DIEREN, Netherlands After 110-plus years, frame building will cease at Royal Dutch Gazelle. Effectively the last bicycle frame production line in ...

SAN JOSE, US (Mar 3) - The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is a show all about the independent bicycle framebuilder, and other small companies that ...

COLOGNE, Germany (September 28) - Gelsenkirchen-based Masterflex and the leading Swiss electric-Bike manufacturer Swizzbee recently signed a cooperation ...

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

NOKIA, Finland (February 17th) - The Nokian group's net sales and operating profit increased in Q4, and the entire period in review. All profit centres ...

WASHINGTON, US (October 3rd) - Wavecrest industries, of presidential candidate fame, have proposed their M-750 model as transport for security forces. ...

WATERLOO, Wisconsin USA (31 October) - Klein bicycles will move its complete production from Chehalis, Washington (in the northwest of the USA) to the ...

TARNOWSKIE GORY, Poland (January 25) - On the industrial estate of Tarnowskie Gory, Poland, a warehouse of Hellmann Moritz International burnt down. The ...

TAICHUNG HSIEN, Taiwan (21 December) - In November, Kinesis Industrial for the first time produced more than 100,000 aluminum bicycle frames (Guangzhou ...

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands- Accell Group NV, Europe's third largest bicycle maker, announced on 10 November that it has withdrawn its support of the ...

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - The follow-up of the chapter 11 status for VanMoof came much quicker than expected. On 17 July 2023, the court of Amsterdam withdrew the suspension of payment proceeding of the Dutch legal entities VanMoof Global Holding BV, VanMoof BV and VanMoof Global Support BV and declared these entities bankrupt.

EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands - The word has been spread around in the industry for some time that a new aluminium bicycle frame factory would open soon in Europe. Now, the family-owned industry company VDL Groep has officially announced the start of its fully automated production line in the Netherlands.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Cargoroo has raised a sum of ten million euros from investors to support the growth of its shared e-cargobike concept. Having established a presence in multiple Dutch cities as well as 2 cities in Belgium and Berlin, the new investment will be used to support launches in more European cities across Germany and a market entrance in France.

BREMBATE, Italy - Vittoria has introduced a new addition to its Corsa range of tyres, the Corsa N.Ext. Designed to offer racing-inspired performance with ultimate durability, it completes Vittoria's top-of-the-range offer by filling the gap between the Pro Competition and Advance Training tyre categories.

DELFT, the Netherlands - For the last 2 years, Ere Research and CarbonX, a spin-off of TU Delft, have been working on the development of a brand new material for high-performance road bike tyres. The Ere Genus CCX tyre was launched at the Tire Technology Expo in Hannover.

REUTLINGEN, Germany - E-bikes with a Bosch drive that are delivered without battery. It is the talk of the town in the Netherlands, but also applies to other markets. Bike Europe asked Bosch about the reason for these delivery problems and how they are handling the issue.

GELDERMALSEN, The Netherlands — For many years it was thought that the bicycle and e-bike were fully developed in terms of shape, but the opposite is true. Gert-Jan van Breugel of the Dutch design agency, Modyn, explains how technology mainly associated with an e-bike has given design trends a new impetus. "The bicycle is really diversifying," he tells Bike Europe.

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - "While demand across our regions and product categories remained strong in 2021, we cannot close our eyes for the significant uncertainties we face in the world today and how these can impact our business and performance," said Accell Group CEO Ton Anbeek today at the presentation of the annual results. Last year the company's net sales increased by 6% to € 1.377 billion.

MAASTRICHT, the Netherlands - Shimano has acquired a minority interest in Europe's largest independent service organisation, Get Bike Service (GBS). Both parties have agreed that no further details about the amount of this interest will be disclosed.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - E-bike component manufacturer, enviolo has been taken over by private equity firm Inflexion. According to Dutch financial newspaper, Financieele Dagblad, an estimated $250 million (€219 million) is being invested into the company to support further growth in key markets.