Pascal and I were riders first. We weren't looking to start a business, we were just two people who loved cycling (even bikepacking before the word existed) and happened to cross paths with a scientist quietly working on something remarkable. He had developed next-generation plant-based formulas that could do everything petroleum-based products had always done: clean just as deeply, lubricate just as effectively, but without the harsh chemicals, the residues, or the environmental toll. Brilliant work. But they had no idea what to do with it.Neither did we, at first.
Then something clicked. Removing petroleum from the formula didn't just make our products cleaner, it changed everything. Without petroleum, there was nothing left to rinse away. For the first time, maintaining your bike required no water at all. Spray. Wipe. Done. In minutes, anywhere, anytime.
Even on muddy trail days, you'll use far less than you ever did before.
It sounds simple. But for cycling, it was a quiet revolution.
We see it every time we show up to an event. Riders who have been cycling for years, still intimidated by maintenance. Bikes have become incredibly sophisticated machines, but the knowledge of how to care for them has never kept pace. Harsh chemicals, pressure washers, hour-long routines passed down from motorized sports. It never made sense for the bicycle.
That's why education sits at the heart of everything we do. We believe that keeping your bike MINT and DRY (the very idea behind our nam) should be simple, fast, and safe. For every rider, at every level, after every ride.
So we did the work. We spent the time refining the formulas, testing, adjusting, obsessing over every detail until the products were exactly right. Owning the formulas, we built the brand, and launched MINT'N DRY in 2018, not because we had planned to, but because we simply couldn't imagine not doing it.
Everything we make is manufactured in Canada, with local partners who share that same quiet obsession for doing things right. From R&D to the label on the bottle.
We're glad you found us.
Marie-Claude & Pascal Co-founders, MINT'N DRY