Jan-Willem van Schaik

TAIPEI, Taiwan - 18 December is the closing date for registration for the Taipei Cycle d&i awards 2016. Exhibitors as well as non-exhibitors of the Taipei Cycle show are invited to participate in competition.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Tern and Xtracycle design partnered this fall to successfully crowdfund a full-sized folding cargo-bike on Kickstarter. Their project, the Cargo Node, raised over 140,000 euro from supporters across three continents. "The campaign proved that consumers around the world see the potential of folding cargo-bikes," says Josh Hon, founder and Team Captain of Tern.

IRVINE, USA - Felt bicycle issued a voluntary recall after they received 10 reports of the seat post cracking. All bikes were sold by IBDs between August 2014 through September 2015.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Light Electric Vehicles (LEVs), including e-bikes could make (urban) transport much more sustainable. This interactive webinar will provide in-depth information on how to promote their uptake and use.

瑞士，AIGLE- 碟煞系統在公路車賽事中又朝正式批准邁出了一大步，國際自行車聯盟(UCI)宣布在2016年職業公路車賽事中將繼續測試碟煞系統。

義大利，米蘭- Piaggio在2014年的米蘭國際摩托車展EICMA裡，已經宣布進入電動自行車市場，並展示了一輛時尚的車款。從那之後，沒有太多來自這家義大利速克達製造商的消息，直到上個星期，他們又推出了Wi-Bike。

MÜNSTER, Germany - Following the takeover of the fender brand Wingee last October, Tubus carrier systems recently announced the acquisition of 33 percent of the shares of Becatex GmbH.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - On December 8 and 9 JEC Group and the Society of Plastics Engineers will host an international conference on bicycle technology. The event will focus on the use of composites in bicycles.

AIGLE, Switzerland - The official approval of disc brakes in road race came a big step closer with the announcement of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to continue the trial of disc brakes in professional road racing in 2016.

MILAN, Italy - At the International Motorcycle Show EICMA in Milan 2014, Piaggio already announced its entrance on the e-bike market and showed a stylish model. Not much was heard from the Italian scooter manufacturer until last week when they again introduced the Wi-Bike.