July: Lenzerheide delivers a brilliant World Cup

What a mountain bike festival on home soil: In addition to the sun, around 20,000 spectators cheered up the atmosphere during the races and made the World Cup weekend on Lenzerheide a unique festival.
www.ride.ch/de/news/der-grosse-weltcup-rueckblick-in-bildern

July: Flyer flies under the German flag

What a big bang behind the scenes. The flagship e-bike manufacturer Flyer is rolling under the umbrella of the German ZEG.
www.ride.ch/de/news/knaller-hinter-den-kulissen-flyer-neu-mit-deutschem-eigentuemer

August: Stoll builds a record-breaking hardtail

Thomas Stoll's Swiss top-end forge has already shown how to use and exploit carbon efficiently with the Fully. And with the second, Stoll has managed to launch an exciting, thrilling, sexy hardtail bike.
www.ride.ch/de/news/stoll-baut-ein-rekordverdaechtiges-hardtail

August: A new bicycle factory is being built on Lake Constance

The Kreuzlingen-based bicycle manufacturer TDS is preparing for the future and is breaking ground in the summer: the new company building should be completed by the end of 2018.
www.ride.ch/de/news/nomen-bleibt-omen-velohersteller-tour-de-suisse-baut-neue-velofabrik-in-kreuzlingen

August: The bicycle rolls towards the Federal Constitution

The Federal Council has decided to submit its direct counter-proposal to the bicycle initiative for parliamentary deliberation. "The Federal Council has recognized the signs of the times. It wants bicycles in the constitution," said Matthias Aebischer, President of Pro Velo Switzerland.

www.ride.ch/de/news/der-bundesrat-sagt-ja-zum-velo-in-der-verfassung

August: Stöckli sinks its bike brand

Stöckli is taking its own bike brand off the shelves in summer 2018 and concentrating on its core businesses of skiing and retail. The high-quality bike line that has been built up over many years, including World Cup successes, is thus a thing of the past.
www.ride.ch/de/news/stoeckli-versenkt-seine-bike-marke

September: The future of the indoor bike park is unclear

A new manager for the hall is being sought, but cannot be found. Alternatives are being sought so that training can still take place in the indoor bike park.
www.ride.ch/de/news/zukunft-unklar-indoor-bike-park-sucht-geschaeftsfuehrer

October: Milkit is under pressure

The Swiss start-up Milkit is following up with its second prank: after the clever tubeless valves, a multifunctional booster is being launched via crowdfunding to make tire mounting
even easier than before.
www.ride.ch/de/news/tubeless-eine-idee-druckvoller

October: black gold beckons at Transalpes

Over the past 15 years, one material has prevailed throughout the entire mountain bike portfolio of the Swiss bike manufacturer Transalpes: Aluminum. This aluminum era has now come to an end - and a Kickstarter campaign marks the launch of a brilliant carbon fiber fully.
www.ride.ch/de/news/bei-transalpes-lockt-das-schwarze-gold

October: Will Galaxus lower bike prices by expanding in this country?

The online store Galaxus is expanding into Germany from 2018. Initially with electronics, then probably with bicycles. With its location in the large canton, Galaxus wants to ensure lower sales prices in its home market, including for bikes.
www.ride.ch/de/news/galaxusde-sorgt-diese-expansion-fuer-tiefere-velopreise

October: Ludo et son Vélo - Stupid & Dumber for the second time!

About two years after the first Dumm & Dümmer episode, Ludo May brings one of the best issues ever with the sequel.
www.ride.ch/de/news/ludo-et-son-velo-dumm-duemmer-zum-zweiten

October: Thömus 2018 Lightrider is in the starting blocks

The Lightrider is an evergreen at Thömus, which has always kept up with the times in numerous evolutionary stages. This fall, the latest Lightrider celebrated its premiere.
www.ride.ch/de/news/berner-blitz-thoemus-2018er-lightrider-steht-in-den-startloechern

November: Bold and the double lotto

The Lengnau-based innovation and bike manufacturer is not interested in free riders. Derby Cycles Holding GmbH uses the name Bold for some models, but the Swiss brand is fighting back.
www.ride.ch/de/news/bold-das-doppelte-lottchen

November: Bike Attack comes to an end after 17 events

The cult event is taking a sabbatical. The organizer is cancelling the downhill orgy for 2018 - and wants to come up with a new event concept for 2019.
www.ride.ch/de/news/bike-attack-schluss-nach-17-austragungen

December: Heli-biking in Switzerland becomes a reality

Until now, helicopter flights in the Alps in summer have largely served the purpose of sightseeing flights, material transportation and mountain rescue. Heli-bike tours will be available in Valais from spring 2018.
www.ride.ch/de/news/blog-heli-biking-in-der-schweiz-und-warum-es-nicht-ganz-unbedenklich-ist