Electric bikes and cargo bikes were the stars of the ISPO BIKE show held here last week. Some 5,500 trade visitors attended the show at Munich's expo center and a survey found that 66 percent of visitors said e-bikes and pedelecs were ...
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Suppliers sold fewer bikes in June compared to last year, suggesting it is unlikely that the industry will recover from weak sales early in the year. Suppliers were unable to continue momentum from a strong May. Bike sales to IBDs were ...
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QBP's Steve Flagg has lassoed some 200 dealers and their staff for the company's annual Saddle Drive—a three-day event to show off its 2014 line of bikes and accessories. This is the company's third annual event at Snow Basin, an ...
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With a full-service coffee shop, ample seating and a cozy den, JRA Bikes and Brew is more than just a retail store. Owners Vince and Tamera Gest opened JRA in May with the intention of creating a community hangout. "I always wanted to own ...
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PressCamp, the annual summertime meet-up in Utah bringing together bike brands and members of the cycling media to preview new product, will add a smaller-scale winter edition in 2014 held at an oceanfront resort in Southern California, ...
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A number of NBDA e-forum dealers think so. Sensing a business opportunity and new potential market, they have decided to focus on serving under-represented people and it's working for them. There are a whole lot of people out there, it ...
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An electric bicycle, also known as an e-bike, is a bicycle with an integrated electric motor which can be used for propulsion. There are a great variety of different types of e-bikes available worldwide, from e-bikes that only have a small ...
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E-bikes are classed according to the power that their electric motor can deliver and the control system, i.e. when and how the power from the motor is applied. Also the classification of e-bikes is complicated as much of the definition is ...
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China China has experienced an explosive growth of sales of non-assisted e-bikes including scooter type, with annual sales jumping from 56,000 units in 1998 to over 21 million in 2008, and reaching an estimated fleet of 120 million ...
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E-bike usage worldwide has experienced rapid growth since 1998. It is estimated that there were roughly 120 million e-bikes in China as of early 2010, and sales are expanding rapidly in India, the United States of America, the Netherlands, ...
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An electric bicycle, also known as an e-bike, is a bicycle with an integrated electric motor which can be used for propulsion. There are a great variety of different types of e-bikes available worldwide, from e-bikes that only have a small ...
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Australia In Australia the e-bike is defined by the Australian Vehicle Standards as a bicycle that has an auxiliary motor with a maximum power output not exceeding 200 W without consideration for speed limits or pedal sensors. Each state ...
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In the 1890s, electric bicycles were documented within various U.S. patents. For example, on 31 December 1895, Ogden Bolton Jr. was granted U.S. Patent 552,271 for a battery-powered bicycle with "6-pole brush-and-commutator direct current ...
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American, in a major shake-up of its U.S. distribution network, will cut the number of distributors selling Shimano components from 18 to six effective Jan. 1, 2014. The decision to streamline its distribution network, said Yutaka ...
The owners of the Fox suspension brand are laying the groundwork for taking the company public. Compass Diversified Holdings, which also owns CamelBak, on Monday filed an S-1 registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a ...
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