BIDEX Basics – Standardized product and product group structure for the bicycle industry

BIDEX Basics creates a common language for product and company data: Product groups, attributes and brand directories - coordinated with market participants, compatible with Veloconnect and common ERP/POS systems.

BIDEX Basics builds on the existing BIDEX standards - such as the product groups, the attribute system and the brand directory - that have become established in the bicycle industry in recent years.

These proven foundations are now being bundled, structured and further developed in a new framework: the BIDEX Basics.
What is new here is that maintenance and further development will no longer be the sole responsibility of BIDEX, but will in future be carried out together with DiBike and the industry. This will create an open, future-proof foundation that integrates the entire market and is compatible across Europe.

From fall 2025, the BIDEX Basics will be officially provided as open industry standards and continuously maintained by both partners - for more clarity, stability and reliability in data communication.

Why BIDEX Basics?

• Standardized: Uniform structure for industry, systems, and countries

• Compatible: Can be connected to Veloconnect servers and existing ERP/POS systems

• Proven in practice: In use for years and continuously maintained

• Future-proof: Expandable for new use cases

• Cost-effective: Less mapping effort, fewer errors, faster time to market

What is possible?

• Provide structured article/product data at SKU level

• Standardized product groups (6-digit key) incl. attributes

• Brand directory for clear assignment and spelling

• Multilingualism: EU languages incl. CH German (under development)

• Data transfer with Veloconnect

  Bridges to other standards (e.g. DST via Mustard)

Continuous further development

The BIDEX Basics are maintained and expanded in dialog with the industry.

• Working groups & committees: Market participants contribute requirements

• BETA processes: Changes are tested and agreed in advance

• Open standards: results are provided and maintained free of charge

DiBike is responsible for coordination, BIDEX for structural development - so product groups and attributes remain compatible, even for new business models.

Data formats & integration

• Retrievable as Excel, XML/web service and via Veloconnect

• Uniform IDs for clean references (e.g. GTIN/MPN, brand IDs)

• Clear mapping guides for ERP, PIM and store

• 100% compatible with Veloconnect - synergies for retailers and manufacturers

• Online services such as format template generator

Compatibility & quality assurance

• Clean assignment of assortments, variants and attributes

• Less special logic thanks to standardized value ranges

• Online compatibility tests for quality assurance

  • BikeData test

BIDEX Basics & DiBike partnerships

As a DiBike partner you benefit from

• Participation in working groups & boards

• Early involvement in standard development

• Visibility in communication & events

Anyone wishing to actively support BIDEX Basics can do so via a DiBike partnership.