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What's new? 13-March-2008BentEvent returns to Maryland March 30Fuel costs are soaring, waistlines are bulging, the climate is changing...... Experts agree: those that get regular exercise and those that enjoy quality time outdoors on a comforatble, esy-to-ride bicycle lead happier , healthierlives. Recumbent bikes do it all! Join hundreds of enthusiasts and wannabees for the special 17th annual day of bicycle rides, food, displays, demos, and fun. Rides from the Family-friendly (and New-to-recumbent-friendly) 6.8 miler to the 'hell-bent-for-a-challenge' 38-mile roller coaster will treat participants to some of the area's finest scenery and smooth, low-traffic country roads. More information at Mt Airy Bicycles 10-March-2008The official IHPVA records have been updated, thanks to Chris Broome.21 February 2008I received this on the Bike-Sonoma mailing list this morning. -- Brian"My name is Nick Rodrigues. I am a Cal Poly marketing student. I am in a marketing class at Cal Poly doing market research for a local company that has developed a uniquely designed recumbent tricycle. My team has developed a survey and would love as many people who have interest in cycling, especially recumbent or off-road to take it."
Please watch the video first, then take the survey.
04 February 2008Bad news: Sheldon Brown of Harris Cyclery has passed away. I miss him already.February 8-10: Handmade bike show in Portland Oregon. Anyone else going? I will be there Sunday. Let me know. Brian -- bwilson@ihpva.org 27 January 2008
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FilmedByBike.orgFor the love of two wheels and all things revolutionary Deadline: March 1 • Under 8 minutes 25 Jan 2008Interesting article - Julian Edgar in autospeed.comAnother Human Powered Vehicle Part 1 - Finding the Lightest Springs 16 Jan 2008From http://bikeportland.org/Nissan exec. says people are increasingly not interested in cars. 05 December 2007I've added links the gmane.org archives on the mailing list page. If you want to read messages through a web browser or newsreader or RSS feed, follow the appropriate links there.01 December 2007Most of the discussion mailing lists have moved to Bikelist.orgNovember/December 2007 - We moved, twice.After roughly 10 years at CDS1.net, I moved the website to hostmonster.com. This turned out to be a disaster, and after considering many suggestions from supporters I moved the site to Tektonic.net. The new site is a bit slow for my taste but they don't cut off service 80-90 times a day as did hostmonster.HUMAN POWERED BOATS CHAMPIONSHIPS17.-19. August 2007 in Rostock, the first time on the terrain of former GDR. For more information: www.hpb-championships.org/2007 Andreas Schlief, HPV Deutschland e.V. 25 Sep 2006 -- I have turned over distribution of the Human Power CDROM to the US chapter of the IHPVA, The content is still available online. 15 Aug 2006 -- New human powered aircraft, first in Canada: The Flycycle project You now can see the results and photos from the WORLD HPV CHAMPIONSHIPS which were held in Allegre France, 5 August - 11 August 2006
20 Jul 2006 -- New 24 hour record set in Eureka California
Greg Kolodziejzyk, 650 miles 17 Jul 2006 -- Biofuels are not the answer.
"In agricultural terms, the world appetite for automotive fuel is insatiable. The grain required to fill a 25-gallon SUV gas tank with ethanol will feed one person for a year. The grain to fill the tank every two weeks over a year will feed 26 people."
03 Jul 06 -- New hour record! 06-Oct-05 IHPVA RECOGNISES HPV VELODROME HOUR RECORDThe IHPVA Board has voted to recognise a new speed record: the HPV Velodrome Hour Record. The new record speed event is accessible, inexpensive, and repeatable, all over the world, at any time of year. It will hugely increase the opportunities for competitions, and for general public involvement with HPVs. Many countries have velodromes, surveyed and marked for distances, and set up with professional timing equipment. Velodromes have no problems with wind, rain, or daylight. Record attempts can be made when riders and teams are ready to go. A qualified observer must verify that a record attempt rider stays within the appropriate marked sections of track, but otherwise, there is no special administration or expense. For the general public, the HPV velodrome hour record gives a direct comparison with the performances of UCI-legal 'safety bikes'. The 200-metre sprint speeds attained by top HPV streamliners are astonishing, but are difficult to relate to everyday cycling and sport. The IHPVA believes that the new record category will promote international communication. Competitors all around the world can compete with each other, without having to travel thousands of miles to do so. The natural sequence will be for competitors to set regional and national records, and then for national champions to compete at international events. If the IHPVA approves recognition for a Restricted HPV Class as well, then making record attempts will be open to a lot of people. And ^S can't help repeating this ^S they will be able to do so in their own countries and towns, in their own time, at little expense. This is a natural formula for involvement, development, and growth. This is a great day for HPVs!
Richard Ballantine 12-Sep-05
From: Thys Industrial Designs
Neeltje Jans, Zeeland, the Netherlands
September 17 and 18 2005
Middelburg, September 12 2005
Also see the special press pages with photo's for publication
The rowingbike sport is a meeting point for (top) athletes from
different backgrounds. Row cycling is fun and can be tough, very
tough. "Die hards" find a new extreme challenge: kick and pull your
brains out while you are "flying" low over the road. Or one can also
row at a very relaxed pace and enjoy the scenery on the
rowingbike. On this 7th Rowingbike Championships both racing "die
hards" and more recreational rowingbikers will get their kicks.
During September 17 & 18, 2005 the 7th European Championships
Rowingbike will take place on and near the artificial island Neeltje
Jans, Zeeland, The Netherlands. More than 60 Row cyclists from 6
countries will participate in this event . Because of the hospitality
of sponsor Roompot Holidays the previous European Championships have
been a great success. No doubt this championship will prove to be
another cracker.
At this EC ruling European Champion 2003 & 2004 Ymte Sijbrandij will
be present at the start again. Besides other European Champions
Rowingbike of previous years, like Theo Homan, Derk Thijs en Beb
Thijs, more world famous sportsmen will participate. The world famous
rowers from the Holland Acht, Belgian row champion Johan Marynissen
and rugby international Arno Seijbel will be present in superb shape.
There's a racing class and a touring class. The racing class will
ride 4 disciplines: a Criterion along 14 km, Sprint (333 m), one hour
Time Trial and a 80 km Long Distance race. This balanced combination
of sprints and distance races ensures an all-round test of the
participants. The touring class will perform 2 tours: one of 60 km
and a 70 km ride.
The rowingbike is a kind of recumbent bike that is propelled by a
rowing movement. That means that legs, arms, back, belly and
shoulders are used in propelling the bike forward. A unique feature
of the rowingbike is the fully step-less propulsion by means of a
steel or dyneema cable on a snek in stead of the conventional chain
driven system. Result is the rowingbike: an all-round fitness device
which provides high speeds and is fun to ride!.
A few years ago Wout Conijn rode his rowingbike all the way from
Europe to Tibet. Richard Bruyn rode to the north pole circle and back
in 2001 and again in 2005. Theo Homan, 2001 Rowingbike Champion,
excelled at the legendary Paris- Brest- Paris tour. He rowed the very
challenging track of more than 1200 km in less than 63 hours, leaving
all other participating recumbent riders far behind. Derk Thijs
completed the entire route of the 2001 Tour de France on his
rowingbike. He even completed it a day faster than the pro~Rs: in 21
days. (See the report)
For more info on the event: look at the website
www.rowingbike.com
Your contact person during the race weekend is Frans Bolweg:
+31 (0)6 - 53758788
Wim Thijs, President
International Rowingbike Federation
tel: +31 (0) 118 634166 15-Apr-2005 The ftp 'incoming' folder has been closed due to abuses
again. (Uploads of garbage.) I will be putting together a new upload
system instead of re-opening it. The world is a wonderful place but
has a few real jerks in it. Happy Tax Day.
More on VELOMOBILES -- we've put up some pages in the
PedalWiki, help us develop an
Open Source Velomobile
You might also enjoy this site: Tony Hadland's pages An 83 megabyte miscellany of esoteric information on bicycle technology and its history, 1970s rock music,
03-Sep-2004-- The Pedalwiki opens its doors today. A place to manage IHPVA and a place for your comments.
This is the first in a plan to open up your IHPVA (both the site and the association) to more public comment and participation.
26-Aug-2004--
European Championships courtesy of Marcel van Eijk
LigfietsPlaza
23-Aug-2004-- Munich Germany -- Stolen handbuilt recumbent
more info here
15-Aug-2004 --
I just did up this page on
velomobiles...
info on the 2004 Battle Mountain Speed Challenge
And as promised here are photos from the May OHPV sponsored
Portland meet
and the
ASME HPV challenge in April.
22-Apr-04 Happy Earth Day! I am gearing up for
the ASME competition
here in Corvallis, starting tomorrow.
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