CALEPPIO DI SETTALA, Italy - A year ago Gruppo started a project to re-launch and restructure its business. In 2006, new shareholders who believed in ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan VP Components announced at this years Taipei International Cycle Show that it is opening a new factory in Jiaxing, China (near Shanghai) ...

MAARSSEN, The Netherlands On March 1 this Newsletter and the Bike Europe website had a Rumour of the Week that said that the 10 year lease contract for ...

TIANJIN, China Tianjin Golden Wheel formed a joint venture with a company called Rich Sport Rumania to set up a factory in Rumania. Capacity of the ...

AUGSBURG, Germany - German wholesaler and importer Radac GmbH Rad-Vertrieb asked for insolvency. The Radac management is also initiator of the new ...

BIEL, Switzerland Theres turmoil in the bike suspension business. Two take-overs are taking place. With the announcement that DT Swiss took over the ...

MEQUON, USA Hayes Bicycle Group (manufacturers of the Hayes Disc Brake and Sun Ringle brands) has bought Answer/Manitou, maker of suspension forks and ...

PARIS, France Sport 2000 has launched a new bicycle shop formula in France: Mondovelo. The new chain is starting with 10 outlets of which eight are ...

LAS VEGAS, USA - Lance Camisasca, Interbikes show director, said about Messe Friedrichshafens USA show initiative: "We welcome competition, as it will ...

LAS VEGAS, USA The 2006 jubilee edition of Interbike was the largest-ever, both in surface, brands on display and a larger attendance than last year, a ...

HELSINKI, Finland - A squirrel scampered into the bicycle wheel of an unlucky Finnish opera singer, causing him to fall, knock himself out and break his ...

LONDON, UK - Bargain-priced Chinese imports are firing a growth in interest in bikes among a whole new group of buyers, according to the Motor Cycle ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI, India - The Ultra Motor Company (UMC), committed to sustainable development, is working a large programme to get Indians on light electric ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The first day of the City of Stockholm's congestion charging experiment was heralded as a great success, having reduced congestion ...

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 ...

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 ...

HOLZKIRCHEN-FÖCHING, Germany (Feb 8) - Specialized founder and president Mike Sinyard and company representative Ned Overend presented a book on the ...

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 ...