法國，安錫（Annecy）－ Mavic新東家在策略上決定將重心放於該公司的核心業務，此舉將對經銷夥伴帶來影響。該公司聲明：「因為公司規模縮小及相關資源減少的關係，我們已做出一些調整來適應市場，並針對品牌和產品開始做規劃。」

日本，大阪（Osaka）－Shimano高層團隊結構在3月30號這天有了正式的改變，該公司在股東大會上公佈新的法人代表名單，其中包含總裁一職。

LONDON, UK - The most recent monthly figures showing like-for-like bike and e-bike imports and exports released by the Bicycle Association (BA) show a huge fluctuation. The statistics reveal the massive double whammy effect of the Covid crisis and the UK's exit from the EU has had on the bike and e-bike flows into and out of the UK.

Six Taiwan Excellence Award winners from the bicycle industry will showcase their most innovative products on March 25 on Taiwan Excellence Youtube Channel. The event will be jointly held by Taitra, the foremost non-profit, semi-governmental trade promotion organization in Taiwan, and the Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taiwan.

葡萄牙，康皮亞（Campia）－因應歐洲對碳纖製品的需求，一群投資商在葡萄牙組成了Carbon Team（譯：碳纖團隊）。繼Rodi、Miranda和Ciclo Fapril成功合作Triangle鋁合金車架廠之後，三間葡萄牙公司也和德國的Bike Ahead composites和台灣Art Collection協力在歐洲量產碳纖車架。

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Sacha Boedijn, who represented the bicycle division of the Dutch industry association, RAI Association, at the Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI) and also acted as Treasurer of this industry organisation, has taken up a new position.

荷蘭，杜廷赫姆（Doetinchem）－歐洲各國政府為防止疫情擴散採取的措施已對自行車產業造成衝擊。OEM廠商先前因中國的供應源中斷已做了準備，但是現在歐洲多間組裝廠皆為關閉狀態。

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - Rosie Burgin has joined the Bike Europe editorial team as Senior Editor, starting the role in March 2020.

德國，巴德索登（Bad Soden）－德國的電動自行車銷售自從2015年成長11.5% 之後便不斷加速上升，去年該國銷售大幅成長39%。該歐洲最大自行車市場的電動自行車銷售絕對數量為136萬輛。

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - That e-bike sales in Sweden would drop hard in 2019 was taken into account by all market operators. In particular because the government's subsidy scheme stopped which made up 25 percent of the purchase price of an e-bike up to a total of one

MIJDRECHT, the Netherlands - More than 50 years ago, Alan Clarke joined the export sales department of Nottingham, UK based Sturmey-Archer. At that time the component was a subsidiary of Raleigh Industries. He is now stepping down as General Manager of Sunrace Sturmey-Archer Europe BV to enjoy a well-earned retirement.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The cargo bike and cycle logistics industries represented via the international organizations Cycling Industries Europe (CIE) and European Cycle Logistics Federation (ECLF) have taken an active role in the development of the European standard for cargo bikes.

荷蘭，杜廷赫姆（Doetinchem）－Intube車架去年在Eurobike上大放異彩，預計在接下來的台北自行車展也將看到許多它的身影。電動自行車最新潮流就是InTube車架，不過現在電動自行車製造商可頭大了，因為在進入組裝前的測試階段，產品出現了很高的故障率。也因此造成生產進度落後、延後運送時程，進而影響到零售商及終端消費者。

It is foremost about stability and reliability; about securing supply chains as well as being more cost effective, faster and more flexible. All that comes with close-to-market production; with production in Europe. And in particular with e-bike production. But making the switch to producing electric bicycles requires considerable investments. It calls for robotization wherever possible, needed for reaching a 90 seconds flow time. All this is transforming bike production in Europe that stands to quadruple in volume in the next five years.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - That e-bike sales in Sweden would drop hard in 2019 was taken into account by all market operators. In particular because the government's subsidy of 25 percent of the purchase price stopped. This subsidy scheme pushed the Swedish

英國，倫敦（London）－近期一項進口數據資料顯示英國自行車市場的進口量正處歷史新低。政府官方發佈給英國自行車協會的2019年第三季度數據顯示年初至該日期的運輸量僅稍微超過百萬，市值更是比某些季度更低，像是2015年第三季度。

德國，柏林（Berlin）－都會電動載貨三輪車TRIPL是由丹麥能源公司EWII研發，並由Govecs製造，預計該車款很快就能出現在各個城市。不同於其他電動載貨自行車的設計，TRIPL為輕巧型的電動貨運車輛。

With COVID-19 pandemic in place, wholesome innovation has seemingly slowed down in the world of e-mobility, and global manufacturing companies have been more focused on optimization and economic product solutions. LEADER 96 Ltd is following the trend, building on full customer satisfaction, indisputable quality and affordability being the main features of this year's collection of e-bikes.

UTRECHT, the Netherlands - A major setback for the leading bicycle consumer show in the Netherlands, the Bike Motion. The 2021 edition which would take place on 29-30 October this year has been rescheduled to October 2022.

Italy - Two e-bikes are loaded into a van while the owners sleep in their camper. Around midday close to Romania, the van door is opened again by the police. How could a gang of thieves have been stopped 1.000 kilometers away?