SKS Germany is now indispensable in the European bicycle industry. This year the German company celebrated its centenary. It cherishes its past and at the same time innovatively builds on the solid foundation that is characterised by Deutsche Gründlichkeit (German thoroughness).
AMERSFOORT, the Netherlands - Babboe has announced the inevitable recall of its cargo bikes after receipt of numerous reports of frame breakage as reported last week. For now, it regards the City, City E, Mini and Mini E models only. Whether all other Babboe cargobikes will follow in this recall is not clear yet. "We are currently consulting with the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) on taking further steps."
In the music world, a contract for live concerts typically has an appendix, also known as a 'rider', that includes all kinds of very detailed technical and practical rules and demands of a band. Some bands are known for adding insane or absurd requests to a rider - rock band Van Halen was one of them. Their wish list included "M&M's (WARNING: ABSOLUTELY NO BROWN ONES!)". Their contract further stipulated the following: "There will be no brown M&M's in the backstage area, upon pain of forfeiture of the show, with full compensation".
CHICAGO, USA - Late last month SRAM has started a recall in the United States and Canada of its i-Motion 3 internal gear hubs with coaster brakes. The problem that triggered the recall is with the brakes in the gear hubs which can fail, posing crash and injury hazards to the rider.
MONTREAL, Canada - GT issued a voluntary global recall due to a potential issue with handlebars on a limited number of bicycles.
MATTIGHOFEN, Austria - In a joined declaration battery manufacturer Panasonic and KTM announced a voluntary recall of model year 2013 e-bikes with hub motors due to problems with the batteries.
The modification of Cannondale's Slate wheelsets from tube tyres to tubeless proved not to be safe. Cannondale received reports of consumer who modified..
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Both Scott and Trek have issued a voluntary recall thanks to failing SR Suntour front forks. The recall includes more than 125,000 ...
WASHINGTON, USA - Folding bike specialist Tern has been confronted when frame problems and issued a voluntary recall of some specific models.
Following the voluntary recall of 100 bikes as published on the Bike Europe website (see: European Sales Ban of Unsafe Bikes), bicycle manufacturer ...
The European Patent Office has confirmed the patent infringement of the Cervelo RS, R3 and R3 SL framesets as well as complete bikes as claimed by ...
Pro has identified a potential safety issue involving the Pro Hi-Comp road racing bicycle stems produced between November 2003 and June 2006. Due to
DUARTE, US - Due to breaking seat post bolts, Dahon is recalling the 2007 Matrix, Jack, Espresso, Cadenza, Tournado and Smooth Hound. It has been ...
TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese e-bike market is experiencing one of the perhaps largest product recalls. On 15th May Yamaha, founder and producer of the ...
TIMISOARA, Romania - The Romanian Decathlon bicycle manufacturer Sport Mechanical Workshop SRL (SMW) has achieved what many European bicycle producers dream of. Mach1 Wheel Components SRL, started an in-house rim production.
ZEIST, The Netherlands - In contrast to recent years where the 'best read' items on Bike Europe were related to high-level investments and buoyant market developments, 2023 marked a vivid turning point. This year was notable for bankruptcies, closures and concerns over financial positioning. Bike Europe looks back on the main stories which attracted interest this year…
KORTRIJK, Belgium - Is Belgium the 'most promising market' amidst the other European markets where companies are struggling with financial burdens and slow demand? "2024 has not been a crisis year for the bicycle industry," said Frank Glorieux, secretary general of the Belgium industry association Traxio-Velo at the presentation of the 2024 market statistics.
比利時，布魯塞爾（BRUSSELS）－歐盟自行車進口於2022年的飆升已嘎然而止。根據最新進口數據資料顯示，自電動自行車越受歡迎後，自行車銷售便不斷減少，此趨勢延續今年。
丹麥，哥本哈根（COPENHAGEN）－丹麥自行車市場的銷售趨勢一直以來都較其他歐洲國家不同，不過若參考丹麥自行車經銷商及行業組織Danske Cykelhandlere發佈的2023年1至11月數據，我們可從中推測出其他歐洲國家的銷售表現。
德國，柏林（BERLNI）— 德國去年的自行車產量和銷量之高，與2020年熱銷期不相上下。雖然消費者買氣不佳，但去年該國（電動）自行車綜合銷售額僅比2022年減少4%，降至70.6億歐元。
