LOMAZZO, Italy - The claims are big. It's said to be magical, revolutionary, and even comparable to the invention of plastic. We're talking about graphene. The fact that the two scientists who invented it were awarded the Noble Price in 2010 indicates there's some substance to the hype. The same goes for the €1 billion subsidy the EU has available for developing applications. Graphene has now arrived in the bike industry.
日本，東京- 最近在日本一個電池研討會上，中國智慧型手機製造商華為展示 了一款利用石墨烯超導體的超快速電池充電技術。神奇材料石墨烯同樣也在輪胎上提供了前所未有的特性，正如同Vittoria在上個月展示的公路車、登山車和電動登山車輪胎之全新系列產品。
中國，南京- 在Bosch、Brose、Pon等大廠相繼進入電動自行車領域後，另一家汽車大廠也進入此一領域。這家企業2014年保持低調，在今年八月的歐洲自行車展裡也沒有想要出風頭。然而在上星期一閉幕、於中國南京舉辦的亞洲自行車展裡，該公司相當公開地展示其電動自行車系統。
TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Though the plan to add an additional fifth location next to the Evergreen, Splendor, Tempus and Millenium Vee hotel was not necessary to provide space for all exhibitors, the Taichung Bike Week has just had two successful show days.
SALT LAKE CITY, USA - Last October 8 Black Diamond officially announced the complete sale of Swedish ski and bike apparel company POC to Investcorp Group; owner of Dainese. This is the Italian sportswear company for motorcycling and mountainbiking.
AGUEDA, Portugal - The supply chain of the bicycle industry is about to change drastically. An alloy frame production project in Portugal introducing German car chassis production technology in the bicycle industry could make European frame manufacturing incomparable to that in Asia and commercially viable.
荷蘭，阿姆斯特丹-小型電動車(包括電動自行車到類似汽車的微型電動車(Evs))在十年內市場預估將會快速擴張。根據市調公司IDTechEx的資料，全球市場總值在2026年將達290億歐元。
德國，FRIEDRICHSHAFEN- 能提供2組或是更多內齒輪的中置馬達在歐洲自行車展上亮相了。這表示馬達系統有了全新的方向，特別是針對高速電動自行車和電動登山車提供了新的性能。
義大利，VERONA- 四天來有超過500家參展商和逾5萬名消費者與商業觀眾蒞臨了首屆CosmoBike車展，證明展出非常成功。在展期9月11日到14日，Verona 儼然成為義大利自行車產業的繁華中心。
REDDITCH, UK - In last week's trading update Halfords Group Plc announced that its cycling sales fell 11% in the eight-weeks that ended August 28, 2015. Halfords UK blames the rainy weather that spurred increased levels of discounting. However, the country's retail association ACT reported that dealer sales grew by 26% during July and August.
