World Human Powered Speed Challenge 2011 is fast approaching.
From September 12th to September 17th 2011 people get another chance to beat Sam Whittingham record of 82.819mph and Barbara Buatois record of 75.69mph.
This event takes place each year at Battle Mountain Nevada.
Here is a link to a great source website:link
Dutch University team aiming to beat Sam Whittingham’s speed record
A student team from the TU Delft are aiming to beat Sam Whittingham’s record speed (132.5 km an hour) and the 1 hour record with a newly built recumbent bike.
Video of the bike being built and tested.
Untitled from Human Power Team on Vimeo.
Vancouver Bike Show
Last weekend (March 19 and 20) I visited the first annual Vancouver bike show and there were a couple of recumbent bicycles on show courtesy of Cambie Bicycles.
Below are some of the pictures I took of the recumbents Cambie Bicycles brought to the show.
This is the Giro 26 ATT by Bacchetta a lightweight touring bike.
This Trike is build by Inspired Cycle Engineering or ICE for short. This is the model called Sprint a folding Trike for touring.
HP Velotechnik Scorpion FX is a full suspension folding trike, build for touring.
World’s First Human-Powered Ornithopter
Wow, this is pretty impressive if you ask me.
Found this link at: http://www.recumbent-gallery.eu
Fiets.nl
The first time I ever came in contact, or read about human powered vehicles was in a Dutch cycling magazine called “Fiets” (which translates to “bicycle”).
The now 25 years old magazine was my source of bicycle related information when I grew up, and I was always looking forward to the day it arrived in the mail.
132.5 Kilometers an hour on a bicycle
The Record:
132.5 Kilometers an hour on a bicycle
The Rider:
Sam Whittingham:
The rider on this recumbent bicycle is Sam Whittingham (from British Columbia Canada) who has been doing this for a couple of years now, slowly increasing the speed and in 2008 he nailed 132.5 kph very impressive. Besides all this speed he is also a very accomplished bicycle designer and builder, and also last year he won best in show and the hand made bicycle show in Portland. His store is called Naked Bicycle and Design and you can find his website here:
Time To Get Naked
The Bike:
Varna Diablo III
The Designer:
Mr. Georgi Georgiev:
The designer of the bike (also a resident of British Columbia Canada) is Mr. Georgi Georgiev who designed and build the Varna Diablo III.
His bike company builds all kinds of very interesting bikes, you can find his website here:
Varna Hand Cycles
The Event:
The event that this record was set was at the
Speed challenge 2008
The Location:
The Organization:
The organization hosting this event is the International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA) and you can find their website here:
http://www.ihpva.org/
The Rules:
Go as fast as possible!
The Video:
The Rest:
Yes you read it right, 132.5 kilometers an hour on a bicycle (or 82.33 MPH) on a flat piece of road. Isn’t that incredible?!
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H.P.V. stands for (in this blog anyways) Human Powered Vehicle.
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