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Safe cycling in winter thanks to winter tyres and LED lights with hub dynamo
What gives cars a significant safety advantage in winter also works for bicycles and e-bikes: winter tyres and a powerful LED lighting system with a reliable hub dynamo. Cycling is also very healthy in winter, is fun and helps protect the climate....
Marked growth in e-bike and bicycle imports
Compared to the strong sales of the previous year, the bike trade was again able to increase significantly in the first half of 2021. Imports of e-bikes rose by 16.5 percent and those of bicycles by 8.9 percent. Exports also increased significantly. However, it is unclear how the situation...
Covid-19: Large-scale normalization in customer contact and workshop
According to the Federal Council, a large part of the Covid 19 regulations will be relaxed as of 26 June. Only indoors and in direct contact with customers will the wearing of masks be compulsory. However, in one's own interest, certain distance and hygiene rules must still be observed....
Delivery situation for bicycles and e-bikes eases up
The wet and cold May has led to an easing of the supply situation in the bicycle industry. The "bike shortage" that has been widely cited in the media in recent months is now still occurring sporadically. Spring, and especially May, is the key time in the...
Sales in 2020
New record for e-bike sales The increasing popularity of the bicycle as a means of transport and leisure/fitness equipment is also reflected in the sales figures of the Swiss bicycle manufacturers and importers association Velosuisse in the Corona year 2020. In total...
InfoTech digital triggers great interest
After short but intensive preparation, a completely new technology platform was successfully launched on the Velosuisse homepage on Monday, January 25. The annual training seminar InfoTech, which the industry association Velosuisse organizes each...
ASTRA wants to pave the way for mandatory helmet use with unilateral accident reporting
In its latest press release, the Federal Roads Office, FEDRO, once again castigates e-bike riders as the cause of accidents with the highest growth rates of serious injuries. It ignores the fact that during the corona lockdown twice as often…
InfoTech takes place on January 25th 2021 as digital edition
The still unclear situation for organisers of major indoor events, which has been triggered by the Corona pandemic, has prompted the board of the Swiss Association of Bicycle Manufacturers and Importers Velosuisse to adjust its event policy.
Swiss E-bike market continues to grow with great dynamics
Even before and during the Corona lockdown, the use of bicycles and e-bikes in commuter, everyday and leisure traffic increased significantly. The trend has now manifested itself in markedly rising e-bike sales figures. An extrapolation of the Swiss office...