Recumbent News

One of our Dutch friends has just hit a significant milestone… 25,000 kilometers (15,500+ miles) in 31 months on his Mango velomobile; and it isn’t his only recumbent by far — he has 5 others! Peter says in part “Three winters, temperatures from minus 15 up to 33 degrees Celcius, snow, salt gritted roads, rain, [...]

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It’s a homebuilt and you can’t buy one but take a drool at this amazing machine…

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From Trike Shoppe Press Release… The dedicated folks at Trike Shoppe, LLC are at it again.  In recognition of the overwhelming response to its previous free shipping offer, Trike Shoppe, LLC has a new and, possibly, even better offer.  From now until September 30, 2010, purchasers of trikes costing $1,800.00 or more will receive either free shipping (to any commercial [...]

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Press Release: The dedicated folks at Trike Shoppe, LLC are at it again. In recognition of the overwhelming response to its previous free shipping offer, Trike Shoppe, LLC has a new and, possibly, even better offer. From now until September 30, 2010, purchasers of trikes costing $1,800.00 or more will receive either free shipping (to [...]

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Erik Wannee has the answers on my RWS trike question… hands down the best site I found in my quick search! Erik Wannee has put a tyremendous collection together on the RWS trikes he has come across. He covers the Jouta VX and the Jouta SuperTrike, the Raven, the Culty, the Soon WT3, the Sidewinder [...]

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¡Hola! They are expecting 30,000 people and some 10,000 participants! For additional information, or to register, go to Tjcyclingfestival.com → [Thanks to Eduardo Domínguez Barrett, General Director, for the notice]

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One thing ALWAYS leads to another. This morning it was a patent document on an RWS delta trike. That leads me to the Culty. Big Apple tires on 20 rims, rear suspension, B&M dynamo option, Shimano Inter-8, drum brakes with a front V-brake, weight about 22 kg (48+ pounds), storage and fender options… See their [...]

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This patent document showed up in our Google reader today… a FWD delta trike featuring rear-wheel steering. And dated 1985. Ok, all you trike building experts… why did this idea never gets pursued further? Or did it? See the details on Recumbent Tricycle – Patent 4497502 at Docstoc.com →

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Only this “pirate” is John McTaggart, the man behind Pterosail, and he is Pterosailing across America. See his site and all the details at Pterosail.com → A nice cover article on John and his travels at Press-citizen.com →

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It isn’t every day you see a lovely painting featuring two recumbents. Denny and Carol Oswald sent me an email on this one and included the following story to accompany it: I thought you might like this watercolor painting done by professional painter, old friend and new recumbent rider, Larry Golba This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it The painting is [...]

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