Basque Police Recover Remains of ETA Bomb
VITTORIA, Spain (Nov 23) - The Basque regional police force (La Ertzaintza) have recovered the remains of a bomb which exploded at the El Coto bodegas ...
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Raleigh Stops Production in England
NOTTINGHAM, UK (18 March) - Raleigh will stop the production of bicycles in England altogether. This decision was taken last week at a meeting of the ...
Dutch Union Restarts
NIEUWLEUSEN, Netherlands (January 16) - Dutch Union bicycles is restarting its production this week. 2002 production is targeted at 65.000 units. The ...
Veloring Restructures and Restarts
MONCHENGLADBACH, Germany (January 29) - German buying association Veloring GmbH & Co. KG is restructuring while its member-organisations Veloring ...
Shimano Distribution in Norway
NUNSPEET, Netherlands (December 19) - From 1 January 2002 on Shimano will be distributed in Norway by a new company, Hallman A/S, belonging to the ...
Americans Buy Bikes, But Don't Ride Them
MAARSSEN, Netherlands (November 25th) - A strange phenomena: more children's bikes are sold in the US than ever but the young owners do not use them. ...
Karstadt-Quelle AG doubles e-commerce sales in 2001
ESSEN, Germany (15 January) - In 2001 Karstadt-Quelle AG increased its turnover in 2001 with 4% to a total of € 15.9 billion. These sales include ...
Giant & Merida: December Sales Include Bad and Good News
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (February 5) - Good and bad news from Taiwan's number one and two bicycle producers Giant and Merida. According to a recent publication ...
Money, Money, Money
TOKYO, Japan (October 28th) - The controversy between the US, China and Japan about the value of their respective currencies is sharpening up due to the ...
Conquering Rome
ROME, Italy (October 9th) - Kymco, the Taiwanese manufacturer of motorized 2-wheelers is growing strongly on the Italian market. According to Cheng ...
The Iron Redskin
GILROY, US (October 1) - It seems the final curtain has fallen (again) for Indian Motorcycles. Almost tragicomedy, the new start of the company has been ...
Good Going Kona
HONORE LABANDE, Monaco (September 30) - Kona the cult-mountainbike manufacturer will step-up its media campaign. Russell Carthy, formerly of Paligap the ...
Trade Union Announces Bleak Future for Kynast
OUAKENBRUECK, Germany (September 10) - The future for Kynast, at one time the largest bicycle manufacturer in Europe, looks ever more bleak. According ...
Lego Voted Best Toy in last Century
LONDON, UK (October 26) - Lego has been voted the best toy of the past 100 years. The plastic building blocks have proved a hit with generations of ...
Re-Exported Goods
HO CHI MIN CITY, Vietnam (August 17) - In the turmoil surrounding the anti-dumping accusations against Vietnam, it might be interesting to know the ...
OAKLEY Opens O-Store
LONDON, UK (August 24) - Oakley will open a corporate 'O-store' in London's Covent Garden district in the first quarter of 2005. The company is also ...
FIRST MAN OF ELAN BIKES RESIGNES
Ljubljana, Slovenia - Tomi Sefman, general manager of Elan Bikes, has resigned at the end of last week. As he explains in a written statement he can not ...
Bush, the Bike Buff
MAARSSEN, Netherlands (July 28) - It seems that Mr. Bush's fall of his mountainbike has not deterred him from climbing on again and like cycling. Recent ...
Pacific Cycle Wins Wal-Mart Award
MADISON, US (July 28) - Wal-Mart has awarded its annual Co-Managed supplier if the year award to Pacific Cycle. The award has to be won from a field of ...
New Role for Bicycles
PNOM PEN, Cambodia (July 20)- We all knew the bicycle is one of the most versatile machines ever made - but recently a new role has been added to its ...