Germany

Lemmo raised over USD 1 million on Kickstarter for the Lemmo 3, a full-suspension longtail e-cargo bike with a 960 Wh semi-solid-state battery.

Abstract: German online bicycle retailer Bike24 Holding AG increased third-quarter revenue by 30.0% year-on-year to EUR 107.7 million, the first quarter in which it has passed EUR 100 million. Adjusted EBITDA rose 13.9% to EUR 6.1 million, while the adjusted EBITDA margin fell from 6.4% to 5.7%.

Over 70% of the exhibition space for the new European Bike Show in Cologne has been sold, ten months before the first edition opens. Koelnmesse is organising the trade-only show with German industry association ZIV, and it takes place from 6 to 8 September 2027. Companies from 25 countries have registered. Industry association Zukunft Fahrrad, which joined as a partner in October, is in charge of the services, cargo bike and commercial transport segments.

Pon.Bike Parts & Accessories (Pon.Bike P&A) now supplies Fabric, Reserve Wheels and OneUp Components alongside its existing BBB Cycling range. Dealers in the Benelux and Germany can order all four brands through one multi-brand dealer portal.

ENYRING, the battery swapping subsidiary of Yamaha Motor, has started a pilot with fleet partners in Berlin. 7 of the 20 planned swapping stations are installed. The pilot began at the end of October 2026 and runs for up to three months before a commercial launch.

Revenue in The Platform Group's (TPG) Freight Goods segment, which holds its bicycle and furniture platforms, fell 6% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2026. Group net revenue at the German e-commerce company rose 17% to EUR 622.7 million.

German bicycle brand Ghost will not be discontinued. Bike Tree GmbH, the company set up to acquire insolvent Winora-Staiger, has also taken over the Ghost brand and all related intellectual property rights from insolvent Accell Germany subsidiary Ghost Bikes GmbH.

Swiss bicycle industry specialist Netcycle AG says its joint takeover bid for Ghost Bikes and E. Wiener Bike Parts, both subsidiaries of the insolvent Accell Group, has been rejected. Ghost will cease operations, terminate all employment contracts and sell its remaining stock en bloc,

German brake specialist Magura has introduced the Gustav Ultra, a brake lever blade with separate adjustments for reach, lever ratio and bite point. It fits existing Gustav Pro and Gustav Elite brakes and launches in Europe as a limited set priced at EUR 169.90 including VAT.

German parts wholesaler Engelbert Wiener Bike Parts GmbH (WBP) continues operations and is looking for an investor after its insolvency proceedings in self-administration opened on 1 November 2026. Of the three German Accell subsidiaries, WBP is the only one without a buyer or a closure decision.

Ghost-Bikes, the insolvent German mountain bike subsidiary of Accell Group, will cease operations after no buyer was found. Its 53 employees in Waldsassen will lose their jobs.

Singapore-based Dutech Holdings has acquired Winora Staiger GmbH, the German company behind the Winora and Haibike brands, from insolvent Accell Germany. Its newly formed subsidiary Bike Tree GmbH continues the business in Sennfeld with 87 of the 187 employees.

German bicycle manufacturer Velo de Ville has updated its online dealer portal with a new ordering tool, tracking per bike and access to individual dealer terms. The changes are aimed at dealers selling its Custom Made bikes, which are built to each customer's specification.

A survey for German insurer Alteos found that 39% of cyclists planning to buy a used bike would buy it from a bicycle dealer, against 14.3% for private online marketplaces. Supply is growing: lease returns in Germany have risen by an average of 68% a year since 2023, according to Zukunft Fahrrad.

French sporting goods retailer Decathlon opened a EUR 15 million flagship store in Oberhausen, its 117th in Germany, on 16 October 2026. The 4,500 square metre store houses the second German shop-in-shop of Decathlon's road and gravel brand Van Rysel, plus one for e-bike refurbisher Rebike Mobility.

Robert Bosch GmbH will transfer the German operations of its Mobility business sector, which includes all activities for the car and bicycle industries, into a separate, wholly owned subsidiary from 1 August 2027.

Pon.Bike-owned Cannondale is moving its global headquarters from Wilton, Connecticut, to Woudenberg in the Netherlands. The Wilton office will wind down by mid-2027, with global functions brought together in Woudenberg and in Freiburg, Germany, where R&D and engineering are already based.

Germany's bike-sharing fleet grew 1.5% year-on-year to 102,550 bikes, while private bike subscriptions fell 2% to 98,000. That is the finding of the second market data survey on sharing, subscriptions and rentals by German industry association Zukunft Fahrrad.