Riese & Müller is a bicycle manufacturer in

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, Germany founded by Markus Riese and Heiko Müller. It designs and makes suspended bicycles. Frames are produced by companies such as

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, Taiwan. All of their bikes are assembled by hand in Germany. Riese & Müller was founded in 1993 to sell ''Hot Ears'', earmuffs to keep the ears warm while wearing a helmet. The first bicycle, the

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known as the Birdy, started in the garage of Heiko Müller's parents as a university project. Riese & Müller had a revenue of €76 million a year. In 2006 it started selling Zwei bike bags. Other models produced by Riese & Müller are: *Charger3 *Mountain Climber *Packster 70 *Multicharger Mixte *Roadster *Nevo3 *Cruiser Mixte * Birdy (a

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with 18" wheels) *Frog bicycle (a folder with 12" wheels, discontinued for years but available with 16" wheels as of 2010) *Avenue *Culture *Equinox (discontinued) *Gemini (discontinued) *Homage (since November 2005) *Intercontinenta *e-bikes Delite, Charger, Nevo, Swing, & Tinker

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