Karstadt-Quelle AG Strengthens its Mail Order Biz
FÜRTH, Germany (18 January)- German retail giant Karstadt-Quelle AG has plans to take over a controlling interest in the French holding company Afigest ...
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Dutch Competition Authority Accuses Bike Makers and Associations of Price Fixing
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands (November 28) - Dutch competition Agency (NMa) published today a report in which the biggest bike makers in Holland are ...
THI to Purchase Bankrupt CPI Business
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (October 21) - In the wake of the recent collapse and bankruptcy of Taiwanese crankset maker CPI, better known as Cyclone, Tien Hsin ...
Taiwan Troubles: Shock Works Stops; Cyclone's Factory Stripped by Creditors
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (October 30) - One of Taiwan's better names in high-end suspension parts, Shock Works, recently announced that it will cease ...
Germany: Importers' and Wholesalers' Associations Join Forces
COLOGNE, Germany (18 September) - On the last day of IFMA where the German Association of Bicycle Importers (VDFI) and the Association of Bicycle ...
Dutch Public Prosecutor: No priority to Bike Theft
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (October 1) - Nearly 1 million bikes are been stolen each year in the Netherlands. To counter this huge problem for the Dutch ...
Shimano donates € 10,000 to flood damage
KARVINAno , CZ (August 19) - Shimano donated € 10,000 to the funds to restore the flood damages in the Czech Republic, and the Karvina factory sent a ...
Elsevier Business Information To Become Reed Business information
DOETINCHEM, The Netherlands (August 8) - Elsevier Business information, publisher of Bike Europe and the Dutch dealer magazine Tweewieler among others, ...
German Saab/Salomon Skaters Use Dahon Bikes
DUARTE, Ca. (3 July) - The German national skate team, sponsored by Saab and Salomon, will team up with Dahon folding bikes. The bikes will be used for ...
GT Expands Distribution into Sports Specialty Stores
MADISON, Wisconsin USA (March 25) - Pacific Cycle CEO Chris Hornung announced that he will expand the distribution of GT bicycles into sports specialty ...
ZIV: German Bike Market Down 15% in 2001
COLOGNE, Germany (March 26) - Shipments of bicycles to dealers and department stores in Germany dropped "Close to 15% in 2001", said ZIV ...
No Overlap Between Next Year's Taipei and China Cycle Shows
SHANGHAI, China (April 22) - During the 2002 Taipei International Cycle Show which took place from April 11 to 14, it was strongly rumoured that the ...
FSA/TH Industries To Start Production in Europe
CAVENAGO BRIANZA, Italy (February 27) - What started as just a sales office, is about to turn into an assembly plant for bicycle components. FSA Europe ...
Problems with SRAM's New 7-speed Clickbox
AMERSFOORT, The Netherlands - SRAM is faced with problems with the new Clickbox for its 7-speed hub gears. The new component was recently introduced for ...
Scooter Pokkon
TOKIO, Japan (December 8th) - 'Pokkon' a buzz word in Japan - actually it means stealing a scooter in a novel way. First robbing a bicycle of its seat ...
Radio Versus Bikes
CLEVELAND, US ( November 3rd) - Cyclists take action after radio disc-jockeys encouraged car drivers to try and hurt bike riders. The US' largest radio ...
Bike-in-a-Box
LONDON, UK (24th October) - Yesterday we reported about the Belgian distributor organisation Federvelo protesting against the ultra-cheap bikes on offer ...
Passionate Appeal
LOKEREN, Belgium (October 20th) - Federvelo, the Belgium federation of manufactures and importers of bicycles raises a passionate appeal to the ...
EICMA Breaks Record
MILAN, Italy (September 30) - The EICMA show has broken all its own records: 750.000 people visited in the six days of its opening. But also the digital ...
IMOBO Against Theft
LONDON, UK (September 29) - The Imobo, a bike immobilzer works on the principle that it locks the handle bar into place to make it much more difficult ...