Robin Wasicuna hopes that the ring of a bicycle bell on a hot day this summer will herald the arrival of the ice cream bike vendor.

And he plans to be the man behind the cool action, from acquiring the bike to making his own cold treats and to riding around town selling them.

The professional chef and former owner of the shuttered Twin Pine Diner in Yellowknife has launched a to help raise money for his bike project.

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The bike he has in mind will have a larger freezer box at the front supported by two wheels and one wheel on the back.

He hopes to buy the ice cream bike from , a Canadian company that specializes in building vending bikes, ice cream bikes and even cold brew coffee bikes. Owner Ryan Hashagen, who is in Victoria, opened the company in Whitehorse in 1999.

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His GoFundMe goal is $4,500. The campaign has attracted $505 in donations as of Wednesday morning.

Wasicuna estimates the largest expense would be the bike itself and the shipping costs from the south. Other costs would include start up and licensing fees.

Hashagen said a base model of ice cream bike starts around $3,200.

If anything is left over after those expenses, Wasicuna wants to rent a commercial kitchen with freezers and buy equipment to make the ice cream. For now, he makes ice cream at home with a Kitchenaid mixer.

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If his funding drive goes well, heSA国际影视传媒檇 like to begin making his sweet and cool rounds of Yellowknife by June.

Wasicuna also envisions wheeling the bike to private events, like weddings.

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