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ENGLISH TAITRA The Official Show Newspaper www.BikeShowDaily.com Organized by: March 20, 2015 日 本 語 中 文 TAISPO Vox Pop Come together 4 Why did you come to Taipei Cycle? 10 WFGSI invites industry to today’s meeting A new heyday ‘Hidden champion’ 7 Hayes’ new CEO wants to reenergize brands 13 HL Corp is huge but quiet about its customers Japan, Inc. Sports show 8 Japan sponsors its first pavilion at the show 34 The news from TaiSPO, our sister show Friday, March 20, 2015 3 Table of Contents ENGLISH TODAY Vox Pop Why did you come to Taipei Cycle? ............................................................................4 March 20 A matter of millimeters TAIPEI For SRAM, 3 millimeters gives a big Boost to plus sizes ...................................... 6 Have a seat 290C (840F) Sit right down on Prologo’s fit cube and find the right saddle ..........................6 A new heyday Partly cloudy Hayes’ new CEO plans to reenergize the company’s brands ..............................7 Japan, Inc. Japan sponsors its first pavilion at Taipei Cycle ....................................................8 TONIGHT TOMORROW All together now 0 0 21 C (690F) 23 C (730F) WFSGI’s Bicycle Committee invites the industry to today’s meeting......... 10 Partly cloudy Chance of rain Kind of blue With new backers, Blue Cycles is thinking big .................................................... 10 Seen at the show Contact Us Check out the scenes from Day 2 at Taipei Cycle .................................................11 Here's how to reach the key Deep roots staff of the Taipei Cycle and Marwi’s history goes back more than 100 years .................................................12 TaiSPO Show Dailies: ‘Hidden champion’ Advertising Tom Kavanagh, Publisher HL Corp is huge, but likes to keep quiet about its customers ..........................13 [email protected] Mind-boggling Taipei Cycle Show Daily VP Components cranks out tens of millions of components a year ..............14 Doug McClellan, Editor-in-Chief [email protected] Uphill climb +1.505.660.9957 E-bike motor maker BionX hosts its first Taipei Cycle booth ........................ 15 TaiSPO Show Daily Barbara Smit, Editor What’s new [email protected] Check out our extensive guide to the new products at the show ................. 16 4 Taipei Show Daily LIVE FROM THE SHOW Friday, March 20, 2015 What's on today Vox Pop Friday-Saturday, March 20-21 Why did you come to Taipei Cycle? but back then I did not My agenda for this year’s All events are at the Nangang Friday, March 20 have such a precise idea Taipei Cycle Show is Exhibition Hall unless otherwise of what I needed. After really crammed as we 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. two years of prototyping, still have to make some noted this has changed and last-minute adjustments The Lithium Ion Power Batteries now it’s time to get my with our suppliers for Symposium idea to production. the 2016 model year. GENERAL SHOW 4F In addition, I’m on INFORMATION Conference Room 401 the lookout for major 2017 trends in order to compare our plans with Terence Teoh Friday hours: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. those of our competitors. Saturday hours: 9 a.m. – 3 LEV Test & Drive Pro Cycle MTB ExtraEnergy Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia p.m. (Open to the public) 4F As Pro Cycle MTB is Cargo Ramp distributing various Venues: Nangang Exhibition Hall brands in Malaysia, I’m and Taipei World Trade Center 10 – 11:30 a.m. attending distributor WFSGI Bicycle Public Meeting meetings that we have (TWTC) Hall 1, 2nd Floor. here in Taipei every Tim Krueger 4F year. Of course I’m Red Bear Services Room 404 also looking for new Held in association with the Taipei U.S.A. opportunities and brands International Sporting Goods to bring into Malaysia. SATURDAY, March 21 With my new company, We also go to Shanghai Show (TaiSPO), Taipei International PUBLIC DAY Red Bear Services, I’m and Friedrichshafen consulting for small Yin Haiyang Sports Textile & Accessory every year, but the Taipei American companies. Schaeffler Greater China 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Cycle Show is the most Expo (SPOMODE) and Taiwan I’ve come to Taipei to Jiangsu, China important event of the International Diving and Water LEV Test & Drive look for partners and 4F year for us. Sports Show (DiWaS) at the TWTC. suppliers, and due to the We are a supplier of Cargo Ramp fact that I’m looking for sensors for various high-quality products, e-bike manufacturers, the Taipei Cycle Show and I have about 10 is my first and, frankly appointments today. speaking, only choice to While we have our own do so. booth in both Shanghai and Friedrichshafen, we stopped doing so in Taipei and rely on individual meetings instead. Due to its Britta Fröhling international character Internetstores GmbH this is still a very Esslingen, Germany important event for us. The main reason for attending Taipei Cycle is to look for new suppliers Jo Seongjun and partners for our Exo Korea extensive private label Seongnam-si, South Korea activity. Shows like the one in Shanghai are At Taipei Cycle Show we not interesting to us meet existing customers as Taiwan has a clear and also look for new priority as a country of brands for our big origin due to its better distribution portfolio. As image. the South Korean bicycle show is very small, this event in Taipei is of Manoj Joshi high importance to see Hero Cycles international brands and Dadri, India trends. We also attend the Eurobike show, but Hero Cycles plans to start the one in Taipei is more to manufacture e-bikes important for us. for both the Indian and the Asian markets. Now we’re looking for the necessary suppliers and manufacturers that sell Azizi Tucker complete e-bike kits Sketch to Sku at competitive prices. Taipei, Taiwan Hero Cycles is aiming at a product that fits the I’m developing a new non-premium bracket in e-bike and now I’m emerging markets. looking for suppliers that can produce the Stefan Mang necessary parts. I’ve been MIFA to this show a year ago, Sangerhausen, Germany 6 Taipei Show Daily Friday, March 20, 2015 For SRAM, 3 millimeters gives a Boost to plus sizes Stiffer wheels and more real estate for tires, chainstays and chainrings: SRAM promises all this and more with its new Boost standard. 27.5-inch tires up to 4TH FLOOR 3.0 inches wide. That M0614 should accommodate the new 650b plus-size trend. “Boost is an optional and open standard that can be used by any manufacturer. But you need to combine Boost cranks with Boost rear hubs in order to achieve a correct chain line,” said Chris Hilton, SRAM product manager for drivetrains. Whether it’s on a 29er, or a “The main benefits are stiffer mountain bike with 27.5-inch plus- wheels and three millimeters more of sized wheels, the space between the real estate to work with in the critical rear tire, right chainstay and chainring area between rear tire, frame and is precious. chainring,” he added. “This may not Some frame builders want shorter sound like a lot, but it will make the stays for more agile handling, while lives of frame builders and engineers a others want more space for fatter tires. This is where SRAM’s Boost parts lot easier.” come in. The range consists of two SRAM chose the “Boost” moniker cranks whose chainring has been because the wider axle standards moved out by 3mm; a Roam 40 and the accompanying modifications wheelset; and two kinds of hubs. SRAM on cranks, wheels and forks were has also modified its RockShox SID, developed in close cooperation with Reba and Pike forks with wider 15mm Trek, which first gave the wider x 110mm axles, and with space for standard the “Boost” name. ■ LvR Cue up the right saddle fit with Prologo’s cube “The big question on the market today is: Which saddle is the one for me?” said Prologo’s Salvatore Truglio. “Then a lot of the marketing story is coming on how to choose a saddle.” retailers through the whole process. 1ST FLOOR Riders first input J0618 some simple data: their age, riding frequency, type of riding and skill level. Then they have a seat on the gel on top of the cube. When they get up, the indentations in the gel reveal the measurement of their ischial, or sit, bones. To measure flexibility, the rider sits on the cube, bends at the waist and reaches as far forward as possible. The fitter places the slope meter Prologo’s Salvatore Truglio (right) guides between the last vertebrae and the a customer through the fit process. tailbone and inputs the angle into the Prologo wants to be a technical computer. leader, though, and not just sell Finally, the fitter inputs the rider’s saddles based on ad campaigns. body mass index to calculate the So the Italian saddle brand has amount of pressure that will be put developed a fit system called My Own on the saddle. Perfect Saddle to accurately calculate A software program crunches the the best saddle based on a rider’s size, data and spits out recommendations: weight and riding frequency. the top recommended saddle and Prologo worked with Italian three or four alternatives. scientist Mauro Testa to develop the The fit system costs €500 ($532), biometrics of the four-step fit system, but retailers receive discounts based which has been available to retailers on their saddle preorders. Truglio said since November. It uses a cube that’s about 700 European retailers are now about the size of a footrest, with a gel using the system.