MADRID, Spain - Jesus Freire, business development director of ECF has been named as the new secretary general and treasurer of the Spanish bicycle industry association, AMBE. He will succeed Carlos Núñez who stepped down earlier this year after seven and a half years in the role.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The corona pandemic has caused an immense spark in bicycle purchases and usage. This has resulted in a huge supply chain constraint recognised by the international e-bike and bicycle industry. On 2 December they will share their vision during a webinar for a structural and sustainable growth for the bicycle industry.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - In the first half of this year, Taiwan increased its e-bike exports to 410,000 units or 21%. Export values of e-bikes reached NT$523 billion, on par with regular bikes which stood at NT$583 billion.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - One of the show visitors aptly expressed the current market situation as reflected by last week's Taipei Cycle. He said, "There are hardly any mechanical bikes left to see here." As expected Asia's biggest B2B show was all about e-bikes.

LONDON, UK - Whilst the London Bike Show, just held from 29 - 31 March, is not as big as the Cycle Show in Birmingham, it reflects the huge strength of commuter cycling in London.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - It's now almost certain; anti-dumping duties on e-bikes imported from China will be officially imposed next January. It looks like the last obstacle for the up to 79.3% extra duties being installed, has been overcome.

RENO, USA -Yesterday, Interbike organizer Emerald Exposures announced the cancellation of the 2019 edition of America's leading bicycle show. "The past four years have been difficult for the U.S. bicycle market," says Darrell Denny, Executive Vice President of Emerald Expositions' Sports Group.

AGUEDA, Portugal - The launch of the Bike Valley Portugal in 2016 marked the start of a whole series of initiatives to promote the bicycle industry in and outside the country. Like at Eurobike where the Portuguese bike industry is presented for the first time in a joint booth in Hall A3 at stand 310.

While the bicycle market is in a positive mood thanks to growing demand for e-bikes in Europe and Germany in particular, the biggest bicycle show on earth did not manage to keep up the number of visitors. The reason for the decline in the number of Eurobike

BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) has partnered in a project that promotes health-enhancing physical activity.

GAND, Belgium - Currently 21 importers of electric bicycles from 7 EU member states (the number is still growing) have joined forces in the "Collective

MILAN, Italy - Once one of the leading bicycle (and motorcycle) shows in Europe, the EICMA, returned to its roots as the bicycle

BRUSSELS, Belgium - 'Cities + Smart Bike Share' is the name of the workshop organized by the Platform for European Bicycle Sharing & Systems (PBESS).

At the 30th Taipei International Cycle Show that opens tomorrow the Cycling Industry Club (CIC) invites its members and others in the bicycles industry for

E-bikes have a greater potential, in addition to the known benefits of cycling, but up until now they were excluded from most of the electromobility

The addition of a fifth location, the Lin hotel was a clear sign that the Taichung Bike Week is still growing compared to previous editions. The event

VEIJLE, Denmark - While Eurobike announced an additional public show, the Danish industry show Cykel & Knallert Messen (CKM) will become an industry only event as of 2016. It will focus exclusively on servicing the bicycle industry and not on the public any longer.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - As part of the first ever Cycling Industry Club Advocacy Summit in Taipei the 'industry leader's panel' will focus on how the industry can build on that knowledge and work together to grow the market.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - At the Taipei International Cycle Show which had its second day today and still has two more to go, a cooperation came to light between a renowned e-bike battery supplier and Bafang and Brose. The company is called Hi-Tech Energy and turns Bafang and Brose into a complete drive system supplier for taking up the competition with (among others) Bosch, Panasonic and Yamaha.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - "To keep up the competitiveness of our bicycle industry in international markets we have implemented the 'Taiwan Bicycle Industry Standard' based on ISO 4210", said GM Chen Liang of the Cycling & Health Tech Industry R&D Center during the Taipei Cycle Show last week.