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,
CosmoBike had a slow start last Friday September 15th but really took off the next Saturday morning with bustling corridors. However CosmoBike
The ECF Cycling Industry Club and ADFC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club) invite company Owners, Presidents, CEOs and Senior managers to join them for
BRUSSELS, Belgium - This trade journal has launched a new WhitePaper titled "Rules and regulations on electric cycles in the EU."
Gates is appearing at this year's China Cycle in partnership with the innovative brand Mobia Bikes and premium bike assembler Taioku to promote Taioku's
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Doubling cycling in the EU in the next ten years calls for the development of a European cycling strategy.
The 6th edition of Asia Bike show in Nanjing, which took place last week, had to face the realities of the Chinese bicycle market. Anticipating on....
"The programme of the Conference keeps getting more and more juicy, as well as our speakers list: global players such as the OECD, CISCO and ERTICO
BEIJING, China - The imposition and/or renewal of anti-dumping duties on the import of China made bicycles and other products will be more difficult as of December 11, 2016. In 2001 China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) and under its membership terms, it would automatically be treated as a 'market economy' after 15 years.
