Dutch 'Ride of the Roses' Raises US$140,000
NAALDWIJK, Netherlands (29 August 2000) -- Some 4,000 people participated in last weekend's cancer ride and raised NLG300,000 (US$140,000) for the Dutch ...
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Sturmey-Archer's Future After Liquidation
NOTTINGHAM, UK (10 October) - Sturmey-Archer Limited is in liquidation. According to managing director Alan Clarke of Sturmey-Archer Europe, the ...
UCI Hands World Hour Record Back to Merckx
Lausanne, Switzerland (11 September 2000) -- Belgium bike legend Eddie Merckx is once again the holder of the world hour record. This is because last ...
Gasoline Shortage Has Positive Effect on UK Bike Sales
LONDON, UK (20 September 2000) -- Last week, when the gasoline shortage in Europe reached its pinnacle, sales of bicycle inner tubes in the UK rose 18%, ...
Basta Greatly Influences AXA's Half-Year Results
VEENDENDAAL, Netherlands (29 August 2000) -- The addition of the Danish bike accessory maker Basta helped Dutch lock and bike accessory manufacturer AXA ...
Huffy Capitalizing on Mini-Scooter Trend
DAYTON, OH/USA (24 July 2000) -- According to SportsTrendInfo, Huffy's Micro™ scooter is the the top-selling sporting goods product nationwide. ...
Foot Locker Europe Sales up 32%
LONDON, UK (22 August 2000) -- Foot Locker Sportswear saw its European sales increase 32% in the first half of 2000. The company attributes some of the ...
Ofmega Moving Partial Assembly to Slovakia
KOSICE, Slovakia (10 April 2000)-Italian crankset and bottom bracket producer Ofmega is moving its steel and plastic crankset assembly and finishing to ...
Greece Ready to Join Euro Club
ATHENS, Greece (9 March 2000)--According to Greece's Minister of Finance Papantoniou, after six years of making adjustments the country is now ready to ...
Tutto Mountain Bike Changes Addresses
MILAN, Italy (18 February 2000)--Italian mountain bike magazine Tutto Mountain Bike has changed addresses. The editorial team can now be reached at ...
Huffy Posts US$33 Million Loss for 1999
DAYTON, OH/USA (11 February 2000)--Huffy Corporation, seller of the Huffy mass-market brand of bikes, suffered a net loss of US$33.3 million for the ...
Dumping Complaint: More Than a Loss of Just Time and Money
PARIS, France-You almost have to read between the lines to gather from the European Bicycle Manufacturers Associations (EBMA) 21 January press release ...
Interbike Expands Floor Space
LAGUNA BEACH, CA/USA (26 January 2000)--The organizers of the Interbike International Bicycle Expo have announced a major floorplan change. For the 2000 ...
GM Stops Production of E-Car
DETROIT, MI/USA (13 January 2000) -- Due to lack of consumer interest, General Motors has stopped production of its EV1 electric car. According to GM ...
European Economy to Continue Growth in 2000
BRUSSELS, Belgium--The German research agency DIW predicts that the 11 so-called euro countries (those EU countries participating in the new currency ...
New GSP Tariffs: Lower Import Duties
BRUSSELS, Belgium (November 26) - The current EU scheme of Generalized Tariff Preferences (GSP) will end on December 31, 2001. It is based on Regulation ...
European Commission Imposes 11.3% Dumping Duty on Shimano Hub Gears
BRUSSELS, Belgium (October 24) - The European Commission has announced the imposition of an 11.3% dumping duty on Shimano hub gears imported from Japan. ...
Shimano's 2002 Products
NUNSPEET, Netherlands (November 15) - Shimano Europe has updated its website http://www.shimano-europe.com with all the new hardware as well as ...
New Bike Show Launched in UK
LONDON, UK (November 19) - The UK has a bicycle show again in the nation's capital. The Business Design Centre launched The International Cycle Show ...
Shimano Starts 3-speed Gear Hub Production in Singapore
NUNSPEET, Netherlands (November 5) - Shimano recently started the first test production runs of 3-speed hub gears in its factory in Singapore. The ...