Riese und Müller

Riese and Müller are a bicycle firm situated in Darmstadt, Germany founded by Markus Riese and Heiko Müller.

They are famous for designing and assembling fully suspended bicycles only. Frames are produced by other companies such as Pacific Cycles, Taiwan. Bikes sold in Australia, Japan and the USA are directly built in, and shipped from, Taiwan.

Riese and Müller was founded in 1993 to sell "Hot Ears", earmuffs to keep the ears warm while wearing a helmet. The first bicycle, the folding bicycle known as the Birdy, started out in the garage of Heiko Müller's parents as a university project. As of 2004 Riese and Müller had a revenue of €6.5 million a year.In 2006 they started the brand "Zwei". These functional 'bags' can be supplied with an optional KLICKfix system, for attachment to your bike. [cite web
url=http://www.eurobike-exhibition.de/html/neuheitenliste.php?web_id=2&lan_id=7&
title=EUROBIKE
date=2006-10-29
accessdate=2006-10-29
publisher=eurobike exhibition.] Other models produced by Riese and Müller are:
* Birdy (a folding bike with 18" wheels)
* Frog (a folder with 12" wheels, discontinued)
* Avenue
* Culture
* Delite
* Equinox (discontinued)
* Gemini (discontinued)
* Homage (since November 2005)
* Intercontinental

References

External links

* [http://www.rieseundmueller.de/index.pl/home Homepage of Riese and Müller]
* [http://www.birdy-freunde.de/birdy/birdy-story.html History of Riese and Müller and the Birdy] (birdy-freunde.de)