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 ...
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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. ...
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 ...
Decathlon Shutters 14 stores in New England, USA
BOSTON, USA (September 19) - Decathlon Sports which runs 18 sporting goods stores in New England plans to shut down 14 of them. Reason is that these ...
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 ...
Cannondale Motorcycles To Be Made in Taiwan
US-TAIWAN (September 16) - The deal seems done: Dinli Industrial Company Ltd. from Taiwan has purchased the 'intellectual property' of the Cannondale ...
Bike Europe Back Online after SARS Quarantine
MAARSSEN. The Netherlands (April 14) - Regular visitors of the Bike Europe website must have noticed that our daily news service stopped during the past ...
Dutch Incentive for E-Scooters
UTRECHT, Netherlands (April 17) - The Dutch development center for sustainable energy NOVEM runs a program to help introduce 'clean' vehicles. The ...
Bilbao Cycle Show Postponed
BILBAO, Spain (March 10) - The Bilbao International Exhibition Centre postponed the 9th edition of 'Cycle 2003', which is better know as the Bilbao ...
Pacific Cycle in the Shop Window
MADISON, Wisconsin, USA (January 16) - Wind Point Partners (WPP), a US private equity company wants to sell the 43% stake it has bought in Pacific Cycle ...
Tomos Hit by Fire
KOPER, Slovenia (7 January) - in New year's night a warehouse of the Tomos factory in Slovenia burnt down. The entire stock of final products plus some ...
EICMA is Back as a Yearly Event
The Executive Council of Ancma - the Italian Association of Bicycle Motorcycle and Components Manufacturers- has resolved that starting 2005 the ...
Vancouver's China Syndrome
VANCOUVER, Canada (November 30) - Whom ever said that the growth of the Chinese economy must be past its' top might be mistaken - at least judging by ...
Accell Group Stops Selling Kronan
HEERENVEEN, The Netherlands (November 2) - Accell Group has announced that it will stop selling Kronan bicycles in The Netherlands. The company acquired ...
Shimano Signs Sponsorship Contract with the UCI
NUNSPEET, The Netherlands (November 2) - Shimano will continue to be a main sponsor of the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale - the World Cycling ...
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 ...