Article - Bicycle Production Remains Strong Worldwide

Earth Policy Institute
Author: Elizabeth Mygatt

In 2003, global production of bicycles hit 105 million—two-and-a-half times the record 42 million cars produced. During the 1950s and 1960s, bicycle and automobile production were nearly equal. In the decades following, however, bike output soared, reaching 91 million in 1990, when car production totaled 36 million. Since then, with the exception of 1997 and 1998 (when output dropped to 90 million and then 87 million), about 100 million bikes have been produced each year.

Article - http://www.earth-policy.org/Indicators/Bike/2005.htm