JD Components Follows Up on Forks Recall with Flying Doctor Teams
Last week voluntary recalls were announced in the United States for Trek and Cannondale bikes fitted with uni-crown head shock suspension forks ...
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<b>Poland 2008:</b> Bike Sales Flattening
WARSAW, Poland The high euro, falling sales, but some export growth in 2008 overall not a very optimistic picture for the Polish market. Domestic ...
Messe Munich Explains Reasons for Bike Expo
The ZEG has nothing to do with it. Europes biggest dealer cooperative is nor co-organizer or conceptual partner of the new Munich Bike Expo which is to ...
Crisis Hampers Internationalization of Portuguese SportZone
The major Portuguese sports retail chain SportZone that is also selling bikes and bike products, is feeling the pinch of the economic crisis. Not only ...
Intercycles France in Flames
The factory of SN Intercycles SA caught fire Sunday July 26. The damage is considerable and, as reported by a local newspaper, the bike factory
<b>USA 2008:</b> Bike Market Not Immune to Recession
It started in the US with the bankruptcy of Lehmann Brothers, one of the country's biggest banks. And it looks as if the United States is being hit the ...
Fire Destroys Dutch Bike Stock
A major fire destroyed the former Union bicycle factory last Friday evening. The building housed several companies among them Westerman Logistics that ...
Arcandor/Karstadt Applies for Rescue Loan
Last Friday Arcandor AG, owner of (among other companies) Karstadt and Karstadt Sport department stores in Germany which sell a wide variety of bikes ...
US Market Struggles with High Inventory
After the first nine months of 2009 warehouses were still stacked with all sorts of bikes in the United States. Little is known about the situation in ...
Exhibitors at Splendor Hotel (updated)
As per today the following companies had registered as 2009 Taichung Bike Week exhibitors at the Splendor Hotel:
Italy's New Bike Buying Incentive Scheme is Super Success
On September 25; just two hours after the start of Italys second bike buying incentive scheme (officially called EcoIncentive) already 2,000 bicycles ...
SRAM Changes Service & Warranty Structure for OEMs
Today SRAM Europe announces a restructuring of its product service and warranty support for its OEM customers in the Benelux countries. As after years ...
Dorel Acquires UK Distributor Mongoose and GT
Dorel Industries, owner of among them Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, and Sugoi, announced it has acquired assets of UK-based Hot Wheels and Circle Bikes, UKs ...
Specialized Concept Stores Now Also in Slovenia and Croatia
The tally stands now at 25 in Europe and is counting as even in these financial hard times more are opening. Specialized was the first to introduce the ...
After 2009 Dramatic Drop, US Market Shows Recovery
Even for the insiders of the US sector figures on 2009 bike sales must have been shocking. A drop of almost 20% is huge and unprecedented with which the ...
Dorel Launches Cycling Sports Group Asia Pacific
Dorel Industries announced the launch of Cycling Sports Group, Asia Pacific and the appointment of Mario Stein, Vice President, Cycling Sports Group ...
<b>Switzerland 2009:</b> Sales Up while e-Bikes Boom
According to the statistics of the countrys cycling industry association, Velosuisse, 349,900 new bicycles were sold in Switzerland last year. Thats 7.3%
Dorel Sets Record in First Quarter 2010
Dorel Industries Inc. manufacturer of Cannondale, GT, Schwinn, Mongoose, and IronHorse bicycles, as well as Sugoi apparel, released results for their ...
JD's Eagle at World EXPO 2010
A leading role for the e-Bike at the World Expo 2010 when Swedish Trade Minister Ewa Bjorling presented an Eagle to design student Wenchao Gao as one of ...
Swedish Skeppshultcykeln Sold
As of June 7, 2010 Swedish bicycle manufacturer Skeppshultcykeln will have new owners. On that date Kjell Sture and PeO Helge, owners of the company ...