Major Recall of SR Suntour Forks
WARNGAU, Germany - SR Suntour in North America and Europe issued a voluntary recall for more than 100,000 forks sold between November 2014 and May 2015.

WARNGAU, Germany - SR Suntour in North America and Europe issued a voluntary recall for more than 100,000 forks sold between November 2014 and May 2015.

DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - Bike Europe's Chinese newsletter has been mistakenly mailed to all close to 15,000 subscribers of our regular English email newsletter earlier today. We apologize to all our readers for this mistake.

BERLIN, Germany - On May 29th, Europe's largest environmental and economic price was presented for the 8th time at Berlin's Tempodrom. Out of 250 entries, the jury acknowledged the universal, standardized and intelligent battery system EnergyTube with the second place in the category "production".

荷蘭,DOETINCHEM- 數據顯示全歐洲的自行車市場都受到目前冷春的影響。銷售數據落後於去年第一季表現。去年第一季的銷售數字受益於顯著的溫暖和陽光普照的春天而上揚。歐盟主要市場之一的法國和荷蘭,傳來更詳細的銷售情況。

BRUSSELS, Belgium - In the run-up to the Cycling Industry Day next week June 3 in Nantes, France which is taking place in the framework of the Velo-city 2015 Conference, the European Cycling Federation (ECF) has published its Cycling Barometer 2015. Noteable conclusion is that Denmark conquered first place in spite of Netherlands supremacy on cycling use.

LONDON, UK - Major UK cycle retailer Evans Cycles has been sold to London-based private equity firm ECI in a deal worth around GBP 100 million (€ 138.5mn).

台灣,台中- 台灣第二大自行車製造商-美利達工業報告該公司2013年的獲利為新台幣35.3億元(1.1億歐元),而2014年獲利則下滑到新台幣33.5億元(1億歐元)。

ZWOLLE the Netherlands - High-end carbon wheel manufacturer Fast Forward Wheels relocated to a new factory in order to expand its production capacity. ...

BEIJING, China - Last week Ninebot Inc. - a Chinese maker of 'personal short-distance mobility devices' that has its HQ in Beijing - announced that it has taken-over Segway Inc. together with four other Chinese investors. Ninebot is known for making Segway copycats.

CLOPPENBURG, Germany - Last weekend Derby Cycle's dealers and media representatives got the first glimpse of the next generation Impulse e-bike drive train. This in-house developed technology was presented as the world's first fully integrated e-bike system.

德國,漢諾威- Continental正藉由根據客戶需求提供靈活和客制化的電動自行車驅動系統讓自己成為OEM自行車製造商的開發合作夥伴。這些OEM開發合作的成果已經和電動自行車製造商eFlow聯手展示在上星期的台北國際自行車展。

德國,REICHSHOF- 在自行車季一開始,Schwalbe輪胎製造商的董事總經理Frank Bohle對自行車業務的未來相當樂觀。「2014年已經相當成功,我們也在2015年看到正向的趨勢。」

MADRID, Spain - Close to 1.1 million bikes were sold in Spain last year. According to the 'Bicycle 2014' study by AMBE, the national association of manufacturers, importers and distributors in Spain, the number represented a 5.2% growth in unit sales. Consumption of cycling products grew bigger and even outperformed sales of all other sports categories.

葡萄牙,AGUEDA- 自行車產業的供應鏈將會有巨大變革。葡萄牙鋁合金車架製造計畫引進德國汽車底盤製造技術到自行車產業,這可讓亞洲的車架製造比不上歐洲的車架製造,並在經濟上是可行的。

瑞士,伯恩- 除了公路車上的重量限制、空氣動力學和碟煞外,還有更多關於UCI認證的零組件會有進展。比方說輪組和座墊。

台灣,台北- 2015年12月18日前,歡迎自行車產業製造商和設計師的設計和創新產品參加此次2016年台北國際自行車展創新設計大獎,由評審選出最優秀作品。

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, USA - Interbike, the largest bicycle industry trade show in North America, announced that John W. Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado, will kick off its 2015 show. The Governor will do that by presenting the keynote speech at the annual Interbike Industry Breakfast on Wednesday, September 16 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.

PARIS, France - In volume and turnover the French bicycle market followed the European trend of growing business last year. Not only bicycles and accessories, but also e-bike sales are up substantially and becoming trend-setting. In 2014 the total value of the bike and P&A market increased by 7.5% to €1.616 billion.

德國,FRIEDRICHSHAFEN- Media Markt計畫於2016年春季開始銷售電動自行車。在上星期歐洲自行車展期間,來自這家電子零售巨擘的代表和潛在的供應商進行對談。

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - In the spring of 2016 Media Markt plans to start with the sale of electric bikes. At last week's Eurobike show representatives from the electronics retail giant were having talks with potential suppliers.