Archive for August, 2011
Trike touring with an electric assist – interview with Sylvia
Sylvia has traveled over 6,000 miles across the US with an EcoSpeed Mids-Drive 700W on a Terracycle CargoMonster. In this interview she discusses her experiences touring with an electric assist. She has also travlled quite some countries before with an electro. You can find much more about her expeditions on www.myrtlethethurtle.com
No commentsFour wheel pedal vehicles race
There was a race of four wheel pedal vehicles in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic in the middle of July 2011. Such race is the only one in the Czech Republic and is organised just once a year, but there are more of them mainly in France. Also most of the racers came from France. You can see that not only speed is important but also a look of the vehicle. We do not have more info so if you know something more, just post a comment.
You can find a video under the link here under. Unfornatenuly only in Czech, but with nice shots and good atmosphere.
Source: TV Hradec
No commentsRecumbent cartoons
Every time I visit ukrainean recumbent page called www.velodreamer.com I am surprised by their projects and the way how fast they can change their ideas to reality.The main man behind the page is Alexey Ganshen and his wife Karina Achmedova has made few nice recumbent cartoons. She writes on the page, that she admire Varna streamliners and that Sam and Barbara are her idols. That´s why you can see so many streamliners of Varna shape on her cartoons.
Eiviestretto – one hour record bike
Bentrideronline has posted a message about one hour speed record of 91,556 km. The rider was Francesco Russo from Swiss and his bike Eiviestretto. The machine itself is pretty interesting as it was built in cooperation of Francesco and Demjan Zabovnik. Both of them have lot of experiences in building and riding very very very fast bikes. The story about the record can be found here and here we have a story about the bike iteslf which can be found on the same web page too.
Well done Francesco and Demajn!
After the Dekra-Event 2010 Damjan Zabovnik and me joined together to build a streamliner and brake the One-Hour-World-Record. The result is a team who is very experienced in building and riding speedbikes. Exactly one year after our decision to go this way together I set the World Record.
The Eiviestretto (Eivie + Ristretto) is based on Damjan Zabovnik’s Eivie III. So the rider goes backwards, head first and lying on his back, he uses a mirror for navigation. The shape is slightly modified, as I am taller and have longer legs than Damjan. We improved steering mechanism in cooperation with Leon Plestenjak (company 3D konstrukcije), to make more space for the helmet and head. I am very tight inside the vehicle, but I still can steer, breath and pedal normally. Tolerances are within milimeters. The transmission was also redesigned, using different configuration of bearings and better materials, so it provides more efficient power transfer to the rear – driving wheel. Front wheel – steering wheel has a shape of a plate and is not symmetrical, inside the front wheel are steering bearings, instead of the head tube above the wheel as by ordinary bikes. Eiviestretto also has no steering cables, but it has a push-rod instead.
