DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - In 2020 the industry news was dominated by either the temporary closures of factories due to the lockdown or booming sales, but what was the real impact on the market? With the help of EU import statistics and market data, Bike Europe editor-in-chief, Jan-Willem van Schaik explains.
CHANGHUA, Taiwan - To further advance the electrification of bicycles, Taiwan's high-end OEM and ODM frame producer, Astro Engineering Co. Ltd., has entered a collaboration with electronic component producer, Darfon Electronics Corporation and called it Astro Tech Co ltd.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission released its Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy yesterday. The cycling associations ECF, CIE and CONEBI gave a cautious welcome to the positive statements about cycling,
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Three European cycling industry associations announced a new forecast that the e-bike and bicycle market is expected to expand by almost 50% in 2030 compared with 2019. Taking the current supply chain problems into account, this projected market expansion requires substantial investments to increase component production as well as assembly capacity in the near future.
POOZOLEONE, Italy - Selle Royal has launched its first reflective saddle, the Vivo Reflective Athletic. Created with the urban rider in mind, the saddle is designed for added safety as it adds to visibility of the cyclist whilst on the road.
BUSNAGO, Italy - Prologo has presented its most versatile line of saddles ever. The AGX line contains all road saddles developed for almost every condition. Prologo took a lot of inspiration for the design of this new line of saddles from its training project 'Explore the World'.
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The production and export of e-bikes has proven its importance for Taiwan's bicycle industry last year. Throughout 2019 the Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA) already indicated that the export of e-bikes was expanding rapidly. The official export statistics of the Taiwan's Customs Administration and the Ministry of Finance now provides the full picture of the booming e-bike exports.
Since its beginning, Velo has been committed to meet changing customers' needs and to stay in the forefront of current trends. Velo has developed various e-bike specific saddles to meet the comfort expectations of both new and seasoned riders.
TAIPEI, Taiwan - With e-bikes becoming mainstream and the biggest category in Europe's main markets now a big bottleneck is surfacing; which could put the brakes firmly on further growth. That logjam is in the supply of mid to hi-end alloy frames. With demand growing fast questions are raised on production capacity.
PARIS, France - France and Paris are again looking to have a successful publicly accessible bicycle and e-bike show. At least this can be concluded from the very first Salon Vélo-in-Paris that took place from March 8 to 10 and attracted some 8,000 visitors.
WASHINGTON, USA - The World Cycling Alliance, which has been initiated by the European Cyclist Federation (ECF) in June 2014, has now been officially launched as an international non-governmental organization (NGO).
Internet has been a game changer in many industries which turned the analog 'old world' nearly upside down. In the European bicycle industry manufacturers and distributors were still used to and felt quite comfortable to control their distribution channels. But that's
Today the ECF Cycling Industry Club announces that their informal group is changing into 'Cycling Industries Europe' (CIE) in 2019; a new association for corporate advocacy at EU level. A CIE founding meeting is to take place in Brussels on 11 October when senior
The by President Trump triggered trade war with China has led the United States to charge the import of regular bicycles as well as electric bikes and bike products from China with a 25 percent tariff. This comes on top of the regular 11 percent import duty (on ordinary bicycles) resulting in a total import tax rate of
AGUEDA, Portugal - It is one of Portugal's traditional brands, Tabor leather saddles. Founded in 1965, Tabor is now part of Ciclo Fapril, but still holds on to the tradition of producing leather saddles in Portugal.
The European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) announces the election of Christophe Najdovski as its new President. He succeeds Manfred Neun who stepped down last
OSTERMUNDIGEN, Switzerland - The World Federation Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) announces a new Chair and Vice-Chair for its Saddle Committee
TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Motor Show was selected by Tern and Bosch to enter the Japanese market with the next-generation of Bosch' e-bike technology
The second edition of the smart urban mobility event 'Autonomy' was held in Paris last weekend. The conference was organized in the city known for the Velib
BIRMINGHAM, UK - As the dust settles on the well-established and popular Birmingham Cycle Show, which took place last week,
