BERINGEN, Belgium - Over 400 people attended the opening of the new building of Flanders' Bike Valley last Friday. The big eye-catcher here is of course the bike dedicated wind tunnel. However, this bike valley is more than that.

LONDON, UK - In 2015 the UK government made GBP 700,000 (€ 880,000) available to fund e-bike sharing projects across the UK. Spring 2016 sees the winning bidders start to roll out their schemes.

法國，MARCLOPT- Cera Engineering和 Mach1 Machinery，自行車業界裡獨立又互補的公司，在2016年二月創立了一個全新的共同銷售平台-NCM1。

MARCLOPT, France - Cera Engineering and Mach1 Machinery, independent and complementary players in the cycling industry, have established a new common sales structure - NCM1 - this February 2016.

德國，慕尼黑- Winora Group (屬於上市Accell Group的一部分)於二月初慶祝Haibike 設計中心(Haibike Design Cenctre)的設立。值得注意的是設立的位置不在Winora Group靠近Schweifurt、位於Sennfeld的總部，而是在巴伐利亞首府慕尼黑。

VARBERG, Sweden - "Both in sales and earnings last year was better than 2014 for Cycleurope. We are very content with the turnover of 500 million euro, though the profit could have been better," says Mårten Nydahl, CEO of Cycleurope Sverige AB in a report in the Swedish newspaper 'Hallands Nyheter'.

台灣，台北- Bike Europe和荷蘭與比利時的自行車經銷商雜誌Tweewieler將會在29屆台北國際自行車展參展。

TREVISO, Italy - Italian road racing icon brand Pinarello will not exhibit at Eurobike 2016. That the company skips the biggest bike show in the world this year is due to "radically changed business strategies."

比利時，布魯塞爾- 目前歐盟市場情況並未受到11月26日歐洲法院對Giant China取消傾銷定罪判決的影響。明年該企業出口到歐洲的一般自行車將持續被課48.5%的反傾銷稅。這是歐洲自行車製造商協會(EBMA)提起上訴的結果。

TOKYO, Japan - Last Friday saw the opening of Japan's very first Dahon concept store. Opening just in time for weekend shoppers, the store stocks exclusively Dahon folding bikes, along with apparel and accessories to complement the line-up.

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands - Accell Group recently discovered a serious case of financial theft by one of its employees in Taiwan. The investigation into the events and the damage is ongoing. The theft is expected to have an impact of a maximum of € 4 million on Accell Group's net profit.

德國，ENNEPETAL- 2016年一開始，Thun重新定義全球市場。Mario Stauber現在負責除了義、法、比荷盧市場外的歐洲OEM廠商。這些主要仍為Patricia Cochez的負責區域。

比利時，布魯塞爾- 比利時2015年女性車款和電動自行車的銷售增加使市場成長了3.2%。根據Velofollies自行車展所做的第三次年度市場調查顯示，去年總共賣出了450519輛自行車。

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Increasing sales of ladies bicycles and e-bikes result in a market growth of 3.2% in 2015 in Belgium. A total of 450.519 bicycles were sold last year according to the third annual market survey by the Velofollies cycle show.

荷蘭，阿姆斯特丹- 在荷蘭高速與需要領牌的電動自行車銷售大幅成長了30.3%。這可證明在歐盟其他電動自行車領先市場裡這個全新電動自行車類別的銷售情況的指標。

LEUVEN, Belgium - The new startup company REIN4CED has not only developed a new so-called 'Hybrid' composite material for bike frames

美國，馬里蘭州 (Maryland)－美國馬里蘭州大學的電子／鋰離子測試實驗室CALCE針對鋰離子電池進行了一項研究及實際測試。其證實，透過減少充／放電水平，電動自行車電池要保固8年是可行的。為此，一款通用的「電池省電器」(Battery Saver)正在開發中。

WARSAW, Poland - City cycling enjoys a growing popularity in Poland despite the limited infrastructure compared with Germany and not to mention

台灣，台中－這週開展台中自行車週及今年的Eurobike都明確地顯現出自行車電子化已為業界翻開了新的一頁。這是百分之百確定的了，現在的主要趨勢也開始往零配件發展。

比利時，布魯塞爾(Brussels)－歐盟自行車製造商協會(EBMA)秘書長Moreno Fioravanti表示：「中國的電動自行車正整個淹沒了歐盟的市場。」因此EBMA向歐盟委員會提出反傾銷投訴。