Minneapolis Turmoil Leads to QBP Frostbike Cancellation

QBP President Rich Tauer told industry members who had been planning to attend Frostbike in late February that the distributor had decided to cancel the event. 

“Over the past six weeks we have been monitoring the situation in the Minneapolis metro area related to federal immigration enforcement activity. While we have been hopeful that a significant de-escalation would take place, it does not appear that meaningful change is coming soon. While better days for our community are certainly in our future, the current conditions make it potentially unsafe for some attendees. For that reason, we have made the difficult decision to cancel Frostbike 2026," Tauer wrote to registered event attendees on Wednesday.

"This decision did not come easy, and it was not the one we wanted to make, but we recognize if the current enforcement activities make it unsafe for some of our attendees to travel to the Twin Cities, then the event is not safe for all attendees.