Saddles News:
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...
DOETINCHEM, the Netherlands – 2018 has been a milestone year for e-bike innovations. An unprecedented number of new suppliers of motor systems have arrived. The newcomers as well as already existing e-bike transmission specialists present more powerful, more compact and above all more lightweight mid-motors. An overview of all developments as well as innovations is in Bike Europe’s 3rd online magazine....
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