Netherlands 2012: Market Faces Largest Decline in Decades
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - The booming e-bike has been keeping up the good mood in the Dutch bicycle market for several years. Regrettably those happy ...
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Milestone for German Dealer Association VSF
AURICH, Germany - The independent bicycle dealer association VSF welcomed its 300th member recently. Founded in Berlin in 1985 the VSF brings together ...
Velo-city Gathers Global Stakeholders in Cycling
VIENNA, Austria - With the motto "The Sound of Cycling, Urban Bicycle Cultures," from June 11th to 14th, 2013, Vienna will become a focal point for ...
E-Bike Battery with Prolonged Shelf Life Launched
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Is it a breakthrough in e-bike battery technology? This characterization may be a bit overrated. But at the last week held Taipei ...
Finland 2012: Bicycle Sales Equal 2011 Levels
TAMPERE, Finland - A quick look at the Finnish bicycle market gives a dull impression. The market seems to be shrinking, but a closer look shows some ...
NuVinci Expands European Service Center
GELSDORF, Germany - Fallbrook Technologies expanded its NuVinci European Service Center based in the vicinity of Bonn. Electrical engineer Alexander ...
BMW Motorcycle to Focus on E-Mobility
MUNICH, Germany - The BMW Group implemented a strategic realignment at its motorcycle division. Part of this restructuring was the sale of Husqvarna ...
1st Electric Freeway for e-Bikes & e-Scooters
ALMERE, the Netherlands - In Holland the first electric freeway, specially built for commuters on electric bikes and scooters will open before the end ...
Vittoria Takes Compounds to the Next Level
MADONE, Italy - ISOGrip is the name of Vittoria's newest compound for road racing tires which the Italian - Thai tire maker showed at Eurobike's Demo ...
Aerodynamics Continues as Trend in (Carbon) Frames
As with hydroforming, the aerodynamic trend continues, in particular with carbon TT and road race frames. Chenn Daa Co. Ltd from Taiwan (better know as ...
Bulgarian Minister Attends Dahon Distributor Meeting
David Hon (l.), founder and CEO of Dahon, hosted special guest Delyan Dobrev(r.), Bulgarian Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism during Dahon's 5th ...
Switzerland 2011: Strong E-bike Trend Continues
Every seventh bike sold in Switzerland in 2011 was an electric bicycle. In total 351,800 new bikes were sold, more or less the same number as in 2010. ...
Industry-First Program Closes Loop on Lifecycle of Carbon
One year after piloting the carbon fiber recycling program, Trek Bicycle, in partnership with Materials Innovation Technologies announced that over ...
Bikes Sales Rise as France Reverses 5 Year Trend
After five years of declines, the French bicycle market reversed its downward trend, with a 5.5% increase in sales volume over 2010 and a 6.5% increase ...
Leonardo da Vinci-E-bike Project Team Meeting
Recently the consortium of the e-bike project team met in Brussels to discuss legislation, existing training material and competences profiles. This ...
Breakthrough in e-Bike Battery Technology?
Can we expect an imminent breakthrough in battery technology and with that in cheap energy storage systems? It's not there yet; but something is ...
Opel Enters E-Bike Market
The next automobile giant is trying to enter the lucrative e-bike market. Early March, Opel will launch its 'RAD e' design study at the Autosalon in ...
Thömu Gives BMC New Structures
Thomas Binggeli, the new CEO of BMC (see photo), sits firmly in the saddle: just three months after joining, he announced considerable structural ...
Dutch Facility of Wuzhou E-Bikes Ltd Closed
One year after the opening of the e-bike facility of Wuzhou Intercontinental Electric Bikes Ltd, located in Roosendaal, the Netherlands it was forced by ...
Seven-Day Distance Record on Australian E-bike
Allan Lear, the CEO of Australia's Hahn Environmental Services, has broken the Guinness record for the "Longest Distance Traveled by Electric Bicycle in ...