NUNSPEET, Netherlands (Jan 2) - Shimano announces a change in the leadership at their European base in Nunspeet, Holland. Satoshi Yuasa is leaving ...

LAS VEGAS, US (Oct 3) - Alan Finden-Crofts sold the Derby Cycle Group for US$ 40 million; he said last week at the Interbike Show in Las Vegas. ...

CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, Netherlands (Sep 13) - Directors and former owners of wholesaler Joh. F. Smits, brothers Jan and Leo Hordijk, will leave the company ...

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (December 23rd) - A re-shuffle within the higher echelons of the Accell management has led to two new appointments. Jeroen ...

WASHINGTON D.C, US (September 29) - Battery trouble for Segway's: apart from being quite difficult to master in the first place, a Segway with ...

NOTTINGHAM, UK (10 October) - Sturmey-Archer Limited is in liquidation. According to managing director Alan Clarke of Sturmey-Archer Europe, the ...

BURGDORF, Switzerland - This fall, BKTech, one of Switzerlands two leading pedelec manufacturers, is bringing its Flyer to Germany - regardless of the ...

NEWTOWN, Wales (13 September 2000) -- Yesterday, 12 September, Newtown, Wales-based A&J Europe Bicycle Manufacturing Ltd. sent out a press release ...

OLDHAM, UK- After a year of discussions Concept Cycling of the UK has entered into a joint venture with Meghna of Bangladesh for the exclusive rights to ...

BERLIN, Germany - Due to a sales slump and the resulting financial bottleneck Berlin-based (cargo-) LEV manufacturer Onomotion GmbH had to file for insolvency on 26 September. A subsidiary of a corporate group already backing other bike manufacturers, Emoving GmBH, has added the last mile delivery solution provider to its portfolio.

PRATO, Italy - Delivering groceries transporting up to 100kg and covering around 80 kilometers a day demands more from a cargo-bike than what's possible with a standard model. Italian engineering firm Formula and Ello Mobilité took up the challenge and built a fleet of bikes for French supermarket giant, Carrefour.

LONDON, UK - Award-winning e-bike brand Gocycle has started a crowdfunding campaign to launch its new range of urban folding bikes. Founder and CEO of Gocycle owner Karbon Kinetics Ltd Richard Thorpe explains why he turned to this tentative way of funding, having founded the company already in 2002. "Institutional capital has fled most industries including bike companies, as well as small innovators like Gocycle."

CĒSIS, Latvia - It is no coincidence that leg&go, the innovative wooden balance bike, comes from Latvia of all places. Firstly, this Baltic country has a long tradition of wood processing and secondly, founder Egons Garklavs is regarded as an ingenious designer there. The company reported a record turnover in 2023 and is now eyeing further export markets, including the US.

SCHRAMBERG, Germany - hGears AG, the European precision e-bike transmission parts and components manufacturer, reports a 16.9% year-on-year decrease of its 2023 consolidated revenue of € 112.5 million. hGears faced an extremely challenging years in its e-bike business.

LONDON, United Kingdom - A remarkable sight in London's streets: ePack4 which surpasses other last-mile delivery innovators by doubling the standard payload to 350 kg and a capacity of 4 square meters.

WELS, Austria - In a remarkable move, Pierer Mobility AG has decided to focus on its core business of Powered-Two-Wheelers and to concentrate on its premium brands KTM, GasGas and Husqvarna as well as MV Agusta. As a consequence, the non-e-bike segment, including Felt is disinvested.

A market leader in e-bike connectors, Higo continues to build on its efforts to meet the growing need for ultra compact e-bike connectors to neatly hide away in frames. It recently introduced the micro X connector range for connections like displays, switches, brakes and sensors.

MALLABIA, Spain - The long-term growth strategy is paying off very well for Orbea. In the past seven years, the cooperative bicycle manufacturer has confirmed notable sales growth which peaked in 2022.

TAICHING, Taiwan - Taiwan's leading bicycle producer Giant Group saw its fiscal 2022 sales jump by a double-digit 12.5% year-on-year to TW$ 92.04 billion (€2.82 billion). However, the impact of rising material and labour costs as well as increased OE-business affected the Group's overall gross margin and operating profit performance.

VELKE ORVIŠTĚ, Slovakia - Bicycle manufacturer Kellys will make an important step forward with the introduction of two remarkable products next month. Both Kellys Theos F100 and the Theos R will feature notable developments.