With Eurobike less than three weeks away the show has shared headline details of its Eurobike Award winners for 2024.
The awards, judged by an expert jury have awarded the Eurobike Award to 43 innovative products and projects in the bike and future mobility sector, with 12 products receiving a special distinction.
Around 300 submissions from 35 countries were assessed in a multi-stage selection process in nine categories according to criteria such as design, level of innovation, manufacturing quality and value for money.
The winners will be showcased at an awards ceremony during the trade fair on Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. with a special exhibition taking place in Hall 8 on the Yellow Stage (then exhibited during the trade fair).
Special awards include the ‘Green Award’, the ‘Start-Up Award’ and the ‘Gold Award’.
By recognising innovative bicycle types and components, advanced accessories and high-quality clothing, the Eurobike Award makes a significant contribution to the further development of new products in the bicycle and mobility industry and their successful positioning on the market.
Particularly against the backdrop of global challenges such as climate change, digitalisation, urbanisation and demographic change, the award-winning innovations are crucial elements in advancing the mobility transition.
Dirk Heidrich, Eurobike project manager at Fairnamic GmbH comments: “This year’s submissions once again show the direction in which the global bicycle and mobility industry is developing.
“The impressive innovations of the Eurobike Awards represent tangible solutions for accelerating the mobility transition in the field of ecomobility, and demonstrate how convincingly the bicycle product excels in various segments.”
The Eurobike Award is once again carried out in cooperation with the German Design Council – an experienced design and brand authority in Germany.
Jury of experts honours 43 innovative products
This year, the independent jury of experts presented a total of 43 innovative awards in the nine categories of bicycles, e-bikes, light electric vehicles up to 45 km/h, micro electric vehicles, components, accessories, clothing and accessories, digital solutions and mobility solutions and infrastructure.
In a two-stage selection process, the international experts from the bicycle, mobility and design industries assessed the submissions according to criteria such as degree of innovation, functionality, design, manufacturing quality and choice of materials as well as sustainability.
This year, the submissions focused on improving technical performance and implementing sustainable solutions across various product categories. The range of innovative approaches is also evident in socially motivated projects, circular solutions, and highly functional modifications of existing systems.
The jury placed particular emphasis on the degree of innovation, functionality, ecological and social sustainability, as well as design considerations during the evaluation process.
This year’s jury members:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. J?rg Hu?bler, Chair of Intelligent Machine Systems, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences
H. David Ko?mann, Editor-in-Chief ?fahrstil. Das Radkulturmagazin‘
Maike Larschow, Head of Sales ‘Rad & Tour Cuxhaven’
Daniel Rese, Designer and Research Associate at the Offenbach Institute for Mobility Design (OIMD) at the Offenbach University of Art and Design
Warren Rossiter, Senior Technical Editor ‘BikeRadar’
Sabine Spitz, Olympic Champion, two-time World Champion, four-time European Champion and 20-time German Champion in mountain biking
Christian Zanzotti, Designer, Zanzotti Industrial Design
Dirk Zedler, Graduate Engineer, Zedler Institut fu?r Fahrradtechnik und -Sicherheit GmbH
Companies from the bicycle and mobility industry, designers and developers are invited to take part in the Eurobike Award every year – regardless of whether they are exhibitors at the leading trade fair Eurobike.
