PORTO, Portugal - The World Cycling Forum held last June was the bicycle industry's first ever 2-day international congress.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - On Tuesday 29 August, one day before Eurobike 2017 starts, a Conference organized by Bike Europe

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - In a joint press release of 17 May, the BAGB and the MCIA state that Bike Europe's recently published White Paper and

LONDON, UK - On May 11 this trade journal launched its new Whitepaper: "Rules and regulations on electric cycles in the EU." One of the striking facts

荷蘭／瑞士－即將於6月7、8日在葡萄牙波多舉行的世界自行車產業論壇WCF，論壇時間表已出爐。由特邀專業講者帶來關於論壇主題的演講－以消費者為中心及市場反應速度提升，這將會激起關於製造業回流至市場所在地之議題討論。

"The China International Bicycle Show is the ideal environment for presenting our BMZ Drive Systems to a broad international public," says Sven Bauer, CEO

Bafang selected the China Int'l Bicycle Show in Shanghai, which will open its doors next Saturday, as the platform to launch multiple new developments for

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.