TAIPEI, Taiwan - The transformation of the Taiwanese industry from producing traditional bicycles and the appropriate components to e-bikes has created an all new dynamic. One of the showrooms for Taiwan's innovative strength is the annual design and innovation awards which is organised by the country's industry organisation Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA) together with the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA). TBA Secretary General Gina Chang on the position of TBA now and after Covid-19.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Last Tuesday Taiwan's parliament passed the review of a draft bill to step up the fight against fake origin labels and certificates of origin. The bill was initiated by Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs after the government identified several companies that tagged Chinese products with fraudulent labels of origin in an attempt to avoid anti-dumping tariffs imposed by the EU on Chinese exports.

POZZOLEONE, Italy - Saddle manufacturer Sello Royal puts greater effort into trade marketing activities in order to improve the brand's presence in stores. "Our objective is to help dealers to increase the performance of their saddle business and ultimately the customer experience in the shops," says Selle Royal.

MOSCOW, Russia - One of two major Moscow bike shows - VeloPark - was held this year in February, much ahead of a 2019 bike season starting in April. A mild winter with a prospect of early spring prompted a hefty rise of interest to summer sports equipment.

MILAN, Italy - Prologo developed its latest saddle in close cooperation with the Politecnico University of Milan. The design challenge at Polifactory, a multidisciplinary research laboratory of the University resulted in the Proxim W650.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's e-bike exports soared in volume and in value during the first nine months of this year. Export volume upped by 48 percent and reached nearly 200,000 units. Money-wise Taiwan electric bicycle exports grew with 52 percent to USD 269 million.

WASHINGTON, USA - The Trump Tariffs on bicycles, e-bikes and bike products imported into the U.S. from China will enter into force next Monday, September 24. From that day onwards up to the end of the year a 10 percent tariff will be levied which is to be raised to 25 percent with the start of the New Year.

OSTERMUNDIGEN, Switzerland - The UCI's announcement to allow disc brakes to be used in all road competition as of 1 July 2018 is welcomed by the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI). Both organisations worked closely together on this case since 2015.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - An iconic brandname is celebrating its rebirth at this year's Eurobike. It's Sachs. In Hall A1, on stand 401, the brandname is proudly presented on an e-bike mid-motor which will be produced by ZF. This company is one of the largest automotive parts makers in the world.

LUXEMBOURG - Earlier today the Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed the appeal of the European Bicycle Manufacturers Association (EBMA)

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

Northern Ireland's Department for Infrastructure has recently stated that anyone owning an e-bike must have a motorcycle licence and be insured, taxed and

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

MOSCOW, Russia - Now the Russian society is struggling with a severe economic crisis the Velo-Park bike show, which took place last week, from March 11-13 in the country's capital, was an important indicator of bike industry's position at the start of the season. The 12th edition of Velo-Park took place as usual in the Crocus Expo exhibition complex just outside Moscow.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - "The number of Swedish children injured after bicycle accidents have fallen sharply since 2005 where it became compulsory for children under 15 years to wear a helmet in Sweden," reported the newspaper 'Dagens Nyheter' recently.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - At the initiative of France, a voluntary standard will provide safety requirements for personal light electric vehicles (PLEV) in 2016. A framework dealing with their use will also be developed for these new modes of urban mobility; the Segway likes.

BEIJING, China - China is currently actively seeking to get market-economy status. Once that is established it will have repercussions for the current 48.5% anti-dumping duties on bicycles imported from China.