MUNICH, Germany - The year 2021 had it all: rising inflation, low and even negative interest rates, supply chains constraints, political crises, trade wars, more lock-downs, virus mutations, and so on. Despite all these uncertainties the global stock market trudged upwards, not to talk about the most ambitious 2021 bicycle stocks. How does that match?

WELS, Austria - Austrian powered-two-wheeler giant Pierer Mobility AG has received approval for listing on the Prime Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange. The listing is scheduled for 1 March which will make it one of the 39 largest and most traded companies on the Vienna Stock Exchange.

POZZOLEONE, Italy - Saddle manufacturer, Selle Royal Group S.p.A., has officially announced its intention to proceed with the listing of its ordinary shares on the Italian stock exchange. If the conditions are met, the company will list on the Euronext STAR Milan, which promotes SME's to domestic and foreign investors.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - A total of 6,530 investors were interested in Hagen Bikes, exceeding the IPO subscription of the Danish-Estonian cargobike manufacturer by 14.9 times. It shows that cargobikes are a hot investment.

STUTTGART, Germany - For the first time, a bicycle share index certificate has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. BeneFaktorIndex Bike was initiated by asset manager and index allocator, Daubenthaler & Cie. GmbH. They are developing financial products oriented towards the common good. Is that possible?

DRESDEN, Germany -The Riverside Company has planned an IPO for one of Europe's leading cycling, outdoor, fitness and swimming products webshop Bike24 this year. According to a company statement they, "aim to accelerate growth and finance future business development." Prior to the IPO, The Riverside Company will issue a private placement.