JARGEAU, France - Zéfal, French pump & accessories producer and Unior, Slovenian hand tools producer have joined forces on the French market. With newly ...

ALMERE, the Netherland - Pon Holdings, owner of Derby Cycle, Gazelle and Cervelo, announced today its next and 4th take-over in the bike sector. The ...

UTRECHT, the Netherlands - It was THE behind the scenes story of the BikeMotion Benelux show that closed its doors after yesterday's trade & press day. ...

OSAKA, Japan - Shimano American Corporation announced a voluntary recall of their Pro Vibe carbon handlebar due to breaking. Since the recall which was ...

With the Olympic Games taking place in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Caloi - the country's biggest bike maker, is once again taking center stage on ...

Mitteldeutsche Fahrradwerke AG (Mifa) has acquired, "All of Steppenwolf's GmbH assets by way of an asset deal through a newly-founded subsidiary, ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium - It is called FederProVelo and was founded early July. The new Belgium retailers are joining forces in FederProVelo to defend the ...

SANGERHAUSEN, Germany - MIFA (Mitteldeutsche Fahrradwerke AG) has successfully concluded its cash capital increase. With a subscription ratio exceeding ...

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - After launching a completely renewed Bike Europe website last October, we have added further improvements. The navigation ...

SCHWEINFURT, Germany -Haibike recently presented the first smart shock system for mountainbikes, the e:i shock. It took five years to develop this new ...

OSLO, Norway - The bicycle season in Norway made a very slow start due to cold spring weather. Later in the summer the market did not manage to make up for the earlier losses. The Norwegian Sporting Goods Association (Sportsbransjen AS) estimates the total market for 2015 at 400,000 units, down 2.5% from 410,000 units last year.

SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgaria and Romania combined are among the most important bicycle suppliers for European countries. Together they exported 1,287 million units in 2014, most of them to Germany, France, and Belgium. At the same time domestic markets are growing in both quality and numbers.

MALMÖ, Sweden - Two well-known brands in the bicycle industry have joined forces. Chariot Carriers, for more than 20 years one of the world's largest ...

MINNEAPOLIS, USA - Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond is returning in the road race scene with the renewed Team GarminSharp sponsorship by his ...

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - Plans existed for a while already, but this year the rental bike available at train stations should get a solid foothold in ...

BAD URACH, Germany - A potential fault source in part of a production batch affecting the disc brake range MT6 and MT8 made Magura decide to issue a ...

PHNOM-PENH, Cambodia - It's no finalized yet as contracts still have to be signed, but it looks as if another bike maker from Taiwan is setting up shop ...

LONDON, United Kingdom - In contrast to other European markets, where declines in unit sales could be offset against higher sales values, this can't be said for the UK market. The post-COVID downturn in the UK cycling market has seen the total market value fall a further 6% in 2023, following an 18% decline in 2022. On top of that, in 2023 the UK had "the worst mechanical bike sales this century," the latest data confirms.

MADRID, Spain - Bicycle exports from Spain to the rest of the world remain well above pre-pandemic figures and show a positive trade balance, according to provisional data from the Ministry of Industry and Tourism. Although production figures in the country are dipping compared to last year, bicycle production in Spain also remains above the levels achieved in 2019.

End of March 2011 Wim van de Camp Rapporteur of the EU Committee on the Internal Market & Consumer Protection (IMCO) which is handling the review of ...