VOIRON, France - Suntour's V-box heavy-duty gearbox is in production. Shifts well, is nearly silent and will have got its maiden ride by the time you ...

Bikes. Hudson Bike is a bike doctor who has a majority in E-bike Produktions GmbH in Nrnberg, the company that will continue the production of what once ...

LA SELVA, US (Sep 15) - Through the years, bicycle frames have progressed from steel to aluminium to titanium to carbon and now to bamboo. That's right, ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium - There's a lot of confusion in China as well as in Europe on the anti-dumping duties on the import of Chinese E-Bikes and pedelecs ...

OOLTEWAH, US (Aug 26) - A bold claim, but if the weight indicated on the website is correct, it might well be so. The American Bicycle Group, known for ...

BETHEL, US (April 19) - Colnago and Cannondale are the two renowned names that start sourcing frames in Asia. At this year's Taipei Cycle Show Colnago ...

RAUBLING, Germany (August 24) - To become "The first real European bicycle brand", German Iko-Corratec announced three big changes: First of ...

NEVERS, France (May 26) - Look Bicycles have transferred their production of carbon components (frames, forks) to Tunisia. Last year, the Look board ...

DUARTE,CA. (November 15) - Dahon has opened a new factory in Shenzhen, China, which doubles its frame production capacity. The factory has frame ...

NEW DELHI, India--French tire major Michelin will decide whether it will enter the Indian market in the next three months. The company has already ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (18 January 2000) - Contrary to an earlier announcement on the Bike Europe website, the EBMA meeting did not take place on 14 January. ...

NUNSPEET, Netherlands - On 31 January 2000, Shimano officially opened the new main building of its first factory in Malaysia.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - The lack of one central organiser of Taichung Bike Week might turn out to become the biggest hurdle for the event to overcome the current problems in the bicycle industry. Three hotels in Taichung's business district open up their rooms and banquet halls for exhibitors who invite their customers to come over. For the rest it is wait and see. This means a solid foundation and future vision for TBW are lacking.

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - In response to the trend towards energy-efficient assembly technologies for bicycles, Transart has developed a decal that requires only one baking process. This technology was displayed at Eurobike.

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany - Eurobike remains worthy a visit for bicycle designers. This latest edition from 21 to 25 June 2023 was also brimming with innovation. Dutch dicycle designer Peter van der Veer reflects on the latest trends in design and form. He mainly saw a trend of an increasing number of different models in longtails, cargo, compact and fat bikes.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - In the weeks before Eurobike opened its doors for the last time in Friedrichshafen, it was unclear how many visitors would make the trip to Southern Germany. After two years without an international industry gathering, many from Europe were well prepared to attend the event

MUNICH, Germany - "Why are you exhibiting on a car show as bicycle company?" asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Kettler Alu-Rad's export manager Ole Honkomp. Angela Merkel attended the IAA Mobility last Tuesday to open the show

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - As with all other Asian bicycle parts manufacturers, saddle maker DDK Group has also reported overwhelming demand for their products. DDK's existing Vietnam factory in Thủ Dầu Một has a production capacity of 10 million saddles annually,

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.