translate English to French: According to Mr. Townley, bicycle manufacturers in the United States, Asia and elsewhere were increasingly specializing in one segment of the market or the other, a process which he referred to as "bifurcation."
Selon M. Townley, les fabricants de bicyclettes aux États-Unis, en Asie et ailleurs se spécialisent de plus en plus dans un segment du marché ou dans l'autre, processus qu'il a appelé la «bifurcation».