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The first order placed with ICE was actually with the previous owner (Peter Ross) and the company was named TRICE. I'm thinking that was 14 years ago. The draw for me was that it was a design that could be packed into a small carton, so having one shipped from the UK was not exorbitant. Perennial Cycle has kept up that relationship every year since.

Chris and Neil took over shortly after we got our first trike and within a short time they had made so many improvements on the original model that they changed the name to ICE (Inspired Cycle Engineering) and kept improving the design as well as the manufacturing process.

Over the years I have often told customers that I don't think the guys at ICE sleep and that is how they can keep making so many improvements to their trikes. I've also said that they certainly know what to do when they get out of bed in the morning...Go To Work...and Stay Late.

All their hard work appears to be paying off in a big way for them. The trikes are extremely polished and any resemblance to the original model is only visible to a highly trained eye (mine might be the only one).

Several years back ICE was battling for the #1 position in the trike world with a few other manufacturers and I felt like they were #1. I told this to Neil and he said there's only one direction to go if you are on the top. At the time I thought he was saying "down", but I was wrong.

Congrats to the team at ICE. It's a great team with tons of integrity and a desire to make the best.

Last year ICE saw an 80% increase in sales. This is due to a number of things lining up for them, but the key feature was their product.
Here's a video from ICE that will give you a feel for the company:

You can see our ICE Trikes HERE

This past summer we had a Brompton learning seminar with our Brompton Agent Ed Rae. We learned lots of new info regarding the phenomenal folding bikes (we love them), ate some great pizza from Lucé and finished off the event with some friendly competition:

Who can fold a Brompton bicycle the fastest?

Here's a video of the fun race.

Linus Bikes have proven to be a very practical line of bikes that we love for their utility sensibility, but certainly one can't miss the simple and clean aesthetic design. Today's New York Times features Linus for just these features.

You can check out the feature on the NYTimes web page HERE

Malkolm Boothroyd stopped by the shop today with a variety of worn parts on his touring bike. Malkolm started riding up in the Yukon and is at the mid-point of his tour to Washington DC. He is part of a documentary team named 350 Solutions Revolution. He and his colleagues are stopping along the way to discuss what local communities have in mind regarding solutions to climate change.
If you'd like to be a part of their work you can check out their website and jump in with them. They will be in Minneapolis for a few more days (party tomorrow night) and then they will have a send off ride that they would like to get people to join with them (poster for send-off ride below).