German Chancellor Angela Merkel will attend opening day of Eurobike, the international bicycle trade show at Lake Constance on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013.


The Federal Chancellery has announced that the Chancellor will take about two hours to officially open the Eurobike and to get to know the latest trends and innovations from around the biking world during a tour of the show.


Mobility on two wheels, E-Bikes and city bikes have become an important political topic in Germany, where the federal and local governments are investing tens of millions of euros building bicycle infrastructure. Germany has emerged as the largest market for e-bikes and a major supplier of core componentes  such as batteries and drive systems.

  
“This puts the topic of cycling and mobility in the center of the political and media spotlight, said Klaus Wellman, CEO of Messe Friedrichshafen.

This further increases the image, acceptance and profile of the topic of cycling. Preparations for the Chancellors visit are already well underway and are being jointly coordinated by Messe Friedrichshafen and the Zweirad-Industrie-Verband (ZIV), the German bicycle industry association, according to its Managing Director Siegfried Neuberger and Eurobike project leader Stefan Reisinger

More than 1,200 exhibitors, 40,000 industry visitors from over 100 countries, 20,000 consumers interested in cycling and just over 2,000 journalists are expected to attend this years show when it convenes from Aug. 28- 31, 2013. The Eurobike international cycling trade show will be open to industry visitors only from Wednesday, August 28, to Friday, August 30, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. It is open to the general public from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 31. The Eurobike Demo Day will take place on Tuesday, August 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Allgäu town of Argenbühl.
More information is available at: www.eurobike-show.com.