MUNICH, Germany (July 14) - Mattel is entering the EU sporting goods and bike market not under its own name. Yvonne Haag, licensing manager Consumer ...

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (July 20) - After 44 years, the Dutch Fiets! Foundation will be put to sleep. Not disbanded, mind you, but stored until needed. ...

MAARSSEN, Netherlands (May 12) - The reality in deliveries is already quite harsh. Leadtimes are getting longer and longer, and the real season is just ...

MAARSSEN, Netherlands (May 18) - German bicycle manufacturer MIFA has already claimed some success on the stock-exchange. After the shares were first ...

HOUTEN, Netherlands (August 31) - With average prices for new bikes in Holland climbing to € 700 at IBDs, competition from other distribution channels ...

SHANGHAI, China (April 15) - The Shanghai Bicycle Show which is taking place now, is such a booming success that a very unorthodox decision has been ...

MAARSSEN, Netherlands (July 20) - Danish Principia is officially bankrupt, that much is now certain. At the moment the company has stopped trading and ...

BEIJING, China (July 20) - China's economic growth unexpectedly slowed in the second quarter, suggesting government lending curbs are cooling the ...

PARIS, France (April 14) -The doping investigation which prompted top French cycling team Cofidis to withdraw from competition has already cast a deep ...

GARREL, Germany (February 24th) - Rigida (rims) and Roland (wheelbuilding contractors) signed an agreement that Roland will produce, market, distribute ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (January 12th) - Professional Road race teams Elite I Kelme (Spain) and Domina Vacanze (Italy) have failed to produce the required ...

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany (Dec 8) - Klaus Wellmann, who as vice president of the house, garden & leisure division at Kölnmesse is also responsible ...

NUNSPEET, Netherlands (Oct 18) - In a press release Shimano today announced that they are closing-down Shimano Italia Spa, their factory in Briga ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (Oct 14) European Parliament is calling for rapid action by China to address the many concerns of EU industry, especially Intellectual ...

NUNSPEET, Netherlands - Do you have a good idea for the promotion of cycling at schools? Join the Shimano Cycling Concept Award 2006 and win € 12.500 to ...

LAS VEGAS, US ( Oct 3) - Speculation was rife at the IFMA, but now it has been confirmed: Raleigh Cycle has sold its Germany subsidiary to a German ...

GLASGOW, UK (Sep 22) - Bicycles are behind a big rise in road casualties, it was claimed yesterday. UK Police say large numbers of people are taking to ...

JERUSALEM, Israel (Aug 11) - Israel's first bicycle park opened recently at Kibbutz Zova, near Jerusalem. The park covers more than 40 acres and is a ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium - It is not just bicycle and parts that are under scrutiny by the European Commission. The Confederation of the European Footwear ...

PFORZHEIM, Germany (August 2) - After it's insolvency in March 2005, custom builder Bergwerk is celebrating a comeback. A quartet of private investors ...