CHANGHUA, Taiwan - The production of carbon frames is extremely labour intensive. "No matter where we have produced over the years, carbon frame production relies on a highly handcrafted process," explains frame builder Astro Tech CEO Samuel Hu. At Eurobike 2022, the company will officially launch their latest innovation that could "revolutionise carbon frame production".

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Due to a further increase in bicycle and e-bike demand in particular, Taiwan's leading bicycle producer Giant Group topped its 2020 sales and profit record once again in 2021. This is despite higher costs and increasing uncertainties harming profit in Q4.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Multinational electronics contract manufacturer, Hon Hai Technology, better known as Foxconn, has developed an e-bike display and advanced controller which allows the user to operate the dashboard more intuitively. The product is currently being presented at the Taipei Cycle show in Taiwan.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The second year with the Covid-19 pandemic brings new challenges to Taiwan's bicycle industry. Last year was a rollercoaster with order cancellations in March followed by a sharp increase in order volume. In 2021, it is all about component shortages,

The Proxim saddles powered by Prologo will be the official saddles of the Entire EWS an E-EWS circuit. Seventeen stages around the world to determine the best Enduro rider and to develop the best gravity saddle.

MUNICH, Germany - Initially IAA Mobility organiser Messe Munich sent out an exclusively positive and superlative review on the premiere of their mobility trade show. A few days later, Tobias Gröber, Managing Director of the Consumer Goods Division at Messe Munich and responsible for the event spoke out again.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - To help national and local stakeholders streamline efforts to promote cycling, 54 countries yesterday adopted the first ever Pan-European Master Plan for Cycling Promotion at the Fifth High-Level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment (THE PEP). "A historic milestone," says Manuel Marsilio, general manager of the Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (CONEBI) who supported the elaboration of the plan.

Taiwan Excellence, the annual Oscars for Taiwanese products, has hosted 'Taiwan's Cycling Brands Online Product Launch' webinar inviting 6 brand representatives to promote their newest innovations.

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