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.

BORRALHA, Portugal - As part of its reshoring ambitions, the Portuguese bicycle industry association ABIMOTA invited an industry delegation from Taiwan to Águeda already in 2015. The participants were detailly informed about all possibilities of a close-to-the-market production in the EU.

WASHINGTON DC, USA - The world produced an estimated 130 million bicycles in 2007more than twice the 52 million cars produced. Bicycle and car ...

The Sharatan MTB and the Racing Diamante are Pennarola Cicli's newest frame designs. Both the design and the construction of this monocoque carbon frame ...

COLOGNE, Germany - At yesterdays ZIV press conference, Cologne Messe officially denied all rumours on changing the dates for the 2009 IFMA. Show Manager ...

BALI, Indonesia - The launch of the Global Alliance took take place in Bali, Indonesia on Monday, 10 December, as a side event to the United Nations ...

NEW YORK, USA - A fleet of 3,000 bicycles with wooden frames free for use will be the eye catcher of the new design for the 40-acre park for Governors ...

PARIS, France - The French market looks to be on the brink of an e-bike boom. In 2006 the number of e-bikes sold in France was still too small to be ...

BANGKOK, Thailand Italian tyre expert Vittoria recently opened at its Lion Tyres production facility in Thailand a new production hall. This results in ...

TIANJIN, China Dahon Bicycles, which claims to be the world leader in production of folding bicycles, on March 24 announced plans to establish a ...

BOULDER, Colorado (July 28) - With Lance Armstrong's historic 7th consecutive victory in the Tour de France, it seems more and more Americans are ...

LIESKA, Finland - On December 1 the agreement concerning the sale of Nokian bicycle tyre business was signed. Also the sale of the factory premises in ...

TIANJIN, China (Mar 24) 23 - Tianjin Fushida Electric Bicycle Co. Ltd recently launched the construction of an electric bike plant in Tianjin ...

LIEKSA, Finland (October 13)-Nokian Tyres is going to sell its bicycle tyres business to Suomen Rengastehdas Oy being established. The buyer will ...

MAARSSEN, Netherlands (April 7) -The numbers compiled by EU's customs data bureau Eurostat are rising steadily: a record (for the time being….) of 1.4 ...

NETANYA, Israel (31 January) - Bikit, manufacturer of pedelec's, is cooperating with General Motors to sell its some of its products under the GM brand ...

DOETINCHEM, Netherlands (14 March 2000)--Dutch tire manufacturer Vredestein posted a EUR10.4 million net profit in 1999, an increase of 4% over 1998. ...

TAICHUNG, Taiwan, (11 January 2000) -- Just a few days after Ford introduced its new brand Th!nk, which focuses on environmental protection and ...

ČVRČOVICE, Czech Republic - Darfon Electronics' announcement in December 2023 to open an e-bike assembly and battery production facility in the Czech Republic marked the official start of the OEM business for this electronics giant in Europe. In fact, it was set up to expand the company's e-bike operation in the Czech Republic as assembly has already been taking place for a while in Čvrcovice.