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The decision to uphold its dealer to this condition was presented last week at the Gazelle Experience Center. - Photo Royal Gazelle

Dutch Gazelle Fights Online Price Dumping

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands - Gazelle announced that it will uphold its dealers to the condition in its contract with respect to the name of their...

New TeXtreme concept for large volume projects

New TeXtreme concept for large volume projects

TeXtreme introduces a concept that focuses on achieving weight savings and keeping the total cost of the composite part the same. In order to further...

Customers buying in larger volumes the price levels are very competitive for lightweight reinforcements.’ – Photo Bike Europe

New TeXtreme Concept for Large Volume Projects

BORAS, Sweden - TeXtreme, market leader in Spread Tow reinforcements, introduces a concept that focuses on achieving weight savings with keeping the...

MIFA’s on-line vote about whether to delay an interest payment on the listed German bike maker’s 25 million euro bond failed. – Photo Bike Europe

Investors Deal MIFA Bond Blow

SANGERHAUSEN, Germany - Executives at loss-making MIFA Mitteldeutsche Fahrradwerke AG are considering their options after an on-line vote about...

Already listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Giant Manufacturing Co.Ltd. is now on the waiting list for FTSE TWSE-50. – Photo Bike Europe

Giant To Make Next Step in Stock Market Listing

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A recent review of the top 50 local listings on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) in terms of market capitalization resulted in...

In recent years the bicycle market in Germany benefited from the e-bike which is popular among 40 to 60 year olds – Photo Bike Europe

Germans Don't Want to Spend Big Money on E-Bikes

HAMBURG, Germany - In 2013 the Germans spent 660 euro on average on buying a new bicycle and that amount has been increasing by an average of 6.4%...

“Extreme price competition,” caused the insolvency of Lüttgens & Engels GmbH & Co. KG. – Photo L&E

Insolvent Handlebar Maker L&E Continues Production

SOLINGEN, Germany - Lüttgens & Engels GmbH & Co. KG (L&E) filed for insolvency already on December 20, 2013. But the company that ran into financial...

Finns Favour Better Bikes

Finns Favour Better Bikes

HELSINKI, Finland - The Finnish bicycle market has been very steady in 2013 and continued the trend already seen in the previous years. There's a...

Shimano’s STEPS mid-motor that will arrive at the market in Model Year 2015 e-bikes. Next to the mid-motor Shimano is also planning a drive system with the original STEPS front motor, indicated President Yozo Shimano in a newspaper report recently. – Photo Shimano

Shimano Discloses New STEPS E-Bike System

NUNSPEET, The Netherlands - After announcing the specifications of its new e-bike system, which was presented at the Taichung Bike Week earlier this...

MIFA CEO Peter Wicht, “The clear improvement in our operating earnings shows that our ‘from volumes to margins’ strategy is bearing fruit.” - Photo MIFA

MIFA's Bike Sales Drops by 8%

SANGERHAUSEN, Germany - MIFA (Mitteldeutsche Fahrradwerke AG - listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange) saw it bicycle sales drop by 7.6% to 462,000...