In early 2015 it was already clear that the Chinse bicycle industry was heading for a difficult year, both in its home market as well as

Thriving e-bike and especially e-MTB sales pushed up the Austrian market in 2016. The number of sold e-MTBs increased by no less than 80% from 16,666 units

荷蘭，恩荷芬(Eindhoven)－Frank Peiffer對於自行車產業的轉型需要滿足更多消費者線上購物的需求表示毫不懷疑。他說：「這是必定會發生的。」 至於要如何做到這一點，Shimano Europe自行車部門的董事總經理提出了一個清晰的觀點，包含隨之而來的「倘若」(ifs)還有「但是」(buts)。

E-bike drive system manufacturer Bafang will start to produce batteries themselves. The company announced an initial investment of 11.2 million euro to push

After two excellent bicycle sales reports for 2014 and 2015, the German industry organization ZIV announced today less positive market results for 2016.

The number of bicycles sold in Finland decreased in 2016, but the mood in the market is not down. There are many promising signs predicting better years.

The e-bike has gained a strong foothold on the three Nordic countries, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, although their overall bicycle markets declined. The

To support the need for an intra-industry forum and stakeholder platform the ECF launches a Europe-wide Platform on Bicycle Sharing & Systems (PEBSS),

Copenhagen presents itself as the gateway for entering the Scandinavian market. The third edition of the Copenhagen Bike Show scheduled for 10-12 March

比利時，布魯塞爾－位盧森堡的歐盟高級法院在兩起上訴案件中對中國製自行車出口到歐盟成員國的反傾銷行為進行轉運業務反規避的裁決。保加利亞自行車製造商Maxcom有限公司、歐盟理事會和歐盟委員會向斯里蘭卡公司City Cycle Industries和Chin Haur Indonesia提出上訴。

德國－儘管MIFA於3週前強烈否認此聞，其仍然陷入了嚴重的財務困境。這間剛開始在其新廠進行生產的德國自行車製造商已在1月4日提出破產申請。

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - Today Accell Group has announced that it is considering the sale of its American activities. Accell North America Inc. (ANA) is continued in a separate entity for non-core activities. Besides a sale of the activities, a restructuring is also possible.

On behalf of the Bike Europe team, it is my pleasure to wish all the readers of the e-mail Newsletter and all the regular visitors of the Bike Europe website as well as all the readers of the monthly Bike Europe trade journal, a happy Christmas and a good & healthy 2019.

瑞典，斯哥德爾摩（Stockholm）－天氣好壞一直都是影響自行車銷售的一大因素，今年炎熱無雨的夏季讓瑞典的自行車業績飆升，特別是電動自行車。除了天氣之外，政府的補助政策也是銷售上升的原因。今年瑞典電動自行車熱銷成長53%，銷售總量破10萬。

比利時，布魯塞爾（Brussels）－等待許久，歐盟執委會終於在上週發佈「案件AD634－關乎自中國進口的電動自行車反傾銷程序」的「最終一般揭露文件」(General Final Disclosure Document)。執委會會將此份文件發給各股東及程序中的合作方，宣佈中國電動自行車傾銷案之調查結果以及計畫徵收的反傾銷稅。

荷蘭，杜廷赫姆(Doetinchem)－在上月初舉辦的Eurobike上打著載有最大電池容量的電動自行車是否為真有待商確，不過西班牙自行車製造商BH推出的電動登山車頂級款Atom號稱擁有720瓦時。多虧於電動汽車製造商Tesla推動電池的創新，電動自行車的性能、功率及使用壽命都創造了新高。

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - The e-bike and its components are certainly not that widely visible at the Taichung Bike Week 2017, which started earlier today,

MOSCOW, Russia - Renowned names like Shimano, Schwinn, Cube, Specialized, Merida, Haibike and Marin were there through their distributors.

BOULDER, USA - The potential of the US e-bike market can best be illustrated by the 'e-bike update page' in the first ever annual report of the BPSA

Amer Sports Corporation為「優先考量永續獲利成長」而縮減了公司2020年的目標。至於縮減目標的原因，該芬蘭運動服飾及自行車產品製造商表示，是因為美國批發市場具有相當挑戰性。電子商務的快速崛起已重重打擊2016年美國運動用品零售商，例如Sports Authority及Toys'R'Us