BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European bicycle industry has huge potential as the mobility landscape shifts to more sustainable forms of transportation, notes the recently published European Mobility Atlas 2021, a report analysing key facts and figures about transport in Europe.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - For over 100 industry peers Eurobike 2018 started early; yesterday already. They participated in the Bike Europe Conference that this year digged deep into "The Scenes Behind Online Sales." Four speakers were lined-up to highlight the challenges that come with direct-to-consumers strategies.
AMERSFOORT, the Netherlands - Accell Group subsidiary Babboe has issued a recall and replacement program for in total 22,000 cargo bikes. The first batches will be collected in the Netherlands and Germany in mid-April, after which the recall campaign will be rolled out in the other countries. All owners of these models will be offered a new bicycle or cargo bike.
CHICAGO, USA - SRAM issued a voluntary recall for its Avid SD7 bicycle mechanical rim brake for the North American market. SRAM
Winora Group's sports premium brand Haibike issued a voluntary recall of its Bosch equipped Xduro e-performance bikes. The recall includes models Race,
MOSS, Norway - Hamax is conducting a voluntary recall of its bicycle child seat Zenith Relax. The seat is a completely new 2015 model and has only been available since the beginning of April.
WILTON, USA - Cycling Sports Group issued a voluntary recall of their GT branded Fury Elite and Fury Expert downhill mountain bicycles due to breaking front wheel hubs made in Taiwan.
WASHINGTON, USA - Tektro USA/TRP has received one report of a brake calliper failing for its Spyre and Spyre SLC dual-piston mechanical disc brakes. ...
MORGAN HILL, USA - The latest recall of Specialized came last week when the company received its fourth report on breaking front forks. The recall ...
Shimano American Corporation today announced a voluntary recall of a Pro mountainbike handlebar stem. It appeared that the bolts holding the front plate ...
WASHINGTON, USA - Specialized Bicycle Components Inc. announced a voluntary recall of the China made TL-83 brake levers. Earlier this year Specialized ...
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. announced a voluntary recall of specific styles Gore Ride On low friction brake and professional brake cables as mentioned ...
Last Friday the EU rapid alert system for dangerous consumer products, RAPEX, announced the voluntary withdrawal from the market by Merida of its ...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Safety Gate is the European Union's alert system for consumer products that show a safety risk. The system was introduced by the General Product Safety Directive of 2001. Previously known as RAPEX, Safety Gate allows rapid exchange of information among member states and the Commission about unsafe products and the measures taken by the member states to deal with that safety problem.
MEQUON, US - Yesterday Hayes announced a voluntary recall of the SunRingle hollow quick release devices. Until now the company received four reports of ...
BAD URACH, Germany - Magura recalls the first production batch of the Durin Race 80/100 (MD 80R and MD 100R) suspension forks. Magura has found faults, ...
NAGOYA, Japan (June 2) - Tsunoda Co. announced that it will recall 1.123 folding bikes due to defective frames and replace them with up-to-date models. ...
VITORIA-GASTEIZ, Spain - Bike manufacturer BH Bikes Europe S.L is one of the traditional bicycle suppliers from the Basque Country. BH stands for 'Beistegui Hermanos', which translates to 'Beistegui brothers'. The company was founded in 1909 with the production of revolver guns. 14 years later, they began manufacturing bicycles. Today, the fourth generation of the family, Javier Beistegui, is at the helm.
VILLARROBLEDO, Spain - "Somewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, ..." - this is the beginning of the novel 'Don Quixote de la Mancha' by Spanish poet Miguel de Cervantes. Bike Europe didn't go in search of Don Quixote in the autonomous region of Castilla-La Mancha. Instead in the small town of Villarrobledo, 200 km southeast of Madrid it was time to find out what the small, custom bike manufacturer Berria Bikes S.L. has to do with Switzerland.
MALLABIA, Spain - How deeply bike manufacturer Orbea S. Coop. is rooted in its home country, visitors realise immediately on arrival: the first language is Basque - followed by English. During a visit to the company headquarters and production facility in Mallabia, Bike Europe found out what else sets this Basque bicycle manufacturer apart from its domestic and international competitors.
