HAMBURG, Germany - Despite major investments in cycling infrastructure servicing a bike is as complicated for cyclists as ever before and filled with unnecessary time consuming tasks for mechanics.

美國，鹽湖城- Black Diamond今年10月8日正式宣布完成出售瑞典滑雪和自行車服飾公司POC給 Investcorp Group (Dainese的母公司)的交易。Dainese是一家義大利摩托車和登山車的運動服飾公司。

英國，WOLVERHAMPTON- 為了促進其網路零售業務不斷擴展，占地3萬平方公尺的Wiggle全新配送中心最近開幕了。Wiggle公司花了兩年時間，從其原先在朴茨茅斯的總部遷移了240公里到新的配送中心。

義大利，CASELLA d'ASOLO- Selle Italia希望新產品與眾不同；利用全新製造技術及材料，時重量更輕、更舒適耐用，甚至對環境更友善。NET系列就這樣被製造出來了。

德國，慕尼黑- 在今年6月自行車城市大會和展覽表現亮眼：自行車共享系統營運商目前到底有多少個。自從JCDecaux和巴黎市議會在2007年開始採用Vélib以來，目前全球已有超過600個城市採用公共自行車概念，預計將成長為數十億歐元的商機。

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Rog was country's biggest bike manufacturer in old days of Yugoslavia and later in Slovenia. Some years ago it was joined by Elan Bikes, but that story didn't have a happy ending. Now, after years of silence, it looks like the brand will be back on the market.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - Exactly 500 products were judged this year by a panel of experts for the Eurobike Awards. After two days of intensive evaluation and discussion twelve were selected for a Eurobike Gold Award and one for a Eurobike Green Award.

ALMERE, the Netherlands - Pon Holdings has appointed a successor for retiring Rob Oudshoorn who was leading the Pon Bicycle Group since January 1, 2013 and who was member of the Board of Pon Holdings. Armin Landgraf is his successor.

REHAU, Germany - In close cooperation with Storck Bicycle and the Institute of lightweight and Polymer Technology (ILK) of the TU Dresden, German automotive supplier Rehau enters the bike industry with a new frame building technology. It is called 'nam:e' and will be presented at Eurobike.

SANGERHAUSEN, Germany - The announcement of the new MIFA-bike owner and managing director Heinrich von Nathusius that he was looking for a new location for the factory outside the city centre caused a lot of turmoil in Sangerhausen.

奧地利，MATTIGHOFEN -電池製造商松下和KTM因電池的問題在一份聯合聲明中宣布將2013年式電動自行車與輪轂馬達自願性召回。

COLOGNE, Germany - To celebrate its 50th anniversary the German dealer cooperative ZEG hosted a dinner party for over 1,500 guests at the annual members meeting. During the dinner ZEG Managing Director Georg Honkomp announced interesting figures like, "Last year ZEG's dealer turnover passed one billion euro."

BRUSSELS, Belgium - 2014 was a very positive year for the European bicycle industry. EU employment, production and sales in 2014 grew compared to the 2013 figures. This is the outcome of an economic study carried out by CONEBI, the Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry.

荷蘭，阿姆斯特丹- 旗下有眾多自行車品牌的Accell Group NV在上星期五公布年中財務報告的記者會中宣佈營業額成長了13%。電動自行車和運動自行車的銷售成長造就了營收兩位數的成長。特別是電動自行車和Haibike全新高性能電動自行車推升了Accell的營業額，電動自行車的營收也再創新高。

DIEREN, the Netherlands - Royal Dutch Gazelle has put its brand new, state-of-the-art bicycle factory into operation on the 1st of June. With this most modern factory in Europe Gazelle aims to become the number one premium brand in electric bicycles in Western Europe.

比利時，布魯塞爾- 歐盟委員會對來自柬埔寨、巴基斯坦和菲律賓的自行車課徵反傾銷稅。只有三家柬埔寨企業(包括A&J、Smart Tech和Speedtech Industrial)和來自菲律賓的Procycle Industrial排除在外。

LONDON, UK - Brompton Bike Hire announced more seven hire points called Docks will be rolled out over the summer. This will include two new London locations as well as in Birmingham and Bristol. Brompton Docks were officially launched in 2011 with the stated aim of becoming the only bicycle scheme in the world to operate without government grants or subsidies.

DOETINCHEM, THE Netherlands - Speed e-bike sales is really taking off in the Netherlands this year. Growing public awareness of this new category of electric bicycles as well as a growing offering appears to have an accelerating effect on sales.

荷蘭，DOETINCHEM- 今年荷蘭高速電動自行車的銷售真的起飛了。有越來越多民眾注意到這個電動自行車新類別，再加上車款的選擇也增加了，似乎都加速了銷售情況。 電動自行車在荷蘭已經是個很成功的產品，看起來高速電動自行車或是高速電動輔助自行車將會是另一個成功的故事。特別是當銷售量成長2.5倍的情況之下。

SHANGHAI, China - Preparation started already last October in Kunshan, China when Asian business leaders and officials of industry associations met for the first time. Next Tuesday, one day before the opening of the China Cycle Show, the Asia Bicycle Alliance will be installed officially.