The Recumbent Blog

These Birkenstocks are not for walking…

2009-07-06T00:23:30Z

A photo from the World Championships in Tilburg led me to Birkenstock Bikes of Switzerland owned by Jürg and Regula Birkenstock since 1996.

They produce the Butterfly, the Comet, a wicked handcycle the Birk 08 in two formats, and a DF Time Trial Machine in collaboration with BMC.

Specifications – Butterfly (Above):

Overall length – 2,710 mm – 106.7 inches
Overall Width – 950 mm – 37.4inches
Overall height – 1105 mm – 43.5 inches
Wheelbase – 1350 mm – 53.15 inches
Track width – 850 mm – 33.5 inches
Seat height – 230 – 290 mm – 9-11 inches
Eye level – approximately 950 mm – about 37.4 inches
Wheelsize – 20 “x 1.75 406
Weight – Prototype 34 kg – 75 pounds
Turning circle – 8.8 m without Wheel skirts – 28.9 feet
Luggage – approximately 55 litres – 3,350 cubic inches

Details on the Comet (above) and the Birk 08 (below) can be found at Speedbikes.ch →

If your Swiss-German is no better than MY Swiss-German, this is a perfect chance to use the translation tricks I talked about on the May 26, 2009 post “Sprechen Sie Deutsches?”… or in this case “Sprechen Sie deutsch-schweizerischen?”.

A Brief Tamia-free zone…

2009-07-06T02:22:34Z

Many of you may drop by Tamia Nelson’s Outside Up North site regularly (I do)… great bike stuff, fabulous photography… a top-notch site! Today she says:

“If you come by Outside Up North sometime soon (tomorrow, to be specific) and can’t get through, it’s because we’re due to undergo a software upgrade. This involves ditching old files which actually work and moving in a lot of new files which should work. Because Sysop doesn’t do this every day, she might become so frazzled by the process that she needs to go for a bike ride to clear her brain before clearing the mess. (”It’ll do till a mess comes along…” I’ve wanted to use that quote from No Country for Old Men ever since I heard it.)
So, please bear with us as we make this mandatory upgrade to the software which allows our site to function. We’ll do our best to minimize the time we’re offline. And thanks for your forbearance.”

We’ll be waiting on the other side. Good luck…

Tamia Nelson`s Outside Up North →

AZUB stuff…”New web and blog from AZUB BIKE”

2009-07-06T00:22:34Z

These 8 cyclists ride non-stop, on one AZUB recumbent, from Nordkapp in the north of Norway (that’s redundant) to Gibraltar on the Mediterrean in 11 days, 20 hours and 10 minutes, a distance of 6,153 kilometers (3,823.3 miles)!

Team members, route info, photos, details of the trek… all on the Nordkapp-gibraltar.com site →

And… when you’re done watching all that, try out the AZUB.eu/CZ site . There a four more videos there and a link to their new(ish) AZUB blog which features interesting stories of AZUBs in the wild, stories from and about European owners (in English).

Enjoy…

Cycle Vision 2009 – Tilburg

2009-07-05T22:34:39Z

All the fun has begun in Tilburg at the World Championships.

Some folks are just trying recumbents for the first time –

Some folks seem to sort of have the hang of it -

Some are tackling the criterion all on their own -

Some are doing it in groups -

Rob Keijzer posted 42 great photos (on Ligfiets.net) which you’ll find here →

Rood Petje has quite a few (including all those above) here →

“Tour de” Mania

2009-07-05T00:06:41Z

It has begun. And where are you going to follow it? A lot of choices appear at BikeHugger.com →
…or at hub.bikehugger.com →

You’ll find your fill of Blogsites, Twitter sites, online feeds, TV and action feeds, and their new feature LIVECHAT which they have inaugurated a day early just to catch the Tour…

Take a flying leap…

2009-07-05T00:06:26Z

See all the details at Montague USA →

There is a video link on their homepage and a great .gif presentation in “Technology Features” under the Technology tab on their homepage…

Have a Happy July 4th…

2009-07-04T17:21:03Z

Have a Happy July 4th… go see the fireworks… on your bike!

This gives me the willies…

2009-07-04T02:35:03Z

This photo apparently showed up the San Francisco Citizen…

with the caption “This fellow is waiting at a traffic signal between the lanes on an Interstate 101 offramp somewhere in San Mateo County.The six foot high pennants are a nice touch. Don’t leave home without them, especially when lane-splitting on a recumbent trike.”

I only have three questions:

Does anyone know this fellow?
Is he still alive?
Do people in your part of the world do this regularly?

The reason I ask is this – that kind of “lane-splitting” is highly illegal in Alberta… you could end up making 25 cents a day breaking big rocks into little rocks, or hand-painting license plates.

Or maybe I just live too far from the big city… people here seem to sit at intersections and ponder whether the green light is really “green enough”…

Love the “Downhill run”… a lot

2009-07-04T02:33:12Z

Located at the foot of Mount Stephen, in the heart of Yoho National Park, the community of Field (pop. 300+) is on the banks of the Kicking Horse River and the Trans Canada Highway, just as you head west into British Columbia across the Alberta border.

What sticks in my mind is cycling down the Field Hill, about 16 kilometers (10′ ish miles) and passing a father and his kids in a station wagon on the TransCanada Highway. He didn’t exactly have the “pedal to the metal” but the look on his face as I eased past them was worth the price of admission. The price of admission was a rock that flew from my DF’s tire, hit my pedal, and removed a very small chunk from my cheek on the way past. A mere flesh wound my dear… long way from the heart!

I know that is not the longest continuous downhill run in the Rockies; believe there is a 25 miler up closer to the Roger’s Pass. What I’d love to hear is where the great long runs are that you have ridden. They don’t have to be precipitous white-knuckled terror rides or anything that leave you praying your brakes don’t overheat completely and fail (been there) but I would like to find out where they are.

And I understand completely that getting back where you came from is the other side of that coin… the trip back to Alberta, up the Field Hill can take a very, very long time…

MetaBike DUO

2009-07-03T17:33:29Z

The folks at VeloVision have just released a “New Products Galore” article that includes this interesting offering from MetaBikes and their new MetaBikes DUO:

The details appear under “Products – Europe” on their website at MetaBikes.com →

Also, under their New Products Galore heading, Velovision have a new French folding bike (the AMiiVA from Ciel et Vents), the clip on the update on Aergo 2, the clip on the GT3, and a bit on a bicycle locking system that’s built into the pedals.

VeloVision’s “New Products Galore” →

Goblin Tail Fairing…

2009-07-03T00:13:35Z

“Mark at Big Cat” is a very happy fellow right now and with good reason… he just took delivery of this “black beauty” for his CT700Red Catrike –

All of the details, more photos and much envious clamor, are in his post at Catrike.yuku in his post “Birth of a Goblin” →

Now the “Goblin” reference is because the fairing is the very new product of Goblin Motors, A Division of Monsoon Manufacturing LLC. With a name like that they tend to just call you Goblin.

On THEIR site, at GoblinMotors.com” there are tons a fascinating things to see including the bit that caught my eye, this 5 page series on the GoblinAero (found here).

“Birth of a Goblin” →
GoblinMotors.com →
Catrike →

Wonder if they’re doing one for the Expedition…?
It takes an already smart looking trike and makes it look stunning!

Video: Northwest Recumbent Cycles – a KSPS profiles video

2009-07-03T00:12:32Z

You must know by now that part of my reason for being so connected to recumbents is because of stories like this –

[via 'BentRider Online]

Northwest Recumbent Cycles →

Love it…!

“A” is for ACRONYM

2009-07-03T05:38:08Z

Over on the Bacchetta Forums, a very clever question was asked by “sharonbikes” of Kansas. Knowing of BAK, and the famous RAGBRAI, she asked “what other state has a similar bike ride?” Some of the answers appear below [from Tom, jkeenan7 (a.k.a. Slow Joe Recumbo), jlipsky, The Bear, gw360... and the list is growing].

BAK – Biking Across Kansas
Bike Virginia 2009 – (they need an acronym – BVJTHG may not cut it)
BRAG – Bike Ride Across Georgia
BRAN – Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska
BRAT – Bicycle Ride Across Tennesee
CAM – Cycle Across Maryland (no ride this year)
DALMAC – Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinaw bicycle tour!
The Great Big FANY Ride – Five-Hundred Miles Across New York
LEJoG/JoGLE – Land’s End to John O’Groats (and back)
Oklahoma Freewheel – Across state tour
GITAP – Grand Illinois Trail and Parks
MOM – Mountains of Misery (Virginia)
RAGBRAI – Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa
RAIN – Ride Across INdiana
RAO – Race Across Oregon
RAMROD – Ride around Mount Ranier in One Day
SAGBRAW® – Schramm’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Wisconsin
STP – Seattle to Portland
TOSRV – Tour Of the Scioto River Valley (held annually since 1962)
TOSRV – 40th Annual Tour of the Swan River Valley
TAT – Trek Across Texas
TRAM – The Ride Across Minnesota
XOBA – The Across Ohio Bicycle Adventure

I suspect there are many, many more and we’d love to hear about them. Maybe they aren’t “across the state” rides as such (maybe they don’t have states where you are, but provinces or counties or shires or whatever) but they have great acronyms… or some other feature that makes them a great ride…

We’d kind of like to try making this an “evergreen” post. If you had a great addition, we’ll edit it in and let the list grow…

“Ramped and Pinned”

2009-07-02T00:05:50Z

I have heard the expression, especially in gearing-related conversations (and more specifically where someone is trying to broaden their range), that “Of course the shifting will be much smoother if everything is “ramped and pinned”.

Small ramps or beveled impressions are made in the chainring to catch the side plates of the chain to assist in lifting it up to the next, larger, chainring. Apparently the idea began in rear sprockets, where it was so successful, it was repeated on the chainrings.

The best explanation I’ve found is at SheldonBrown.com →

Just look down that page a little. My next exploration is the derailer… mine isn’t working quite right and I am thinking it doesn’t make much sense taking it 65 miles to my LBS when I could just take, oh, three or four years and learn about it…

I alternate between “I don’t know what I don’t know” and “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing…”

Happy Canada Day! – Vive la Canada!

2009-07-01T13:58:40Z

Happy Birthday fellow Canucks! Enjoy this 1979 Anthem video from the “Trudeau era”…

[Via Spacing.ca →]

kentsbike.blogspot.com

2009-07-01T04:04:01Z

Every once in a while, one of the brethren/sistren (that would be the bike blogging brethren/sistren in this case) writes something really uplifting… special… insightful… you get the idea.

Go read Kent Peterson’s post of June 30th on the Kent’s Bike Blog →

Kent writes “I don’t know what’s wrong with me…”

There is absolutely nothing wrong with you Kent… you just wrote one of those magic posts…

Calfee Stiletto → Calfee Bamboo → Calfee in Ghana

2009-07-01T02:28:38Z

Maybe you are familiar with the Calfee Stilletto. Here’s a photo and a comparison of the two component packages they offer:

“This is the newest type of bike to the Calfee stable. The classic long wheelbase recumbent is upgraded with the use of carbon fiber, suspension and an improved steering geometry. Every other small part has been refined and modernized, bringing the recumbent into the 21st century.

Available as a touring bike, fast recreational or full-on race bike. 19 to 25 pounds depending on component choices. Most people buy the frameset and build it up with their choice of components but we have selected two standard component packages that work very well:”

Component	Ultegra	Dura-Ace
Crankset	Ultegra Triple	D/A Triple
Brake Calipers	Ultegra	D/A
Brake Levers	Tektro	Tektro Carbon
Rear Deraileur	SRAM X.7	SRAM X.9
Front Deraileur	Ultegra Triple	Dura Ace Triple
Cassette	Deore XT 11/34	XTR 11/34
Shift Levers	SRAM X.7	SRAM X.9
Chain	SRAM PC971	SRAM Hollowpin
Tires	Schwalbe	Schwalbe
Headsets	Cane Creek S-2	Cane Creek S-2

All of the that pulchritude led me to this page on their site:

“This is not just a cool bike. It is appropriate for everyday use and for racing. The vibration damping is a performance advantage on longer rides. Each frame is built to order and every frame is a unique. Tubes are selected for the weight of the rider. The geometry of the frame can be any of our usual geometries: Pro, Tri or Cross. Custom frames can also be made. Mountain Bike frames are now available.

Details. The bike is made from Bamboo that has been smoked and heat treated to prevent splitting. Lugs are made of hemp fiber, for the all-natural look. The chainstays are available in carbon fiber for extra stiffness in the drivetrain.

Finish. We coat the bamboo with a satin polyurethane to seal it up.

Awards. Calfee Bamboo bikes have won awards for Best Road Bike, Best Off-Road Bike and Peoples’ Choice Award at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show.

A Calfee Bamboo bike won 1st place in the open class at the Great Western Bicycle Rally’s Concourse d’Elegance show.

If there were an award for “Bicycle with lowest carbon footprint” (least amount of carbon dioxide emissions in the production of the frame), this frame would win, hands down.

Bamboo Bike Features:

Amazing Vibration Damping – Even better than Carbon fiber!

High performance frame. Weighs from 4 to 6 pounds but has good stiffness.

Crash tolerant. Bamboo is a lot of tougher than most people realize.

10 year warranty

Looks cool! A work of art!”

… which made me think it was going to be a material used for recumbents sooner rather than later, like this tandem frame:

Tandem Features

Frame built to accommodate weight of team
Custom Geometry option is tailored to fit the team
28mm tire clearance, 35mm front derailleur clamp
Your choice of rear axle spacing (130, 135, 140, 145, 160)
Choice of rack mounts, water bottle number and location
Get a Custom paint job or the stealth “nude” finish (saves 3 oz.)
With a frame weight of less than 6 pounds, the Dragonfly Tandem weighs in as the world’s lightest tandem!
The frame can withstand minor crashes yet is fully repairable in the event of a serious crash
Warranty: 25 years.

Did you see that! Warranty – 25 years!

And all of THAT lead me to the story of Calfee, actually Craig Calfee, and his efforts (which you really need to go and see!) on Bamboo Bikes in the Developing World →
and on Calfee Design →
and onCalfee Design Tandem →

What kind of slope we be talkin’ here…

2009-07-01T02:15:33Z

Not much confuses me quite like discussions where folks start recounting the massive hills they’ve climbed…

The folks over at 1728.com have a “Gradient” section that walks you through all the math (and they have a tremendous number of other sections you might want to explore).

Another fabulous source is prepared by Ken Roberts and Sharon Marsh Roberts on their site “Bike Hudson Valley” in the “Measuring Hilliness of Routes” section. An excerpt on “grade” reads:

“What does this “grade” number mean?

0% grade is exactly flat (and a negative grade, less then zero, is downhill).

2% grade does not seem very steep, but it’s enough to substantially reduce forward speed, and for most riders it will absorb more than half their power output.

6% grade is enough to cut speed to well under half, and absorb more than 80% of a rider’s power output (leaving less than 20% to fight air resistance and rolling friction).

10% grade, and anyone who is not a fit and frequent rider is off their bike walking — and anyone who is not a racer is reaching for all the extra power they’ve got.”

Go read through them both and the next time someone is regaling you about the 14,235,812% grade they climbed… you’ll know exactly what they are all about…

All the math at 1728.com →
The Roberts’ Measuring Hilliness of Routes →

Video: Pure Fun! Introducing Cyclecide…

2009-06-30T04:52:20Z

Introducing Cyclecide, an inventive band of Bay Area performance artists who make creations out of materials from the junkyard.

In the last several months I must have seen several hundred videos that are cycling related… the one comes the closest to being just PURE FUN!!!

Via the folks at Bike Hugger→ … love that site…

It’s all down to safety in numbers…

2009-06-30T00:37:57Z

Guardian.co.uk has run an interesting article. They titled it “Why gardening is more dangerous than cycling” which is likely to get the dander of more than a few gardeners up but that’s not the point.

Cycling in Europe is up… a lot, and yet cycling injuries are not up proportionately. Why? They argue that “It’s all down to safety in numbers…”. A little excerpt:

“Why does this “safety in numbers” effect occur? The vast majority of cyclist injuries result from crashes with motor vehicles, and most of these appear to be primarily because the driver “looked but did not see”. Cyclists (and motorcyclists) have even given this type of crash a name – Smidsy, an acronym for the drivers’ refrain, “Sorry, mate, I didn’t see you!”

These type of crashes start to decrease as cycling levels rise.

Take the hypothetical case of Bob the Driver, who last rode a bike when he was still in school uniform. Bob drives up to a junction with a major road, glances right and, not seeing anything car-shaped, pulls out into the path of the “unseen” cyclist. Crash and injury result. If, as Bob approached the junction, there was a stream of cyclists crossing in front of him, he probably won’t make the same mistake.”

See their article at Guardian.co.uk →

The more the merrier: cyclists in Copenhagen. Photograph: Mikael Colville-Andersen/guardian.co.uk

Sometimes you just want to know more…

2009-06-30T02:03:02Z

and you can’t find much about something that really intrigues you…

I like this bike -

It apparently is a Kreuzotter V5 by Walter Zorn (Germany) that I found under the Low Rider section of Recumbents on the Renekmueller.com site. And that’s where the trail seems to end… I can’t find much if anything more on it or on Walter Zorn that is related to recumbents. I sure would appreciate any research that anyone could offer…

Heritage matters…

2009-06-29T05:12:50Z

In 2007, RANS had the V3 as their “new kid on the block” and in 2009 it has been the X-Stream. The V3 was reviewed several times here but notably it has been the most read about two wheeled bike ever on this blog, by quite a wide margin. Alan Barnard’s review of February 24, 2008, has been viewed over 3,000 times. With RAAM just finished the X-Stream is on everyones list of bikes to talk about.

So… I thought, for fun I’d compare the two bikes right down the list. Here are photos of both bikes and their Component Stats in the format V3 vs. X-Stream

The Rans V3

COMPONENTS
Frame – Tig Welded 4130 CroMo Steel (USA) vs. Tig Welded 7005 Aluminum Alloy (USA)
Fork – RANS Alloy 1 1/8″ vs. RANS Alloy Road Threadless 1 1/8″
Headset – FSA Threaded 1 1/8″ vs. Ritchey Logic Threadless 1 1/8″, w/ Headset adjuster Clamp
Bottom Bracket – Truvativ vs. Truvativ
Crankset – Truvativ Elita 52/39/30 vs. Rouleur 52/39/30
Cassette – SRAM 950 11/32 9-Speed vs. SRAM 970 11/32 9-Speed
Chain – KMC Z9000 vs. KMC X9
Front Derailleur – RANS vs. RANS
Rear Derailleur – SRAM X5 vs. SRAM X9
F/R Shifters – SRAM X5 Twister 9 speed vs. SRAM X9 Twister 9 speed
Handlebar – RANS B-39 vs. RANS B-37
Riser – RANS Top-load B-28 into B-35 vs. RANS Top Load B-28 into B-74
Brakes – Tektro MT15 vs. Shimano 105 front, Avid Digit 7 rear
Brake Levers – Tektro MT2.1 vs. Tektro MT2.1
Seat – RANS Sling Mesh vs. RANS Hoagie
F/R Wheels – Jet Set 26 Disc-Hub vs. Jalco DRX 4000 650c
F/R Tires – Primo Racer 26 x 1Schwalbe vs. Stelvio 650 x 23
Pedals – Wellgo vs. N/A

SPECIFICATIONS
Gear Inches – 24-123 vs. 29.4-106
X-Seam – 37″ to 48.7″ vs. 35″ to 47.5″
Wheelbase – 65.25″ vs. 69.375″
Overall Length – 90.25″ vs. 93.375″
Seat Height Ft.-25″ To Rr- 23.25″ vs. Ft.-21″ to Rr-20.5″
BB Height – 26″ vs. 25.5″
Bike Weight – 31.5 lbs. vs. 26 lbs.
Weight Limit – 325 lbs. vs. 275 lbs.
Color – Frost Blue vs. Charcoal, optional Silver/Yellow for additional cost
MSRP - $1,650.00 vs. $2,595.00

The RANS X-Stream

Interesting stuff…

Video – Huneliggers

2009-06-28T15:22:28Z

It is Sunday in Olds, Alberta, Canada … I’m relaxing… so was David Hembrow. Only he was taking a leisurely Sunday morning ride in Holland, in the Nederlands, with a “few” other folks…

Check out David Hembrow’s blog →

RAAM – Team Can Be Venture – Handcyclists

2009-06-28T04:06:01Z

You thought I was a bit taken with handcycles before this…!

Now have a look at this little 0:48 clip showing the machines they rode on this trip…

And then go get all the details on their blog site. What a fabulous story… I’m just going to let you get it from them…

Teamcanbeventure.blogspot.com/ →

I’m in awe… thanks to “mikeatlbch” over at the Catrike Yuku for bringing this up…

Interesting things happening in helmets…

2009-06-27T00:44:41Z

It seems it never rains but it pours… lately I have been seeing more than a handful of new approaches to the bike helmet. Here is a sampling:

This is the Urbanize N Light from LazerHelmets.com and comes in white matte, black matte, racing red, racing blue, pretty pink, lemon green, funky blue and expresso. If you are into a standard “racing” helmet Lazer Helmets won a EuroBike 2008 award for their O2 helmet. “During the international Eurobike trade show in Friedrichshafen Lazer presented the O2 cycling helmet. After being selected, the O2 helmet won the golden Eurobike award for innovative design and product quality.”

Next up is YAKKAY “SMART ONE”:

“…a new smart design that differs by its rounded ear straps and adjustment buckles in polished stainless steel. But the real difference shows when one of the many different covers is attached to helmet – It changes from its characteristics of a helmet to a hat and becomes an accessory to your outfit.

You adjust the helmet to your head with a number of adhesive foam circles which have the added advantage that air can circulate between them. When you are riding your bicycle, air will be pushed into the helmet, and pleasantly cool down your head. In addition, your head will stay dry in rainy weather, as the covers are designed without open holes.”

The real differentiator for YAKKAY are their helmet covers (below) which come in at least two shades/fabrics each. See them all at Yakkay.com/Covers →

And third but by no means the end… an offering from Ekoï of France:

This is their “City E +”, and it comes with a detachable sun/windscreen in either clear or smoked. An “Ecran Fume” is a smoked screen… there is a nice Flash presentation of it at http://www.ekoi.fr/casque-ekoi.php?var=691

All the Ekoï city helmets can be seen at:
Cycling With Style – Casques Urbains Ekoï →

Celebrate Brooklyn… On your bike baby!

2009-06-27T00:21:29Z

Brought to you on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 by Robin Urban Smith of StreetFilms.org →

Greenspeed – Press Release

2009-06-26T05:14:27Z

No muss, no fuss, about one whole minute!

This press release is just in from Mike Sims at Greenspeed…

“The new 2009 gt1 is now in stores. Differing from the 8 speed 2008 gt1 that was fitted with a Shimano Nexus 8sp hub, the 2009 version is now fitted with a 24-speed derailleur system to expand its gear range and will sell for $2,390 USD suggested retail price.

The internal gear Nexus 8 speed as fitted to the 08 model, did not have the range needed for a larger number of people than we expected. So, still determined to present the recumbent world with Greenspeed quality at an affordable price, we have spec’ed up this new version of the gt1 that we hope you will enjoy. The gt1 08 version will also be available for another few months.

While most other prices are going up, the rest of the gt-series is coming down. Due to Shimano’s ‘trickle down’ effect to their components, we have now spec’ed the gt3 with the new 2-piece Shimano Sora cranks, and the gt5 with Shimano Tiagra bringing their suggested retail prices down to $2,690 USD, and $2,990 USD respectively. For those really shopping for a bargain, the gt5 is still currently selling with the Shimano 105 spec until that stock runs out.

Check the website or our new 2009 Greenspeed catalogue for full details.

Please feel free to get back to me with your thoughts.

Best regards, Mick.

Mick Sims GREENSPEED sales and marketing”

Greenspeed Home →
Download (PDF 5.37 Mb) of Greenspeed 2009 Catalog →

OHIO rail trails… a Rick Karam Video

2009-06-26T00:16:54Z

This little gem appears on YouTube by Rick Karam Video, music thanks to Paul Reece.

The “cover notes” simply say:

“Trice Trikes on some of Ohio’s beautiful Rails to Trails. Autumn 2007. Kokosing Gap, T.J. Evans, Panhandle Trail, Blackhand Gorge, Richland B&O Trail. My special thanks to Paul Reece for contributing his music “Say Yes Again to Love” for this video.

Rick Karam Video”

Rick Karam, wherever you are, it is a beautiful video; Paul Reece that is beautiful music…

Kolodziejzyk – Even harder to catch than to pronounce…

2009-06-26T00:13:40Z

Perhaps you’ve learned all there is to know about Greg Kolodziejzyk… that would be a feat in itself because he keeps adding to the magic. He is an extra-ordinary “human powered vehicle” in himself (two world records and counting).

There is a website that will lead you to a wealth of information on his past, present and planned adventures. One little snippet from that site says:

On July 17th, 2006 on a race track in Eureka, CA, Greg set two world records recognized by both the International Human Powered Vehicle Association and Guinness (TM) World Records. The first record is for the most distance travelled in 24 hours by human power (647 miles, 1041 km), and the second for the worlds fastest 1000 km time trial (23 hours, 2 minutes). This web log documents the entire 18 month project including the design and construction of Greg’s special human powered vehicle “Critical Power”, Greg’s killer training program, the dramatic failed attempt on a race track in Alabama and concludes with his inspiring success in California.

If you haven’t already, I think you have to see Welcome to the Adventures of Greg →

Besides, he is a Calgary, Alberta, Canada fellow…

Mom… TerraTrikes doing that Trade thing again…

2009-06-26T03:16:56Z

You want a free TerraTrike Cruiser? Whacha got to trade? TerraTrike are doing it again!

They say “Here are some ideas of the type of things that interest us: Travel opportunities, musical instruments, concert tickets, food, time shares, micro-beer, a submarine, the bat mobile, unique artwork for our clubhouse, 40′ trebuchet, Velcro bounce wall, Super Bowl tickets, personalized Gunther memorabilia, giant Air-Zooka, meeting celebrities, pinball machines, a monkey, a robot or unique adventure opportunities.”

New to all this “trade-mania” from TerraTrike? Get all the details at: TerraTrike.com/Trade →