The ultra-observant will notice that none of the foliage in the background of these photos is in bloom.  That's because these photos have been sitting around, just waiting for me to post them.  Their time is now.  Their place... is here.

Wow, that was sort of dramatic!  Now I'll do it in the tone of a movie trailer: In a world... on a road... with a chipseal surface... One trike dared to defy the rough ride... And dared all to suspend their disbelief.  The HP Velotechnik Scorpion fs, folding and springing to a recumbent shop near you (like RBR) now!

Sorry, I don't mean to suggest that Bob "The Bike Man" Swaim is a monkey, but how else can one quickly describe his custom Bilenky for two stokers and a captain?

Coincidentally, Bob is in town this week for back-to-back bike events.  One could consider his visit to RBR to be the "middle" of his stay.

And with that, I bid you adieu with these photos before Bob arrests me while wearing that bobbie hat.

Adventure Cyclist has their 2009 touring bike buyer's guide available for download and wouldn't you know it, we got a mention on page 8 in the recumbent sidebar and are the only recumbent specific dealer listed.

I wanted to take credit for it by claiming my incredible blogging skills were responsible for the mention, but I'll back off and give the credit to Rob for running a very friendly operation.

And my blogging skills.

Chris Malloy, of Toyota headrest fame, wrote to let us know that he has organized a 500 mile race through central Montana. He is also ensuring that it remains open to recumbents, handcycles, and velomobiles.

The race is June 5-7, so head out to Montana for the Dinosaur Trail 500 and then head back to PA for the RBR Rally so you can tell us how a metric century is a cakewalk in comparison.

 

As RBR's resident blogger, I try not to waste any space and time talking about myself, because, honestly, I'm just not that interesting.

So I hope you'll indulge me for just a moment as I mention that I'll be riding in my first ever Keystone Country MS-150 this year as part of Team Minitab.  As such, I'm reaching out via every outlet I have to raise money for MS research and treatment as part of my ride participation.

If you have a moment to read about the ride and, possibly, contribute a donation in support of my taking on the diamond frame folks, please visit my sponsorship site.

Thanks for letting me interrupt the blog for a moment.  And to make this recumbent related... I'll be riding my HP Velotechnik Speedmachine all 150 miles.

UPDATE: Now with less Facebook linkage.  Don't know how that got in there.