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Ukrainean recumbent meeting

Friday, 14 January 2011 05:54

This post is little bit out to date, but I still think it is pretty interesting. First Ukrainean Recumbent Meeting was organised at the end of September 2010. In the video you can see a pretty wide range of different recumbents and cargo bikes and also some velomobiles. All seems to be homebuilds.

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Source: http://www.recumbent-gallery.eu/ukrainean-recumbent-meeting/
 

Human Powered Aircraft book

Thursday, 16 December 2010 03:43

There has appeared a new very interesting and comprehensive book about HPAs (Human Powered Aircraft) and all the different attempts to build some. Unfonatenully it is only in czech language written by very good czech cycling writter Ivo Hrubíšek. The name of the book is “Nebeští cyklisté” what means “Sky cyclists” and it is full [...]

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Source: http://www.recumbent-gallery.eu/human-powered-aircraft-book/
   

Turner recumbent tandem

Saturday, 11 December 2010 04:07

We have found pretty interesting picture of a recumbent tandem with two front wheels. It is offered by Turner recumbents from Tuscon, Arizona, USA. Here is the explanation from their web site: “With two riders providing twice the power as an ordinary bike, much higher [...]

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Source: http://www.recumbent-gallery.eu/turner-recumbent-tandem/
 

Yes Virginia…

Tuesday, 02 November 2010 18:30

Yes Virginia… there really is such a thing as a fully-faired Windcheetah trike… and IT IS FOR SALE! Saw this beauty on the blog of Shelly Mossey of New York City at urbanmobilityproject.blogspot.com. → If you are interested, contact info for Jim Lappegaard (the owner) appears on the UrbanMobilityProject blog…

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Source: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2010/11/02/yes-virginia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yes-virginia
   

NASA Moonbuggy Winners

Tuesday, 02 November 2010 17:30

Now here is a recumbent quad with a difference! These are the racers from the International Space Education Institute in Leipzig, Germany, who won first place in the high school division of NASA’s 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race. The couple show are two Russian students attending the Institute. There are rules, a bunch of them [...]

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Source: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2010/11/02/nasa-moonbuggy-winners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nasa-moonbuggy-winners
 

Alex Reah’s Photo Contest Entry

Tuesday, 02 November 2010 05:11

Alex Reah
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Why? Because I like it!!!

PS - Recumbent Trike with two rear wheel (independent read suspension) pedal drive on the left rear, wheel electric hub-motor on the right rear wheel. High riding position, cool view of the trail ahead. The lateral part of the frame with the front wheels fast fixed, so you can within several minutes unbuckling lateral part of the frame, along with side front wheels in gathering. The main part of the frame is made without the use of welding, laser cut sheet metal and use structural aluminum profile only.

—Alex Reah

[Entry #224]
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  2. Alex Moulton, from Bristol to Bradford-on-Avon
  3. Eye Candy: Moulton Sixty
  4. Bike Commuting 101: Locking Strategies
  5. TerraCycle Cargo Monster



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Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ecovelo/posts/~3/6r2ezRfGqYI/
   

De Tovenaar: Balkan by Bike

Tuesday, 02 November 2010 04:55

Balkan by bike (7) from De Tovenaar on Vimeo. I will probably never be able to bike from Klagenfurt to Sarajevo… but I have now (sort of) thanks to this beautiful video by “De Tovenaar”. This video is actually number 7 of a set and they say: “Cycling from Dubrovnik into Montenegro, around the Bay [...]

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Source: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2010/11/02/de-tovenaar-balkan-by-bike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=de-tovenaar-balkan-by-bike
 

2011 Bell Muni and Arella Helmets

Tuesday, 02 November 2010 04:21

It is fall here… starts to get dark really early now… by 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. you really should have your bike lights operating. Bell have a new way with their Muni and Arella helmets. I do like lights that are integrated and four lights on a helmet is a nice feature. The fit system [...]

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Source: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2010/11/02/2011-bell-muni-and-arella-helmets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2011-bell-muni-and-arella-helmets
   

Hi-Bent: Low-racer

Sunday, 31 October 2010 18:30

“Cod.piece” out of “Eastern Massachusetts” picked this remarkable looking low-racer from Argentina and posted it on ‘BROL tonight… As was pointed out the site is in Flash which limits the use of Google translate and my Spanish… well it just isn’t! The technical specs are relatively self-explanatory: The weight is listed at 10.400 kilograms or [...]

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Source: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2010/10/31/hi-bent-low-racer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hi-bent-low-racer
 

October Top 10 Posts

Sunday, 31 October 2010 17:30

My favorite picture this month! October is over and it was a surprising month. Readership was up by over 8% month-to month and the most popular post this month was the same post that was most popular post last month… yeah Rotovelo! Here are the things that seemed to catch your interest… based purely on [...]

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Source: http://www.recumbentblog.com/2010/10/31/october-top-10-posts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=october-top-10-posts
   

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