Bicycle Design

Tag: HPV / Recumbent

  • One of these trikes is not like the other

    One of these trikes is not like the other

    A reader, Tim, who owns a Baccura Airlite from the last batch made, describes it as “a beautiful lean steer trike that mimics the simplicity of a bicycle.” Baccura.com, an unofficial site that was “developed to showcase the lightest, fastest recumbent trike ever made” refers to it as the “only successful lean steer trike design…

  • Velomobiles and ‘bents

    Brecht Vandeputte sent me this photo of a WAW 045 velomobile racing a Dodge Viper. OK, it probably wasn’t a real race, but it is still a pretty cool image of a slick looking velomobile. For those of you not familiar with the WAW, it is a Belgian 3-wheeled velomobile with a Kevlar body. It…

  • Big Wheels

    In the past few days, several readers have pointed me toward a recent Gizmodo post about a monocycle replica from 1873. The replica, which was handmade by a man in Spain, features a 6.16 foot diameter wheel. The workmanship is very impressive and the machine itself looks like it would be a lot of fun…

  • Another homemade velomobile

    A couple of months ago, I posted about a homemade velomobile. Recently, Greg Kolodziejzyk sent me a message with a link to pictures of his own homemade velomobile based on a lean steer delta trike. This really is one slick looking machine. Greg originally started building this HPV for a trans Canada cycling record attempt.…

  • Velomobiles in Wired

    My post yesterday prompted a couple of comments about HPVs. It is certainly worth acknowledging that recumbent bikes and trikes are fast and also that they are quite efficient in most situations. I have only ridden a recumbent once, and I must admit that my knowledge about them is somewhat lacking. Still, I am interested…

  • A homemade velomobile

    Here is an interesting project that I spotted on Treehugger. Steve runs a kayak company on Canada’s west coast. In his spare time, he is building and refining a velomobile that is based on a Hase Kettwiesel recumbent trike. Steve started out with the simple goal of making a replacement fairing for his Vision recumbent,…