Halfords UK Acquired by CVC Capital Partners
LONDON, UK (July 26) - British bicycle & car parts chain Halfords has been acquired by CVC Capital Partners from drugstore chain Boots Company plc. ...
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Exal to Unite Schuermann and Alesa
HOOGSTRATEN, Belgium (July 9) - Renowned rim manufacturer Alesa Belgium, who filed for bankruptcy last May, will be brought back to life. Together with ...
Vredestein Reports Small First Half Profit
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (August 6) - Vredestein reported an € 0.5 million net profit or € 0.06 per share over the first half of this year. One year ...
Vuelta, by Rodi
AVEIRO, Portugal (November 12) - In the October issue of Bike Europe, we announced the joint venture between Büchel components and mr. Moreno Fioravanti ...
Dutch NMA Fines Trade Organisations
MAARSSEN, Netherlands ( November 25th) - The Dutch NMA, a government agency responsible for fair trade, has slapped fines on two of the largest bicycle ...
Fox Forks not (En)durable
HEERENBERG, Netherlands (October 30) - A recall for Specialized Enduro 2004 models. The bikes equipped with Fox Talas forks have been specced' with ...
Mobile Giant
LELYSTAD, Netherlands (October 23rd) - T-Mobile, the former 'Deutsche Telecom' has not only switched from Pinarello bikes to Giant: they also swapped ...
No FietsRAI but FietsVAK in Holland
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (October 6) - The FietsRAI, Holland's' bicycle show will not be held in 2004. It will be replaced by FietsVAK; a trade show on a ...
Spinning a Good Yarn
MALDEN, US (October 16th) - Aaron Feuerstein the CEO of Malden Mills, the inventor and major producer of fleece material seems to have survived his ...
Chainless Bikes
BRISTOL, UK (September 12) - No new idea by any means but another go at a tried concept. As early as 1890 the first shaft-drive bike was built in France ...
Bico: Trade Places
VERL, Germany (June 17) - Symptoms of the Bico restructuring are filtering through: mr. Lothar Traphöner, managing director of Bico before Conrad Greif, ...
BICO Courts Sport 2000
MAINHAUSEN/VERL, Germany (August 25) - Struggling German dealer cooperative BICO announces a close cooperation with Ariston-Nord-West-Ring -anwr-group ...
BICO Reopened Warehouse
VERL, Germany (August 22) - Oliver Schill, BICO's new general manager, informed Bike Europe that the warehouse of the German dealer cooperative opened ...
SARS Effects on Far East Operations
TAIPEI, Taiwan (May 2) - Following Taiwan's first significant outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Taiwan's government on April 28 ...
Dutch Gazelle Goes to Germany
DIEREN, The Netherlands (February 17) - Gazelle bicycle manufacturers will step into the German market for high-end bicycles. As a first step, Gazelle ...
Culture-Vélo
TOULOUSE, France (April 17) - Culture-Vélo has opened an outlet in Toulouse-Blagnac. The shop has been bought from Veloland, but has been transformed to ...
Look Moves to Africa
NEVERS, France (May 26) - Look Bicycles have transferred their production of carbon components (frames, forks) to Tunisia. Last year, the Look board ...
Shimano: Benelux distribution of Bell and Giro
NUNSPEET, the Netherlands (June 17) - From next September on, Shimano Benelux will distribute Bell and Giro helmets in the Netherlands, Belgium and ...
Haro Bikes Signs Kyle Strait
VISTA, USA (April 17) - Haro BMX cycles have signed 16-year old freeride idol Kyle Strait. When Kyle was 13, he won the prestigious Sea Otter jump ...
Dutch Union: Capitalizing on Competition Authority Mistake?
NIEUWLEUSEN, the Netherlands (21 January) - The Dutch Competition Authority NMA last month erroneously mentioned Union bicycles in their report on ...