BEIJING, China - Trendy and rich Chinese have turned their eyes on expensive bicycles. While the Chinese bicycle market is estimated by Reuters to grow by 10 percent annually, the high-end segment is forecasted to grow by as much as 15 percent.
ALLENTOWN, USA - The percentage of adult bicycle owners who did not make any visits to a US bike shop increased by 10 percentage points from 2011 to 2013. There is also a growing number of adult consumers who did not visit a bike shop at all during the past 12 months.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Yesterday the European Parliament has approved the new European Commission. ECF/Cycling Industry Club is particularly looking forward to working with Ms. Violeta Bulc, the new Commissioner for Transport.
加拿大，魁北克- Louis Garneau Sports主動召回p-09 空氣動力自行車安全帽。2014年年初製造的該款安全帽於2013年12月通過CPSC標準的認證，其生產製造過程的內部測試是由Louis Garneau及其合約製造商來執行，並也委託外面獨立實驗室做測試。
德國，SANGERHAUSEN- 就在昨天早上，MIFA宣佈其虧損已超過該公司登記資本額的一半。Mitteldeutsche Fahrradwerke AG (MIFA)於下午聲稱已提出「自我管理」的破產申請。
台灣，台中- 中國Giant正就歐盟委員會對其反傾銷稅判決向歐盟法院尋求複審之訴願。根據法院的判決，此世界最大自行車製造商(每年自行車產量為700萬輛，其中有280萬輛在中國製造)將申請歐盟委員會豁免課徵反傾銷稅調查。
ETOY, Switzerland - "The Virtus system is ideal for the active cyclist who already owns several premium bikes and is a real additional asset as support for longer rides", states Shinji Okuda, Senior Executive Officer at Sunstar.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Last Tuesday, September 2, The European Commission announced to have started an investigation concerning the possible circumvention of anti-dumping measures on imports of bicycles originating in the People's Republic of China by means of transshipments via, and assembly operations in, Cambodia, the Philippines and Pakistan.
"Extreme strength and stiffness to weight ratio of the frameset," is just one of the highlights that Mondraker used for the release of the new carbon Foxy, the brand's top offer in the class of trail bikes.
Kona's 2015 lineup is biggest so far, with almost 70 bikes and frames in the catalogue. The Canadian-American company stays true to their MTB roots, at the same time it continues to invest in road and commuting bikes.
DT Swiss is the first company next to SRAM that offers RS-1 compatible hubs. The RockShox RS-1, the inverted design forks, was introduced earlier in this year. One of the fork's features is also the new front hub assembly called Predictive Steering.
TOKYO, Japan - Shimano's financial statement on the first half of 2014 reports on 'brisk order-taking', 'promising market trends' as well as 'relatively low inventory levels at distributors and retailers'. This prompted a 18,5% rise in bike component sales.
ZURICH, Switzerland - A new e-bike manufacturer called YouMe has popped-up from Switzerland. It wants to create a new e-bike category with a cool e-cruiser, combining the positive attributes of the bicycle, moped, and scooter.
瑞士，伯恩-去年12月於台灣所舉辦之第一屆WFSGI 2013年製造商「製造業的未來」論壇獲得成功之後，世界體育用品工業聯合會(WFSGI)宣布2014年論壇-「設計與製造將如何結合?」，其官方註冊現已開始。此盛事將於2014年11月13日到14日於德國萊比錫舉行。
COLOGNE, Germany - Motorcycles and scooters still will be the main products on display at the 2014 Intermot next October. However, the latest trends and innovations in pedelecs, e-bikes, e-scooters and e-motorcycles will be presented in one hall dedicated to this growth market.
ADELAIDE, Australia - Yesterday, the premier worldwide cycling meeting kicked off in Australia. Velo-city Global 2014 brings together delegates from all four corners of the planet. The European Cyclist Federation (ECF) organized conference brings together specialized networks of scientists (Scientists for Cycling) and city officials (Cities for Cycling).
美國，DUARTE- 上週華爾街日報對仿冒品的特別報導中，提到了幾家主要品牌的合法商務面臨了仿冒品日益嚴重的威脅，其中包含了摺疊自行車製造商Dahon。
奧地利，HARD- 上個星期，私募股權公司Hannover Finanz GmbH取得了奧地利自行車製造商Simplon Fahrrad GmbH的多數股權。這位新老闆將重心放在國際發展上。
IRVINE, USA - Felt issued a voluntary recall of 2008 and 2010 triathlon bicycles due to 18 reports of bicycle forks breaking. The recall includes a total of 3,300 units.
SOLOTHURN, Switzerland - Poor spring weather lowered the sales figures in 2013. A total of 330,313 new bikes were sold, 5.3 % less than in 2012. Even electric bikes couldn't escape the diminished Swiss consumer interest.
