Shimano Gets Oscar
NUNSPEET, Netherlands (March 12th) -The Shimano Dura-Ace crankset and Nexus INTER-8 gearhub have both won an 'I F' design award 2004. This ...
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SRAM: Trigger Shift Lawsuit
MUNICH, Germany (12 March)- SRAM lost the most recent round in their litigation against Shimano about trigger shifters. SRAM's Stan Day announced this ...
Sport 2000 Joins Bico Management
MAINHAUSEN/VERL, Germany (February 19th) - Sport 2000 and Bico confirm that Harald Ostermeir, co-general-manager of sporting goods buyer group Sport ...
Aprilia Looks for Capital
MILAN, Italy (31 March) - Rumours have been going around for some time that Aprilia was short on cash. Now officially, the company has announced to ...
The Great Gonso Is No More?
ALBSTADT, Germany (February 12th) - German functional and bikewear maker Gonso has had to apply for insolvency. The company, based in Albstadt, will be ...
ISPO China: the Real Stuff Only
SHANGHAI, China (February 10) - Finally China has it's own version of the Munich ISPO - to be held in new premises in Shanghai on March14-17, 2005. Some ...
EU Flooded by Import Bikes from Asia; Up 26% in 2003
MAARSSEN, Netherlands (February 10) - Europe is rapidly becoming swamped in imported bikes from Asia. Eurostat, the EU's customs data bureau, recorded a ...
KHS Moves to Vietnam
HO CHI MIN City, Vietnam (January 27) - Following in the footsteps of Strongman, MT Racing, Asama, Sheng Fa, Arthur & Judy Ent. Co., Ltd., and ...
German Bike Maker MIFA To Go Public
SANGERSHAUSEN, Germany (March 4) - According to the German Merck Finck bank, Germany's self declared largest bicycle producer, MIFA is going public. The ...
Bianchi Joins Forces with Alessio
MILAN, Italy (January 5th) - The departure of Jan Ullrich (the runner-up in the Tour de France 2003) has not lessened the appetite of Bianchi for ...
Shanghai: Bridgehead into China
SHANGHAI, China (January 30th) - A grand total of US$ 5.26 billion profit was made by foreign companies in the Shanghai area, and that's in 2003 alone… ...
COLIBI/COLIPED Congress on New CEN Bike Standards
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Dec 6) - On 14 February 2006 the two European associations organize a Congress in Brussels on the new European safety standards for ...
Aldi goes Swiss
ESSEN, Germany (Nov 15) - After 16 months of preparation German mass merchant Aldi opened its first four outlets in Switzerland. Before the end of the ...
Switch in Sourcing: from Asia to Eastern Europe?
LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg (Nov 1) - The enlargement of the EU by May 1, 2004 with 10 new member states has had big consequences for the European bike ...
Giant Appeals EU Duties on Vietnamese & Chinese Imports
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Oct 18)- Giant Manufacturing Co., Taiwan's biggest bicycle maker, filed a lawsuit contesting European Union tariffs on bicycles from ...
World Champion Tom Boonen Meets King Albert
BRUSSEL, Belgium (Sep 27) --Belgian road racer Tom Boonen who won the world championship in Madrid last Sunday, was received today by Belgian King ...
More Than 115.000 Visitors at the Milan Bike ShowMilano
MILANO, Italy - The 2005 EICMA Milan bike show opened with record number of floor space (+25%) and more exhibitors (+16%), and closed four days later ...
North Korea opens First Bicycle Factory
PYONGYANG, North Korea (Oct 7) - North Korea began production on Friday of the country's first home-built bicycles, according to China's Xinhua news ...
Dubai Sports City Announce Sportex Middle East 2005
DUBAI, Dubai (Oct 14) - The Sportex Middle East & Gulf Stadia, the premier international event for the Sports, Fitness, Health and Leisure ...
UN report Praises Bicycle Transport
KISUMI, Kenya (Sep 15) - A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report has lauded the bodaboda for employing over 5,000 people with each taking ...