法國，安納西（ANNECY）— 法國零件製造商Mavic領導團隊出現一個新面孔，Alberto Morgando已與Jean-Michel Bourrelier共事至少五個月，他已於2月20日正式接手總經理一職。

PARIS, France - The budget crisis in France which led to a lot of political turmoil recently has a big impact on the bicycle and e-bike industry as well. With no previous warning, the Government announced that all state subsidies for the purchase of bicycles and e-bikes will be eliminated on very short notice. The 'Alliance for Cycling' warns of a significant consequence of such a decision for the whole cycling industry.

MADRID, Spain - The value of bicycle production in Spain increased by 8.8% to €126.4 million in the first half of this year. In this period, a total of 171,218 bicycles were manufactured, representing a growth of 4.1% compared to the same period of 2021. However, the provisional figures from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism show big monthly differences.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - High sales figures have dominated industry news and this is confirmed by the latest COVID impact survey of Cycling Industries Europe (CIE). Bicycle, parts and accessories companies are showing over 30% higher revenues in the first quarter of this year compared with 2020. The CIE Impact survey shows how these numbers are flowing through to other business indicators.

BERLIN, Germany - Product availability will remain the biggest challenge for 2021. "Demand for e-bikes and bicycles continues to be bold while production capacities can't be adjusted so quickly to keep up with demand," said David Eisenberger representing the German industry association ZIV.

PARIS, France - Despite the increase of the Covid-19 pandemic and more and more restrictions, the French trade show Pro Days took place in Paris (Porte de Versailles) from September 20 to 22 with an opening to consumers on the last day. Organiser, Département Beauté, said it was the first trade show to be held in Europe. A real breath of fresh air for the brands and the retailers a few weeks from Eurobike. 

ISTANBUL, Turkey - The Turkish bicycle industry is rapidly growing its export to Europe. For that export the EU and Turkey are linked by a Customs Union agreement since 1995. Turkey has been a candidate country to join the EU since 1999 and is a member of the

According to data provided by 'Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) the bicycle import into the UK showed a dramatic drop in the non e-bike sector

Numerous signs are indicating that the number of bicycles that are in stock throughout Europe have reached higher than normal levels.

SPAIN, Madrid - In the recently published study called the 'Spanish Bicycle Barometer' the cycling advocacy organization Red de Ciudades por la Bicicleta (Network of Cycling Cities) showed that more than eight percent or 3.8 million people use their bike every day while almost half the population in the country calls itself a frequent bicycle rider.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - This morning, at the opening press conference for Eurobike 2015, the sales figures for Germany in the first half of this year were presented. Like in 2014 also this year the German bike sector has once again had an outstanding start to the current season.

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - At last Friday's press conference on the mid-year financial results of Accell Group NV the holding company of numerous bike companies reported a 13% turnover growth. This double digit plus was thanked to higher e-bike and sports bike sales. In particular e-bikes and Haibike's new e-Performance bikes are pushing Accell's turnover made with e-bikes to new highs.

New York, USA - Global megacities from Guangzhou to Jakarta and Mexico City to New York are experiencing an unprecedented wave of growth that is putting ...

PARIS, France - The much applauded Paris' bike-share system, Vélib is facing a serious setback due to rampant theft and vandalism. In 2012 alone 9,000 ...

LONDON, UK - It did not come as a surprise but it is still remarkable. In the UK the brand name Raleigh is still on the top of the list of Superbrands.

Cycleurope France: Redundancy Plan for 140 Employees Cycleurope法国公司将裁员140名 Cycleurope计划将位于Romilly-Sur-Seine的工厂裁员140名.目前在这个工厂有347人，这意味着大部分员工将失业。 ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (11 June) - The European Commission has proposed that car drivers shall always be liable in accidents with a cyclist or pedestrian ...

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比起法國其他如動力兩輪車或汽車等領域，2010年的自行車界被證明更具恢復能力。然而，新自行車以及P＆A銷售所產生總計將近13億歐元的營收，已連續三個年頭顯示下滑。由於2010年共銷售了 3,031,300台自行車（不包括網路銷售），

預定出口到歐洲的自行車生產大規模搬遷是否開始了？Strongman在柬埔寨開設新廠的報告接踵而來。由於新的歐盟貿易規則對如柬埔寨和孟加拉等自行車製造商代工的國家非常有利，相信未來將有更多製造商跟進。這是Bike Europe 將於本週發行給全球讀者2月份貿易雜誌的封面報導。該則報導標題為：