and Powered Two-Wheelers
BRUSSELS, Belgium (January 14) - In its recently published White Paper on European Transport Policy, the European Commission outlines the transport ...