BRINGING THE PAST TO THE FUTURE
ICE outfitted their beloved Adventure and Adventure HD trikes with a unique color option and a wide range of accessories. Featuring an exclusive cream-colored frame with retro-style pinstriping and special tan-wall Schwalbe Billy Bonkers tires, this trike is full of fun retro vibes! ICE calls it the ICE Cream color scheme, and it is only currently available on these two special edition trikes. Both trikes feature custom ICE Sidepod Bags with matching retro pinstriping and a new magnetic fastener, and an extra top tube bag for even more on-the-go storage. These trikes are fully accessorized, also featuring a special 25th Anniversary ICE water bottle and bottle cage, and a plush ICE Ergo-Luxe seat for those long rides!
These trikes were unveiled in September of last year, taking the spotlight at the 2023 Cycle-Con convention with their stand-out look. These trikes signify 25 years of recumbent engineering advancement, and by combining British engineering with classic retro design, they're sure to turn some heads!
MAKING HISTORY
Twenty-five years of recumbent engineering have brought ICE to where they are today. Founded in 1986 in Falmouth, England as TRICE, the company would begin producing trikes for the European market. As TRICE grew and expanded in Europe, a stateside market was in the interest of the British company, and in 1996, they would celebrate their 10th year anniversary with their first special edition trike, making it available both in the states and overseas.
In 1999, TRICE would go through some changes, rebranding under the name ICE (Inspired Cycle Engineering), and tweaking their designs to best suit their updated market. Through the early 2000’s, they put their heads down and got to work improving their designs in any way they found possible, and by the early 2010’s, their small lineup turned to a fleet of quality trikes. The new decade would prove to be a turning point for ICE, who would go on to widen their lineup with trikes like the Sprint X and VTX, both of which proving to be great designs that remain in their lineup today.
In 2013, they set their eyes on making headlines, and by teaming up with rider Maria Leijerstam, they would design a fully customized ICE trike for a record-breaking ride traversing Antarctica to the South Pole. ICE’s weapon of choice for a ride of that scale would come to be known as the Full Fat, featuring fat tires and a reinforced aluminum frame. Maria would go on to succeed in her ride, and ICE would then go on to add the Full Fat to their consumer trike line-up. Just this last year, the Full Fat would AGAIN prove its worth, being used in a hand-cycle configuration by British paralympic cyclist Karen Darke, to summit the 5,895 foot Mount Kilimanjaro.
(Karen Darke and accompanying expedition team for her Kilimanjaro summit. Photo credit: ICE Trikes)
In 2022, ICE became a completely employee-owned company, and has continued to push the envelope with the quality of their trikes. These 25th Anniversary trikes are a celebration of the years of research, refining, and moving forward, a culmination of everything the company has accomplished. Here at Hostel Shoppe, we have been carrying ICE Trikes since 2007, and it has been a pleasure to watch these trikes continue to evolve to what they are today!
(The ICE team of employees posing together for a photo. Photo credit: ICE Trikes)
The ICE Adventure and Adventure HD 25th Anniversary edition trikes are available now at Hostel Shoppe for a limited time.
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Off the Beaten Path by Scott Williams, Stevens Point Journal
Saturday, March 15, 1997
Snowshoeing experience opens eyes
When Rolf Garthus invited me to do some snowshoeing during a recent afternoon, I wasn't exactly sure what to expect.
I agreed to take him up on his offer, considering I had nothing better to do that day.
Plus, the thought of getting out and snowshoeing on a nice late-winter afternoon had piqued my interest for some time.
I arrived for the outing with a bit of apprehension, but an open mind.
The way I figured, any negative thoughts would only serve to get the adventure off on the wrong foot. There is no need to condemn an activity, something I have been accused of in the past, before giving it a chance.
What was the worst thing that could happen to me? With Rold as my tour guide through the woods, getting lost didn't seem within the realm of possibilities.
Even if I had trouble keeping up with Rolf or spent more time on the ground than actually walking, I'm pretty sure Rolf wouldn't leave me to die in the woods.
Now you must remember this is still winter and the temperatures this day were hovering around the freezing mark.
So I dressed in what I thought was appropriately for the occasion - jeans, a sweatshirt, and a winter coat.
I would soon find out how the shirt got its name. Less than 15 minutes into our excursion I was sweating bullets and shedding clothes faster than calories, I'm sure.
That turn of events hardly took anything away from the monumental enjoyment I derived from the activity.
Any concerns about the snowshoes being cumbersome or clumsy were quickly put to rest.
Hiking through snow-covered woods on a pair of snowshoes took no more effort than walking barefoot on a sandy beach in the summer.
The aerobic benefits were obvious from the first step.
However, the sensation of being able to walk on wet snow without sinking ankle deep in the stuff was truly remarkable.
But that paled in comparison to the spectacular scenery we encountered during our lengthy trip through the kettle moraines of the Amherst area.
We started out walking along the banks of Spring Creek, whose waters were moving quickly past us.
We stopped at points as Rolf pointed out pockets of spring water bubbling out from the sandy creek bed on a tributary of the creek.
We crossed vast open fields only to be greeted by more forest. Scaling a steep, 100-foot wooded incline proved to serve as quite a workout.
Once we reached the top, not only did I wish to enjoy the view from the top of the hill, where we could see for miles around us in every direction, but to be honest and I needed a moment to catch my breath.
It was the only point in the entire 3-miles outing that I can honestly say I felt any degree of fatigue.
The rest of the time was spent studying the landscape, as we followed a complicated network of deer paths through the woods, making the trek a little easier on ths novice.
That is not to say that we didn't do some off-roading, so to speak. We spent a portion of the journey making our own path.
And it was during that time that we were fortunate enough to come across a deer leaping through the woods in front of us, obviously not all that thrilled about greeting some uninvited guests.
We visited terrain that would have been off limits on a pair of cross-country skis.
Approximately an hour and a half later, we returned to our starting point no worse for wear, although a tad wet from the mixture of rain and snow that moved in during the latter stages of the outing.
I was sold. Whenever my bank account allows, I have every intention of purchasing a set of snowshoes. And there is no time like the present to give them a try.
Rolf may have summed it up best.
"There isn't a better way to go out bird watching or scouting out turkey areas," saud Garthus, an avid and devoted nordic skier.
"A lot of people get bummed out at this time of the year, because skiing is pretty much over and biking hasn't started yet.
"This is the perfect time for snowshoeing. You can start earlier (in winter) and go later."
Count me among the believers.
Source:
Williams, S. (1997, March 15). Walking on (frozen) water. Stevens Point Journal, pp. L6–L5.
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