All Bike articles – Page 13
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A young Swiss bike producer, Bold Cycles, has presented a...
A young Swiss bike producer, Bold Cycles, has presented a model with “Internal Suspension Technology” where the suspension is fully built into the seat frame
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Trek Bicycle has become the official bike partner of the...
Trek Bicycle has become the official bike partner of the Tour de Suisse under a three-year partnership deal negotiated by Infront Ringier Sports & Entertainment
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Bike sales increase in France, with double-digit rise for e-bikes
Bicycle sales in France increased in both volume and turnover in 2014, with e-bikes confirming the strong positive trend of the previous year. According to the observatory of French industry organizations, FPS (Fédération Professionnelle des entreprises du Sport et des loisirs) and Univelo, the total value of the bike and ...
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Muriel Bouhet, a French mountain bike racer, will endorse Polar...
Muriel Bouhet, a French mountain bike racer, will endorse Polar over the next few years
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Electric bikes drive Accell’s expansion
Electric bikes again fueled sales growth last year at Accell Group, the Dutch bicycle company with brands from Batavus to Sparta, Raleigh and many more. Favorable weather conditions supported the group's performance, which was driven by its Dutch and German brands.Accell lifted its sales by 4 percent to €882.4 million, ...
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Gore Bike Wear is going to work more closely with...
Gore Bike Wear is going to work more closely with the Rose Vaujany Mountain Bike Team, whose seven members include Steffen Thum, winner of the UCI Marathon World Series. Gore has been sponsoring the team since last year. It will try to develop specific clothing for mountain bike cyclists, who ...
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The Riverside Company is investing in Bike24, the German cycling...
The Riverside Company is investing in Bike24, the German cycling e-commerce specialist. The private equity firm focuses on acquiring growing businesses valued up to $250 million and has an international portfolio of more than 75 companies. The details of the deal were not disclosed. Bike24 sells an array of bike ...
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Another new regional bike fair in Spain, Girona Bike World,...
Another new regional bike fair in Spain, Girona Bike World, is planned for May 1-3
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Bike popularity is still growing in the Netherlands
The distance the Dutch have been traveling within their country over the last ten years has remained more or less the same, around 11,000 kilometers per person per year. However, the distance traveled on bikes has increased by 7 percent since 2004, according to the Mobility Survey 2014 of the ...
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VeronaFiere is starting a new Italian bike show called CosmoBike,...
VeronaFiere is starting a new Italian bike show called CosmoBike, which is set to take place in Verona on Sept. 11-14, 2015. The international event, created by Paolo Coin, who previously ran ExpoBici, will focus on the ongoing evolution of the bicycle, including new materials and production technologies, and will ...
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Dorel’s bike segment rises by 6%
Dorel Industries' Cannondale Sports Group (CSG) enjoyed strong growth in the U.K., the rest of Europe and Japan, contributing to a 6 percent organic sales increase for the third quarter in Dorel's bicycle group, which also includes the more mass-market-oriented Pacific Cycle segment. In reported dollars, the Recreational/Leisure segment of ...
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The fourth edition of Asia Bike in Nanjing, China, saw...
The fourth edition of Asia Bike in Nanjing, China, saw a substantial growth in trade visitors. The trade show is organized as a joint venture with Messe Friedrichshafen, the host of the German OutDoor and Euro Bike shows at Lake Constance. Asia Bike ran from Oct. 9-12, with the first ...
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Unibike, the new Spanish bike fair coming out from the...
Unibike, the new Spanish bike fair coming out from the combination of Festibike and Expobike, celebrated a successful start at its first edition in Madrid, presenting some 500 brands through more than 200 exhibitors on 15,000 square meters of exhibition space. The first day was only for trade visitors
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Last month's Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen welcomed a total of...
Last month's Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen welcomed a total of 46,300 visitors from 111 countries, 1,100 more than the 2013 edition. It also signed up 1,852 journalists. On Saturday, when the show opened its doors to the general public, 21,100 consumers visited the fair.
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Bondholders of Mitteldeutsche Fahrradwerke (Mifa), the largest bike manufacturer in...
Bondholders of Mitteldeutsche Fahrradwerke (Mifa), the largest bike manufacturer in Germany, have agreed to delay payment of interest on their bonds, originally scheduled for Aug. 12, until the presentation of a new business plan at end of October. They have appointed a Munich-based consultant, One Square Advisory Services, to negotiate ...
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Accell sells fitness division, lifts bike sales
Warm spring weather in Europe along with robust demand for electric bicycles and high-end sports bikes again lifted half-year sales and profits at Accell Group, the Dutch company that owns Batavus, Sparta, Koga, Raleigh and Lapierre, among other bicycle brands.Accell raised its sales by just 0.5 percent to €506.2 million ...
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Biretco and Bike Total will merge
Retail members of Biretco and Bike Totaal have approved the merger of the two chains. The new powerhouse in two-wheeler retailing, which has been named Dynamo Retail Group, will operate a combined 750 bike stores in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. It will be the second biggest bike dealer cooperative ...
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Trek and Scott are each recalling thousands of mid-priced bikes...
Trek and Scott are each recalling thousands of mid-priced bikes sold between 2010 and 2013 because of concerns over the SR Suntour suspension forks used on them. The recall is because the front forks, which were made in Taiwan and China, can break. The recall affects 11 models of Trek and ...
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Eurobike's Demo Day this year will take place at the...
Eurobike's Demo Day this year will take place at the show grounds in Friedrichshafen where Eurobike 2014 will take place. Previously it ran in Argenbühl, some 50 kilometers from Friedrichshafen. The relocation has resulted in a significant increase in exhibitors for the Demo Day, which is scheduled for Aug. 26, ...
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The British Halfords Group has acquired the Boardman bike business...
The British Halfords Group has acquired the Boardman bike business launched by Chris Boardman, former Olympic and Tour de France cyclist. Halfords already has an exclusivity deal to sell the Boardman Performance Series in the U.K. and Ireland while the Boardman Elite Series is sold at selected independent cycling retailers ...
