Shimano

Rising 4.3% to JPY18,220, Shimano stocks last month posted their biggest daily gain since the beginning of the year, precipitated by the release of Credit Suisse’s first ratings upgrade since the Swiss investment bank initiated coverage of the world’s largest...

This week: SCOTT Sports opens first Technology Centre in Bangalore, considers local assembly; India’s bicycle manufacturers concerned with imports of Chinese-made bicycles; Shimano announces disappointing FY2016 Q1 results; 2016 China Cycle show underway Friday; Australian 3D-printed...

Shimano’s dominant role in the bicycle industry has interesting parallels with Amaury Sports’ influence in professional cycling which highlights a left-field opportunity that might be worth exploring....Read More

When BIKE magazine (South Korea) published the results of its annual reader’s survey, I thought it might be interesting to share a small snapshot with Cycling iQ readers. An enquiry email was sent to BIKE’s Chief...

Perhaps due to bicycle industry commotion about how China’s emerging middle-class will secure growth for every brand under the sun, India is often overlooked. 25 years after its first export, Merida, Taiwan’s second-largest bicycle manufacturer, is...

As commerce increasingly migrates to online ‘pure play’ platforms, the reactions from high street businesses are diverse as the stores themselves. Cycling iQ speaks to one bicycle industry player with a dual-mode model that hedged against...

1991. Shimano STI was introduced, Miguel Indurain’s five-year Tour de France dominance began, teens moshed to ‘Nevermind’, and the World Wide Web officially launched to the public. Bicycles were purchased in bike shops and carbon fiber...