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Will Taipei Cycle Fully Recover in 2024?
Taipei, Taiwan For decades, Taipei Cycle has been one of the top three global cycle expos, along with Eurobike and China Cycle. The island nation of Taipei was particularly isolated right through covid, with the expo forced to run ‘virtual expos’ online. Even last year when the full expo resumed in person, exhibit and international…
World News Round-up
The End of WiggleCRC in Australia? A recent article in Bike Europe implied that WiggleCRC’s days in Australia could be over for ever. At their peak about from about 15 years ago to a decade ago UK based Wiggle and Northern Ireland based Chain Reaction Cycles were both widely disliked names amongst Australian bicycle retailers.…
Ongoing Pain for Shimano from Huge Malware Attack
Sakai, Japan Cycling media around the world have been reporting on a malware attack that has seen thousands of confidential Shimano documents leaked to the public. The source of these reports is this article in the tech website Escape Collective. In case you don’t want to wade through that fairly long and detailed article, here’s…
First Mid-Drive System Further Entrenches Hyena at Heart of E-Bike Sector
Taichung, Taiwan Taiwanese manufacturer Hyena, a supplier of e-bikes and components to some of the world’s biggest brands, recently unveiled its first full mid-drive system, as the company moves towards its ambitions to provide a full solution for systems and complete e-bikes. Hyena co-founder and CEO Charlie Chuang said the Unidrive 60 mid-drive system, for…
World Briefs: Giant, VanMoof, Zipp, MINI, Greyp, Trek & POC.
Giant has released fifth-generation ranges for both its Defy endurance road bikes and Avail Advance line-up, featuring totally reengineered frames and purposed built components for each line. The Avail range, released under the company’s Liv brand of female-specific bikes, trims more than 100 grams off its framesets compared to their predecessors – 128 grams for…
Lithium Iron Battery Closes Performance Gap to Nickel Cobalt Systems
Michigan, US A US energy storage technology company recently announced further progress in the range and energy density of its lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery system, as a safer option to nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) and with greater availability of raw materials. Michigan-based Our Next Energy (ONE) says its Aries II LFP battery pack has…
E-Bike Material Innovations: Ossby, Cyclik & My Esel
Frankfurt, Germany Bicycle manufacturers continue to experiment with new materials – in their quests for greater sustainability, durability or just a better ride – with several major innovations on display at Eurobike 2023. While Madrid company Ossby attracted attention for the radical design of its Geo folding bike – and very rapid folding mechanism –…
Bosch Smart System Tweaks for Enhanced Flexibility
Stuttgart, Germany Greater flexibility in lock activation and more opportunities to customise displays and drive modes are among Bosch’s tweaks of its Smart System for the 2024 season. Updates by Bosch eBike Systems to its eBike Flow App will allow riders to use their Bosch Kiox 300 and Kiox 500 displays to turn their bike’s…
VanMoof Bankrupt and Rad Power Retreats from Europe
Amsterdam, Netherlands A former beacon heading the rise of urban e-bikes, VanMoof, has been declared bankrupt. On 17th July, the Court of Amsterdam declared the Dutch legal entities VanMoof Global Holding B.V., VanMoof B.V. and VanMoof Global Support B.V. bankrupt, confirming rumours about the Netherlands company that has been a darling of the industry and…
High-Tech Kids Bikes Now Main Focus for Pro Tour Greats
Frankfurt, Germany Two former German pro-cycling greats have now stepped up the pace for children’s bike offerings from their country. Multiple world road time trial champion Tony Martin and prodigious Grand Tour stage winner Marcel Kittel have joined other co-founders to create specialist children’s bike manufacturer Li:on, which unveiled its first models at Eurobike 2023.…