ATRAN to Close, ATRAN Velo to Open
FALKENBERG, Sweden (Mar 22) Swedish Atran AB will close its business this spring, but will continue under the name of Atran Velo AB. The company will ...
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Nude Bicycle Race Called off Due to Lack of Helmets
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Mar 16) - The mayor of a New Zealand town wants a nude cycling race to be called off - because the participants won't be ...
Electric vehicles Rev Up
NEW DELHI, India - The Ultra Motor Company (UMC), committed to sustainable development, is working a large programme to get Indians on light electric ...
Honda World Production Record
TOKIO, Japan (Feb 28) - One of the most significant milestones in history went by without fanfare when total worldwide production of Honda's Super Cub ...
New Congestion Charge in Stockholm Reduces Traffic by 25%
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The first day of the City of Stockholm's congestion charging experiment was heralded as a great success, having reduced congestion ...
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MUENSTER, Germany After a period of loosing market share at the end of the nineties, the historic German brand Trelock is working on a comeback. Since ...
Congress on CEN Standards
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Feb 15) - A milestone in the origin of new EU safety standards for bicycles: an explicatory congress organized by Colibi/coliped gave ...
Specialized Opens New Marketing Headquarters Central Europe
HOLZKIRCHEN-FÖCHING, Germany (Feb 8) - Specialized founder and president Mike Sinyard and company representative Ned Overend presented a book on the ...
China Cycle 2006: Fight for Space!
SHANGHAI, China (Jan 2) - The 2005 version of China Cycle was a huge succes: 960 exhibitors shared 80,000 square metres, 3800 booths and more than ...
London Wants 80,000 Rental Bikes
LONDON, United Kingdom - The City Council of the UK capital has revealed an ambitious scheme to stimulate the use of bikes. Mayor Ken Livingstone has ...
French Rental Bikes Ride the World
PARIS, France - The Vlorution was launched on July 15th last summer and is conquering the world. The concept of implementing a wide spread bike rental ...
ZEG and French Veloland Partner
COLOGNE, Germany - German retail organization ZEG and the French dealers buying group Veloland International entered into a partnership. It will open ...
Big US Cities Invest in Bike Mobility
SAN FRANCISCO, USA - Clear Channel Outdoor Inc. will decide this month to enter a proposed US$ 306 mn (Euro 201 mn) contract with the city of San ...
Mondial du Deux Roues Holds Big Ambitions
PARIS, France - The Mondial du Deux Roues, the Paris cycle and motorcycle show that closed its doors last Sunday, is looking back on a successful event. ...
New York Mayor Impressed by French Velib
PARIS, France - The New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited Paris last week and was impressed by the success of the bike rental system Velib. He ...
Second World War bomb Caused Traffic Chaos at Eurobike
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - As on the first morning of the Eurobike Show (Thursday) a Second World War bomb was found nearby Friedrichshafen, the already ...
Halfords UK: possible take-over
REDDITCH, UK - Rumours about a possible take-over have boosted Halfords stock rates. Yesterday the shares went up to GBP 0.41475 amid the rumours of a ...
<b>Italy 2005:</b> Big Increase in Demand for Bikes
MAARSSEN, the Netherlands - Demand for bicycles grew strongly in Italy again last year. Domestic consumption rose by 12%, but unfortunately this did not ...
Nordic Capital buys Thule
MALM, Sweden - Nordic Capital Fund VI has signed an agreement to acquire the Thule Group from Candover. Nordic Capital has followed Thule for many ...
SRAM expands distribution in Germany
MEMMINGEN, Germany - To enlarge the distribution channel in Germany SRAM has chosen Epple Bike Parts as its new partner. Epple Bike Parts will, on top ...