VIENNA, Austria - With a Corona-related delay, the Austrian Association of Sporting Goods Manufacturers and Sports Equipment Suppliers (VSSÖ) presented its latest year 2019 bicycle and e-bike statistics. It can be best expressed in the crisp short formula, 'units down, value up'.
BARRO, Portugal - The construction of an all new e-bike and bicycle facility will increase Incycles capacity to no less than 180,000 units. Last April, the company already opened an 13,000 square meter warehouse in the Portuguese city Barro.
COLOGNE, Germany - The opening of bicycle shops in Germany after the corona lock-down has resulted in a more than expected increase in sales. Particularly e-bikes are very popular now lock-down has ended as customer demand changes from leisure only to daily use. These initial results provoked ZEG CEO Georg Honkomp to state that, "if things go better again in the next few months, the 2020 sales decline as a result of corona will be limited."
APELDOORN, the Netherlands - For several years, Merida Benelux has offered consumers the option of ordering a bicycle online and then having it delivered via a local dealer. In this era of corona, this hybrid way of shopping is particularly popular due to bicycle shop closures in Belgium and the switch to online shopping in the Netherlands.
WILTON, USA - With it's latest e-bike launch, the Mavaro Neo 1, Cannondale has collaborated with Garmin to create an integrated radar system that alerts riders to vehicles approaching from behind.
BAD SODEN, Germany - What started with a sales growth of 11.5 percent in 2015 has been accelerating since. Of course this is about e-bikes which are so rapidly gaining in popularity in Germany that in 2019 sales growth in units stood at a huge 39 percent.
TAOYUAN, Taiwan - The statement 'Taiwan's bicycle industry is entering a new era', made by Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA) chairman Michael Tseng last October certainly applies to IT specialist Darfon Electronics Corp. Known for their e-bike brands Votani and Besv, the Taiwanese company Darfon aims
BOCHOLT, Germany - In its from 1 November to 31 October running fiscal year 2018/19 German omni-channel distributor Rose Bikes GmbH achieved a total turnover of 102 million euro.
BINH DUONG, Vietnam - The first violations of the regulations regarding the origin of goods have recently been detected by the customs authorities in Vietnam.
OSTERMUNDIGEN, Switzerland - Following the recent announcement by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) that they will sanction e-Bike racing in the near future, the WFSGI will be taking the progressive step of forming a committee to work in this area.
ESCHBORN, Germany - Continental Bicycle Systems GmbH & Co. KG is presenting two new drives; the 48V Revolution and the 48V Prime. Conti's Revolution is a fully automatic shifting power unit with integrated CVP transmission. The 48V Prime is targeting city & trekking models with more traditional gears.
UNTERENSINGEN, Germany - The company is a leading international supplier of high-quality sensors and monitoring instruments for ships, trains, large engines, water treatment and gas density monitoring.
DOETINCHEM, The Netherlands - What will Eurobike 2019 bring? What are the new realities that are to be featured by the world's biggest bike show that opens its doors tomorrow? Product-wise the show will feature a further stepped-up design transformation of e-bikes with components integration reaching an even higher level.
WROCLOW, Poland - Earlier today President and CEO Qinghua Wang of Bafang Electric (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. officially opened the company's new production facility based in Wroclow, Poland.
IWATA, Japan - The company has made a new for itself in motocross and even points to its DNA coming from motorsports. With that background Yamaha is now claiming to have set a new benchmark for hi-end e-MTBs with its new top mid-motor PW-X2.
TAIPEI, Taiwan - At last month's Taipei Cycle Show e-bike drive system maker Metz announced that its mid-motor production is starting next May in Neurenberg, Germany. First shipments are also scheduled for May. Without mentioning more precise numbers it's said that it will amount to a high-volume,
EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands - A YouGov study, commissioned by Shimano, indicates that a quarter of all Europeans are now willing to commute to work by e-bike. This independent research of over 12,000 people across 10 countries reveals
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WEIDEN, Germany - Motor Sport Accessoires GmbH (MSA) - longtime Kymco importer for Germany and Czech Republic and one of Europe's major importers of motorcycles and scooters as well as ATVs - is entering the European bicycle and e-bike market. For that the company targets its existing dealers in
DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands - It's finally coming; the highly needed technology which is to revolutionize batteries including the ones for e-bikes. It's coming with Graphene-Lithium.
