All Bike & eBike articles – Page 44
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News briefsCake teams up with PaperShell to evaluate the material for its e-motorbikes
E-mobility specialist Cake has started a technological partnership with PaperShell, a start-up founded in 2021 that produces a natural fiber composite based on paper, with a significantly lower climate impact than standard materials often used in e-motorcycles. According to the company statement, the emissions of PaperShell are 0,65 kg CO2e ...
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News briefsStrava, Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift sign partnership agreement
Digital community platform Strava has signed a three-year partnership with Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Strava will build a content hub on the two bike races in its app. Here, fans will be able to follow the athletes’ daily Tour routines. They can also view ...
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News briefsUCI launches new worldwide gravel event series
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and its partner Golazo have announced the 2022 calendar of the new UCI Gravel World Series. American bicycle brand Trek Bikes is the title sponsor of the new series until 2024. The 2022 UCI Gravel World Series calendar will kick off with an 85km event ...
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ArticleGiant Group achieves another annual record despite two-digit profit drop in Q4
Taiwan’s leading bicycle producer Giant Group has achieved a second consecutive sales and profit record. Year on year, 2021 sales rose another 17 percent to 81.8 billion Taiwan dollars (€2.59 billion). Net profit after tax rose 19.8 percent to a record TWD 5.93 billion (€197.94 million). This positive result is ...
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News briefsFrench 2Ride Group acquires Troy Lee Designs
In mid-March, French motorcycle, mountain bike and ski protection equipment supplier 2Ride Group acquired California-based motorcycle and mountain bike outfitter Troy Lee Designs from the U.S. investment firm SBJ Capital. Both parties have agreed not to disclose any financial details. French investment company Eurazeo had been behind 2Ride Group since ...
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News briefsMips’ China production restarts after brief lockdown
Due to the recent Omicron wave in China, the Swedish Brain Protection System (BPS) manufacturer Mips AB has further updated the current situation in areas where the supplier and several of its (helmet) customers have manufacturing operations. In a communication dated March 16, the helmet technology supplier had indicated that ...
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News briefsRiese & Müller publishes responsibility report 2021
In its second responsibility report, the German e-bike specialist Riese & Müller looks back on 2021 – a year focused on the topic of transparency in the supply chain. In addition to a policy statement on respect for human rights and an individually tailored code of conduct ...
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News briefsFirst physical Taipei Cycle Show since 2019 a success
The organizers of the Taipei Cycle Show report more than 13,500 visitors at the 2022 Taipei Cycle Show, which took place March 16-19 and returned to its traditional format for the first time since 2019. A total of 630 companies exhibited at the show (2019: 1,100 exhibitors; 19,661 trade visitors). ...
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News briefsMAAP opens European base in London
MAAP, the Melbourne-based cycling apparel brand, has opened its first London office. The opening follows the launch of its U.K. webstore and warehouse in December. The new office will also serve as the brand’s base for its European marketing and sales staff. MAAP Instagram
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ArticleWorst Covid-19 outbreak in China since Wuhan threatens supply chains
Even before the initial problems caused by the pandemic could be solved, the war in Ukraine created new ones. And now, despite all precautions, the Omicron BA mutant of Covid-19 is spreading rapidly in China. The epicenter of infection was the northeastern province of Jilin, on the ...
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News briefsFormer Dyson COO is Specialized Bicycles’ new CEO
Source: Specialized Scott Maguire, Specialized’s new CEO California-based mountain bike brand Specialized Bicycle Components Inc. has appointed industry newcomer Scott Maguire as the company’s new CEO. Forty-eight years after he started the company, founder and CEO Mike Sinyard is calling himself “chief rider advocate.“ As a visionary ...
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News briefsCanyon Bicycles hires Ben Hillsdon as new global communications manager
Source: Canyon Bicycles Ben Hillsdon German DTC bicycle supplier Canyon Bicycles GmbH has hired Ben Hillsdon as its new global communications manager. He will be based out of a new Canyon location in Amsterdam. Hillsdon brings more than ten years of experience in public and private sector ...
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News briefsNew networking format for urban mobility during Eurobike
Urban mobility is the central focus of the new Mobility Networking Night in Frankfurt. The event will take place on July 14, 2022. The stated goal: “The event will provide a framework to explore cross-industry synergies with other relevant urban mobility players.” The organizers are Monika Fiedler-Proksch (Fiedler & Peter ...
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Hövding receives hybrid loan from Fosielund
Hövding Sverige AB has received interim financing in the form of a hybrid loan of SEK 50 million (€4.7m) from its main shareholder Fosielund Holding AB. Hövding needs the additional capital to implement its corporate strategy and realize its growth targets. In addition, there is currently uncertainty in the German ...
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News briefsThe Caliswede way: Specialized and Fjällräven launch “The Great Nearby” campaign
California-based bike brand Specialized and Swedish outdoor label Fjällräven have teamed up to launch “The Great Nearby” campaign, an exchange of ideas and culture that combines Fjällräven’s expertise in sustainable, timeless and functional outdoor gear with one of Specialized’s main goals of improving the planet by making high-performance, durable gear. ...
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News briefsSpanninga appoints Technical & Innovation Director
Source: Spanninga Leon van Strien Spanninga, the Dutch supplier of bicycle lighting and accessories, hired Léon van Strien as technical & innovation director. After graduating, Van Strien worked for nine years as a product manager at Shimano, where he was responsible for product identity and design. He ...
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Former athlete Fontana is Northwave’s new MTB sport marketing manager
Northwave has announced on LinkedIn that it has hired Marco Aurelio Fontana as its new mountain bike sport marketing manager. Fontana was a professional athlete and leader of the Italian cyclocross team from 2003 to 2011, wearing the Italian champion’s jersey three times. From 2011, he switched to mountain biking ...
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News briefsPirelli begins production of “Made in Italy” bicycle tires on industrial scale
The venerable, renovated Pirelli plant in Bollate, near Milan, has begun producing bicycle tires. The first domestically produced P Zero road bike tires will be delivered and marketed in March of this year. With the start of bicycle tire production, the Pirelli plant is now “the only factory that produces ...
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News briefsBernd Eisenbichler named Maloja’s new CEO
In June, the German outdoor brand Maloja is getting a new CEO with Bernd Eisenbichler, who is currently sports director for biathlon at the German Ski Association (DSV). Source: Maloja The founders and their successor (from left): Klaus Haas, Bernd Eisenbichler and Peter Räuber Eisenbichler is to ...
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News briefsDorel Sports grows by 5.8% in the fourth quarter
Dorel Sports, which is now listed as a discontinued operation in the accounts of Dorel Industries following its recent $810 million sale to the Pon Group, saw its net profit improve by 21.8 percent to $2.29 million in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 30, according to its parent company, although ...
