BEIJING, China - The bicycle industry is facing more and more problems with broken carbon frames. The option of a possible export ban implemented by the ...

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - The Dutch bicycle industry is taking full advantage of this year's beautiful Spring weather and the increasing popularity ...

MAARSSEN, the Netherlands - The E-bike is on the brink of a general break-through on the market. After the Asian, all indicators show that the Europeans ...

MONTREAL , Canada (Sep 7) - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has recommended that Ottawa impose a surtax on the importation of low-cost ...

DUBLIN, Eire (May 31)- Jacques Barrot, the recently appointed EU Commissioner for Transport presented the keynote speech at Velo-city, the biggest ...

WHISTLER, US (Jan 14) - The latest craze on ski-slopes are snow-bikes. Basically an altered bike frame with skis instead of wheels. The machines offer a ...

ROOSENDAAL, the Netherlands - Timyo, the international group manufacturing mid to high-end e-bikes under the brands Van Dijck, Keola and Muon, has high ambitions. Having already established a solid dealer base in Europe, a market entrance in North America is now underway and sights are set on bringing high quality e-bikes to the US. "Our goal is to have 200,000 sales of high-end e-bikes by 2026," Timyo CEO Steve Zhu tells Bike Europe.

KORTRIJK, Belgium - "Super", "Amazing", "Best event ever"; these were some of the comments from exhibitors at Velofollies last weekend. Signs of market disruptions, cash flow problems or inventory worries were far from centre stage at the main tradeshow for the Benelux which was returning following a 2-year absence. Could this outpouring of optimism be masking the real problems in the industry?

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Mate is entering the e-cargobike market with the launch of its SUV model. Made from 90% recycled aluminium, the e-bike lifestlye brand is presenting it as "the first real alternative to a car."

NEW YORK, USA - When the pandemic started in March 2020 the US bicycle business was fully import dependent. 95% of all bicycles sold in the country were primarily coming from China. In other words, the US bicycle business was completely dependent on globalisation and the global supply chain. But "the golden age of globalisation is ending," fears US market specialist Jay Townley.