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Here's the latest from our visit to England
Strangest TAndem Bike Ride ever
The English have a unique concept of riding tandem bikes. Watch race director of the 2018 World Human Powered Vehicle Championships Barney Harle school our own Lars Komm in the "proper method" of starting up one of the strangest bikes you've ever seen!
Interview with bike design legend Mike Burrows
"I go faster than Chris Froome." So says 75 year old Mike Burrows in this interview. No one has had more influence on modern bicycle design in the last 40 years than Mike. His LotusSport Pursuit bike design was ridden by Chris Boardman to win in the 1992 Olympics and his Windcheetah trike broke new ground in the laidback world long ago. The World Human Powered Vehicle Championships held recently in Kent, England were billed as a celebration of Mike's 75th birthday. Mike raced one of his low racers and was honored with a large display of his past creations which were later ridden on the track by their admiring owners. Mike agreed to sit down with us for a chat (our first ever on a slag heap) and shared his thoughts about the past, present and future of bikes in general and recumbents in particular.
A visit to the Ice trikes factory
I was fortunate enough to spend a couple of days in Cornwall, England last week learning about the everything that goes into making ICE Trikes. Their well known dedication to quality products and legendary customer service follow naturally from the workplace I observed while there. Watch this short video I made at the factory and see if you don't agree.
Trailer for the 2018 World Human Powered Vehicle Championship
Lars Komm posted a trailer video for what will be our YouTube production from our video coverage of the World Human Powered Vehicle Championships last week. If you haven't seen it yet have a look. It will literally give you an overview of where we were and what we saw. Coming in the full video will be interviews, race scenes from every angle and coverage of the entire event as only we can do it. Look for this in the just as soon as I can edit the hours of footage into something I think you will all enjoy watching. Please remember to support the folks who enabled our coverage: major sponsor ICE Trikes and patron sponsors Recumbentpdx, TerraCycle Inc. and the Hostel Shoppe.
2018 WHPVC Picture Album
Here is the Google Photo album we'd like to share with you from our coverage at the 2018 World Human Powered Vehicle Championships. This all took place last week at the bicycle track in Betteshanger Park in Kent, England. This is a selection of photos from among the thousands we took at this exciting and colorful event. Click here to view the album.
Our Most Recent Webcast
Human Powered Vehicle racing with
Marcel Graber, Dave Lewis, Mike Mowett & Arnold Ligtvoet
Why do recumbent bikes dominate the world of HPV racing? On this webcast we talk to some prominent racers to learn more about them, their bikes and how the everyday bentrider can benefit from their experience. We interview the winner of the recent Trans American Bike Race Marcel Graber from Switzerland and the 4th place finisher Dave Lewis both of whom rode velomobiles. To talk about shorter distance HPV racing from Detroit we chat with Mike Mowett and from Amsterdam Arnold Ligtvoet. News and Sports updates and Peter Stull with another bent history segment will round out the show.
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Our Next Show-August 19th at 2 pm EST or 6 pm UTC
"A Girl-A Dog-A Violin-On a Trike"-Meet World Traveler Jasmine Reese
Jasmine Reese is a classical violin player who travels the world on a recumbent trike with her dog Figi. She makes her music come alive by finding opportunities to collaborate with other musicians and playing for groups while on the road. We'll chat with her about her plans to tour the world , her music and how Figi fits into her life
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Here's What We Have Coming Up
August 19th-"A Girl-A Dog-A Violin-On a Trike" Meet World Traveler Jasmin Reese
August something or other-Special from the 2018 World Human Powered Vehicle Championships in Kent, England
August something or other-Special from the 2018 World Human Powered Vehicle Championships in Kent, England
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