2019 will be a very special year for Thun, not least because the company is celebrating its centenary. Thun was founded exactly 100 years ago, in 1919, by Alfred Thun – the grandfather of the current owner Alfred Thun III, and the great-grandfather of Alexander and Christian Thun. To mark this impressive milestone, the company has changed its claim from ‘NEXT CHALLENGE PLEASE’ to ‘NEXT CENTURY PLEASE’ for the whole of this year....
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Today the European Commission has imposed anti-dumping as well as anti-subsidy duties on e-bikes imported from China. The Commission has opted for the imposition of per company targeted dumping duties. The dumping duties vary from 73.4 percent for the Bodo Vehicle Group, 24.6 percent for Giant Electric Vehicle to 33.4 percent for the majority of Chinese e-bike exporters (see Annex)....
GAMS, Switzerland – In some three months, the second maker of e-bike drive systems is forced to stop its activities. After the receiver of insolvent BionX Canada Inc. sold the company’s assets late October 2018; now the curtain drops for Go SwissDrive. After operating in the e-bike market for eight years, this e-bike motor maker is liquidated by its owner, the Ortlinghaus Group. Striking is that both BionX and Go SwissDrive were makers of rear wheel hub motors....
REDDITCH, UK – The UK’s leading bricks and mortar cycle retailer Halfords have released their latest Q3 trading figures. In the past 14 weeks to January 4, cycling sales were down 0.3% compared to a rise of 8% for the same quarter last year....
WEITERSTADT, Germany – From model year 2019 onwards, Riese & Müller will be the world’s first manufacturer to fit a main beam and brake light onto its e-bikes. They will come as standard features on the Homage and Delite models. A further enhancement is the standard fitting of daytime running lights across all model ranges. The Bosch eBike ABS will be optional on all models....
LILLE, France – Decathlon detected a front mudguard defect on its B’Twin B’Original bikes sold between January 2016 and 31 August 2018. The French retail giant issued a voluntary recall in several countries including France, United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands...