Official Dates Set for Taichung Bike Week
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN)—A brewing debate over dates for Taiwan Bike Week has been settled. This December’s gathering of product managers in Taichung takes place much the same as in year’s past. An...
View ArticleColmax Sets Taichung Bike Week Schedule
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN)—Key industry suppliers are making plans for December’s Taichung Bike Week and Colmax’s Erik Kimble has announced his schedule for the annual event. Kimble will showcase six...
View ArticleBike Expo Hosting Taichung Dinner
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN)—Munich’s fledgling show, Bike Expo, has told organizers for Taichung Bike Week that they will sponsor the industry dinner during the official Dec. 4-8 gathering of...
View ArticleTaichung Bike Week: Industry Party Dates
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN)—Taichung’s mayor, Jason Hu, will host Taichung Bike Week’s “Industry Dinner” Dec. 6 at the Evergreen Hotel. Last year more than 350 guests filled the hotel’s main ballroom and...
View ArticleAttendance Swells for Taichung Bike Week
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN)—The Tempus, one of the key show hotels at Taichung Bike Week, has sold out of exhibitor space and the Evergreen is filling fast. Organizers say they may have to find another...
View ArticleTaichung's Splendor Rejoins Bike Week
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN)—The Splendor Hotel is back in the mix for Taichung Bike Week, offering rooms for visitors and space for exhibitors. The Splendor is located just a few blocks from the Tempus...
View ArticleDT Swiss Begins Taichung Spoke Production
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN)—DT Swiss has expanded its reach in Asia with the production of spokes at its facility, DT Swiss Asia Ltd in Taichung. The primary models of Champion and Competition spokes in...
View ArticleTaichung Bike Week Moves to Earlier Dates
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN)—Taichung Bike Week will be held a week earlier this year beginning on Nov. 29 and running through Dec. 2, organizer Steve Fenton said on Tuesday. Ride On, a second spec event...
View ArticleRide On Moves Downtown for Taichung Bike Week
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN)—Ride On, a key organizing exhibitor at Taichung Bike Week, is leaving the Freshfields Resort for the Hotel One in downtown Taichung. The Freshfields has been difficult to...
View ArticleBike Week Brings Industry to Taichung
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN)—Taichung Bike Week gets underway this week in the heart of Taiwan’s manufacturing region as product managers gather to hash out final decisions about spec on 2013 bike lines....
View ArticleTaichung report: Duro spins off e-bike tire line
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — If you drive a hybrid car and have tried non-hybrid tires, you have probably seen your efficiency drop. Hybrid-specific tires are designed to get the most range out of a...
View ArticleTaichung report: Tires — OEMs have them their way
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — You can configure the car of your dreams online, changing interior and exterior color, engine spec and other options and see how your wishes affect the bottom line.At Bike...
View ArticleTaichung report: Power hub expands beyond pedalec to training
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Innotorq's torque-sensing rear hub relies on reading the torsional rotation of the cassette barrel around an axle to quantify drivetrain loading. Because the system is quick...
View ArticleTaichung report: What will 2017 bikes look like?
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Activity is brisk this week at Taichung Bike Week, where OE product managers pack in appointment after appointment, running between three hotels to finalize parts spec for...
View ArticleTaichung report: Tire makers talk standards
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Anyone who has had to cut a tire off a rim with a knife, take heart: Bike tire makers have finally had enough too.Tire makers Challenge, Continental, Mavic, Schwalbe and...
View ArticleEurobike takes 'active role' in Taichung Bike Week
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — The organizers of Eurobike are working closely with Taichung Bike Week, a OEM event held each fall here.The seventh edition of Taichung Bike Week will be Oct. 18-21 this...
View ArticleTaipei Cycle Show organizers quietly seek guidance on future show dates
TAIPEI, Taiwan (BRAIN) — The organizers behind the Taipei Cycle Show are quietly surveying exhibitors about whether to move the show — traditionally held in March — to either October or November next...
View ArticleTaipei show to jump to fall dates, setting up clash with Bike Week
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Just a week after Eurobike announced plans to move its show from late August to early July in 2018 the organizers of Taipei's Cycle Show announced an even larger calendar...
View ArticleBike Week attendees happy despite fewer visitors
E-bikes are hot topic; dates for TBW in 2018 up in the air. By Tom KavanaghTAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Taichung Bike Week drew some 470 exhibiting companies at five hotels in the city this week....
View ArticleTaichung Bike Week moves to late September
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (BRAIN) — Taichung Bike Week is moving to earlier dates this year. The show will be shortened to three days and be held September 26-28, 2018, just a week after Interbike’s Reno trade...
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