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You into Bike Posters?

Sunday, 09 August 2009 15:05

I am ! Every once in a while I come across new ones and try to bookmark them… this one and a whole lot more can be found at Londoncyclist.co.uk If anyone has links to posters, especially ones before 1900, I’d love to hear about them!

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Source: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2009/08/09/you-into-bike-posters/
 

Three new recumbent world records, One European record…

Sunday, 09 August 2009 05:20

This link was provided by Sven Bartel of Germany (I believe from his email address)… “Knud” posted on “The Recumbent Bike Forums“: This first weekend in august three new recumbent world records and one european record were set in Germany (pending approval by WHPVA/IHPVA): On Friday evening (July 31) Damjan set a new 200m low-altitude record at [...]

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Source: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2009/08/09/three-new-recumbent-world-records-one-european-record/
   

Peter Heal – 4,014 km. in 282 hours

Saturday, 08 August 2009 15:05

New Freo to Bondi cycling record set – Posted by Neil Alexander on August 7, 2009 at 11:30am in the Sydney Cyclist: “Well, that’s done.” were Peter Heal’s words as he stepped casually off his recumbent bicycle last night at Bondi Beach, having just completed a 4014 km ride from Fremantle, WA, in 282 hours (11 [...]

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Source: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2009/08/08/peter-heal-4014-km-in-282-hours/
 

Lightfoot Sugar Daddy

Saturday, 08 August 2009 12:19

Lightfoot Cycles has released a few new models that I’ll be profiling over the next day or two but the first I wanted to bring to you was the Sugar Daddy.  This new long wheelbase not only has a great name, it also offers dual 26″ comfort and performance for a very reasonable $1550.  Lightfoot [...]

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Source: http://www.bentrideronline.com/?p=2418
   

One of Our Own Sets Australian Distance Record

Saturday, 08 August 2009 09:44

Peter Heal (PoiterH on our message boards) just set an amazing new distance record in the land of Oz.  Heal blasted from Freo to Bondi, a distance of 4014km, in an insane 282 hours.  That’s just 11 days, 18 hours.  Yep, you’re doing the math right.  That’s more than 200 miles a day for almost [...]

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Source: http://www.bentrideronline.com/?p=2415
 

World’s Longest Bicycle Tunnel Opens…

Friday, 07 August 2009 15:23

These folks take bike transportation seriously… very seriously! Seriously enough to spend $3.7 million dollars to convert a railway tunnel for cyclists, add security cameras, install a public address system… As Copenhagenize.com adds: “Amazing that a city of this size is willing to invest in such remarkable bicycle projects when larger cities elsewhere have trouble painting bicycle [...]

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Source: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2009/08/07/worlds-longest-bicycle-tunnel-opens/
   

Civia Bryant – Belt Drive – Internal Hub

Friday, 07 August 2009 15:08

Alan Barnard introduces the Civia Bryant of which he says: “Yup, that’s a belt drive you’re looking at. I also see an internal gear hub, Alfine crank, drop bars, disc brakes, and what appears to be a steel frame. Very interesting!” I’m betting we start to see a lot more of belt-drive/internal hub combinations; the belt drives [...]

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Source: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2009/08/07/civia-bryant-belt-drive-internal-hub/
 

Evelyn Hamilton – 10,000 miles in 100 days…

Friday, 07 August 2009 09:13

And not on some high-tech modern wonder of a bike… in 1939! No… it wasn’t on a recumbent but 100 miles per day for 100 days! That puts Evelyn Hamilton at a level that VERY few humans will ever reach. All the details at Cyclodelic.wordpress.com on Aug. 3, 2009 → [Thanks to VeloVision.co.uk for the lead to this [...]

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Source: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2009/08/07/evelyn-hamilton-10000-miles-in-100-days/
   

Friday roundup

Friday, 07 August 2009 08:22

Four, three or two wheels on your wagon, Birdy gets discs, Borealis gets coverage, a new UK dealer to visit, and an update on the York Cycling Festival. (posted 07 August 2009)

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Source: http://www.velovision.co.uk/cgi-bin/show_comments.pl?storynum=1035
 

This speaks to me…

Thursday, 06 August 2009 15:20

“There is a magnificent silence to bicycles that speaks to this purity, and has enormous appeal for me. This may be most evident when riding, as today, through some rural area in the early hours of a summer morning, when the only sounds are the steady clicking of bike’s freewheel, and the occasional warbling of [...]

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Source: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2009/08/06/this-speaks-to-me/
   

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