LONDON, England - An increase in e-bike battery fires in the UK has prompted a call for new legislation to mandate the safety of e-bike batteries including third party approval. In response, two cycling industry trade bodies in the UK have joined forces to issue guidance sheets for the industry and called for stricter enforcement of product safety for products supplied to the UK.
LONDON, UK - Recent months have seen some startling predictions on cargo bike growth in the UK. Around 4,000 cargo bikes were sold in the UK last year according to the Bicycle Association of Great Britain (BAGB), with the numbers split around 50/50 between commercial and family/individual use.
LONDON, UK - Recent announcements from the UK's Halfords and the trade organisation, Bicycle Association of Great Britain (BAGB), both suggest that, despite the continuing sales surge, supply chain difficulties are cramping the growth of the market there.
MILTON KEYNES, UK - Major UK 'click and collect' retailer Argos recently confirmed today that it will join the Bicycle Association's Cycling Market Data Service.
CAMBRIDGE, UK - The Bicycle Association (BA), the national body representing the bike industry in the UK, has announced it has partnered with Seanic Retail to further the progress its UK Market data service.
CAMBRIDGE, UK - Major online retailer Wiggle-Chain Reaction Cycles has confirmed that it will be joining the Bicycle Association of Great Britain - BAGB's leadership group and participating in the BAGB's new market data service which Bike Europe have reported on recently.
Current EU Regulations on e-bikes offer a serious loophole. It makes it possible for companies to put over 250W and over 25 km/h e-MTBs on the market that skirt complicated and expensive type approval procedures. That's possible due to this exemption in the type-approval regulation wording: "vehicles primarily
CAMBRIDGE, UK - The UK's Bicycle Association (BAGB) has released its latest batch of three-monthly figures that confirm a dramatic decline
LONDON, UK - The Bicycle Association of Great Britain (BAGB) has revised its position on Bike Europe's Whitepaper. The BAGB reported last week that what's in the Whitepaper on the exclusion of e-MTBs from the type-approval regulation that came into force per January 1, 2017 created confusion among British consumers and suppliers. After a response by this trade journal digging deeper into the detailed regulations the BAGB replied with "We don't disagree with anything in the Whitepaper".
LONDON, UK - On May 11 this trade journal launched its new Whitepaper: "Rules and regulations on electric cycles in the EU." One of the striking facts
