Company
The company was founded in 2010 by Toms Ērenpreiss. Toms and some of his friends had already opened a restoration workshop for historical bicycle in 2006. Over 100 historical bicycles were restored, renovated and repaired, including bicycle brands made in Latvia (G. Ērenpreis bicycles, Latvello, Omega), as well as bicycles of well-known foreign brands such as Triumph, Brennabor, Crescent and others, for example Soviet bicycles from the 1960s.[7]
In these years of restoring bicycles, the idea of establishing a new Ērenpreiss bicycle company came up, and in 2012 Toms Ērenpreiss and his team launched their first bicycle collection, applying the knowledge and skills gathered in long years of restoration work.[1]
In the same year, Ērenpreiss Original, as the company was now called, won in the category "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" of the Swedish Business Awards.
In 2013, Ērenpreiss Original launched its second bicycle collection.
In 2014, the company won the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia Export and Innovation Award in the category "Industrial Design".[8]
Today, the Ērenpreiss team consists of 12 young professionals.
In the Latvian capital of Riga, the Ērenpreiss company is promoting the development of safety measures for bike traffic and also organizes events such as Riga's Tweed Run, which draws crowds of cyclists dressed in vintage outfits (Tweed Run tradition launched in London in 2009).[9]
