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Brooks England Ltd
Brooks bicycle saddles have a reputation for comfort and beauty that has been earned in over a hundred years of continuous production. The Brooks firm, located in Birmingham, England manufactures fine, handcrafted bicycle leather saddles.
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Rigida (Van Schothorst)
Since the beginning in 1908 , RIGIDA has been an expert in producing high quality bicycle rims. Almost 100 years later RIGIDA became the largest Group of bicycle rims manufacturers with subsidiaries worldwide.
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SRAM
SRAM Corporation began with the goal of creating the absolute best shifting system and changed the cycling world forever with the introduction of Grip Shift.
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Sturmey Archer
Sturmey Archer build the world’s best internal geared hubs. Sturmey-Archer is a manufacturing company from Nottingham, England. The company was founded in 1902 by Henry Sturmey and James Archer. SA was a division of Raleigh Industries until 2001
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Schwalbe
Schwalbe has been involved with bicycle tires for over a hundred years. From company headquarters in Reichshof-Wehnrath (near Cologne) the foremost bicycle tire in Germany, Western Europe and North America has created an ultramodern logistics center.
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Busch & Muller
To see and be seen - this is vital in today's road traffic, particularly for cyclists. Since 1925 B&M has been following this principle in developing designing and manufacturing our unique products for bicycles and motorcycles.
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TAICHUNG, Taiwan - The Taiwanese bike industry is investing heavily in adding production capacity and/or upgrading its facilities. During Bike Europes recent visits to the country which took place last October and December, numerous companies announced 
TOKYO, Japan - Last weekend electronics giant Panasonic Corp. announced the acquisition of one its larger Japanese counterparts, Sanyo Electric Co. Panasonic has gained a 70.5% stake in Sanyo, paying 800 billion Yen ( 6.4 billion). The main reason for this take over is Sanyos know-how in 
VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ, France - Decathlon has announced a suppliers stop. During Bike Europe's last week's visit to the Taichung mini trade shows this was a much discussed topic. End November Europe's biggest bicycle seller directed its component and complete bike suppliers to stop shipments because forecasts in bike sales 
FINALE LIGURIA, Italy - After the success of Ride-On in Taiwan earlier this month, the next OEM event is scheduled to take place in Italy. Product managers are invited to come to Finale Liguria at the borders of the Adriatic Sea. In only a few days 
MADONA, Italy - 3T has opened a new warehousing and distribution facility in the Taichung Free Trade Zone. It will provide a single, global point of stocking and distribution for 3Ts growing range of cycle components. The warehouse will hold 
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The preparations for the Velo-city 2009 conference are in full swing. The next edition of this bi-annual event is taking place from May 12-15th in Brussels. Velo-city is generally considered to be the largest conference devoted to cycling in the world. Because of the mixed target groups that attend the conferences, Velo-city 2009 is structured 
GENEVA, Switzerland - The cancellation of the meeting of ministers by the World Trade Organization (WTO) this month to discuss a breakthrough in the Doha round is also affecting the global bicycle industry. Although the main topic on the agenda of the Doha round were to be the agricultural tariffs and farm subsidies it were in fact 
PARIS, France - The gap in the international bicycle show calendar that was left behind by IFMA-Cologne has been filled up by the Paris Cycle Show. Yesterday the organizer of the 'Salon du Cycle' announced that 
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union has banned the sales of Northtec Redhawk VB20 mountainbikes. All models have to be withdrawn from the market immediately as this bike does not comply with the European standard EN 14766. These Polish made 
TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Following up on our news on the OE mini trade shows that took place in Taichung, Taiwan last week (see the December 9 e-mail Newsletter and the Bike Europe website); the dates for the 2009 events have been set. The mini shows will take place 
