All Bike articles – Page 9
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Accell accelerates with e-bikes, pulls out of Canada
Surging sales of electric bicycles in Europe boosted revenues for the Dutch company behind Haibike, Lapierre, Batavus, Raleigh and many other bike brands. Its turnover picked up pace in the second half of 2019, soaring by 7.4 percent to €682.6 million.The company's so-called core businesses, which exclude its North American ...
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Danny MacAskill, the mountain-biker known for combining urban and outdoor...
Danny MacAskill, the mountain-biker known for combining urban and outdoor styles, has signed a sponsorship deal with Adidas Outdoor. MacAskill has been wearing Adidas' Five Ten shoe brand for about a decade, but Adidas has decided to stop using the Five Ten brand name, and the athlete will now be ...
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EU anti-dumping duties on Chinese bikes are due to stay
Protecting its bike industry better than the U.S. and Japan are protecting theirs, the European Union has levied anti-dumping duties on bicycles originating in China since 1991. The EU is set to maintain them for another five years, now that the European Commission has completed and published its 12-month review.Parties ...
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E-bikes and fishing lift Shimano’s sales
Just as in 2018, robust sales of components for e-bikes in Europe and strong sales of fishing products globally boosted Shimano's results for the first quarter of 2019. The company's net income soared from 1,091 million yen (€8.7m-$9.8m) in the first quarter of 2018 to ¥13,384 million (€107.5m-$119.9m) this quarter, ...
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Technogym presented Bike Personal, a new design bike, at the...
Technogym presented Bike Personal, a new design bike, at the International Furniture Fair which took place on April 9-14 in Milan. Bike Personal, designed by Antonio Citterio, is the latest product from Technogym's Personal Line, a collection of products for home wellness, characterized by a combination of technology and ...
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The Pon Bike Group sold a total of 720,000 bikes...
The Pon Bike Group sold a total of 720,000 bikes and saw its revenues increase by 14 percent to around €786 million in 2018. Sales were primarily driven by e-bikes, which accounted for around 50 percent of the bicycles sold. Pon's portfolio of bicycle brands comprises Cervélo, Gazelle, Santa Cruz, ...
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E-bike sales in Germany jumped by 36 percent in 2018...
E-bike sales in Germany jumped by 36 percent in 2018 as compared to 2017, reaching 980,000 units sold. This means that one out of every four bicycles sold in the country was an e-bike. These figures, among others, were contained in the latest report of the Zweirad-Industrie-Verband (ZIV), the German ...
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E-bikes imported into the European Union (EU) from China will...
E-bikes imported into the European Union (EU) from China will be subject to tariffs varying between 18.8 and 79.3 percent, according to a filing in the EU's official journal. The measure is meant to curb the imports of cheap e-bikes from China, which may threaten the sales of pricier e-bikes ...
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RTE, a Portuguese bike manufacturer that works only for Decathlon,...
RTE, a Portuguese bike manufacturer that works only for Decathlon, operating the biggest European bicycle assembly plant in Europe, has announced that it will open a bike manufacturing facility in Poland in 2021. The group already makes between 1.2 and 1.4 million units a year for Decathlon in Portugal. The ...
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There will be no Interbike show in Reno, Nevada as...
There will be no Interbike show in Reno, Nevada as planned next September. The organizer of the major North American bike trade show, Emerald Expositions, justified the move with a difficult market for bicycles in the U.S. over the past four years, compounded by substantial increases in U.S. import tariffs ...
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The EU imports more bikes from China and Cambodia
The number of regular bicycles imported from China to the European Union continues to rise. For years the number had remained flat at 350,000 to 400,000 units, but 2017 saw a big increase to 635,000 units. Bike Europe noted that by the end of the first half of 2018, imports ...
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Eurobike's organizers have teamed up with counterparts in Thailand to...
Eurobike's organizers have teamed up with counterparts in Thailand to set up a new trade fair targeting the cycling business in South East Asia. Aseanbike powered by Eurobike will be held for the first time next year, over three days starting on Oct. 3, at the Impact Exhibition and Convention ...
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A high-caliber leader for Rossignol’s bike segment
Scott Rittschof has been named senior vice president of the Rossignol Group in charge of its growing bike division, which includes Rossignol bikes as well the Time Sport and Felt brands. He is joining the group with an impressive cv.Rittschof worked for Dorel Industries' Cycling Sports Group (Cannondale, GT, Schwinn) ...
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The Accell Group has launched a German entity, Accell Bike...
The Accell Group has launched a German entity, Accell Bike Parts, which will drive the international expansion of the XLC brand of parts and accessories, Bike Europe reports. Accell Bike Parts will be part of the Winora Group, which is a German subsidiary of the Dutch-based group. Accell has formed ...
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Changing their minds, the organizers of the Eurobike show in...
Changing their minds, the organizers of the Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen have decided to take it back to its older end-of-season schedule. Messe Friedrichshafen had proposed to stage the show next year from July 31 to Aug. 3, but it gave in to the requests for later dates by Shimano ...
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A 30 percent jump in sales of electric bikes allowed...
A 30 percent jump in sales of electric bikes allowed Giant Manufacturing to post an overall sales increase of 3 percent to 13.9 billion Taiwanese dollars (€397.0m-$467.5m) in the first quarter of this year. Electric bike sales grew at a double-digit rate in Europe, where the company is planning to boost ...
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Keola, the Dutch manufacturer of e-bikes, has inaugurated a new...
Keola, the Dutch manufacturer of e-bikes, has inaugurated a new 5,500-square-meter production facility in Roosendaal, in the southern part of the Netherlands, as well as a new sales office and warehouse in Denmark. The new factory in Roosendaal will allow Keola to increase its production tenfold compared with the current ...
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Accell acquires Beeline Bikes
Accell Group has announced the increase of its minority stake in Beeline Bikes, a mobile service company based in the U.S., to 100 percent. Accell, headquartered in the Dutch town of Heerenveen, is best known for its large portfolio of international bicycle brands, which include Raleigh, Diamondback, Atala, Winora, Batavus, ...
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Dorel’s bike business improves
Dorel Industries said its Dorel Sports division bounced back in the fourth quarter of 2017 from a difficult third quarter, despite continuing weakness in the global bicycle market, particularly in North America. The parent company of Cannondale and other bicycle brands attributed the improvement to strong performances at its Brazilian ...
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Taichung Bike Week is moving dates. The organizers of the...
Taichung Bike Week is moving dates. The organizers of the fair have announced in a press release that after discussions between Taichung City government and the Taiwan Bicycle Association, and considering some feedback in the industry, it was decided that the 2018 Taichung Bike Week would be shortened to three ...
