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.

If you think that this is a cockpit of an airplane, be sure that it is not. If you want to know more, click and continue reading.

Steve Roberts is a technocratic adventurer who made a list of his own living priorities back in 80-ties and realised that his own house is not on the list but cost far too much each month. Because of that he sold his house, all neccessary computers he put on his recumbent bike and started a 10.000 miles long trip around USA. After that he made two other bikes with improved computer systems, trailers, helmets etc. etc. and made two other huge journeys. He also developed a system by which he was able to type when pedaling so he wrote book and articles while riding. Since that time, he has switched to sailing and he has his super boat Nomadness almost ready for world tour.

If you want to spend hours reading his web pages – serve yourself here.

For those who just want to see his bike and want to see a video describing it continue looking this short post.

I have the feeling that we often look at those beautiful expensive bikes, we dream about them, some save money to can buy them. We admire all those crazy speeds which you can reach in fully faired recumbents or velomobiles. But most often we just dream…

But russian guys who stands behind the velodreamer.com do not only dream about such bicycles, but they work to change their dreams into reality. And if you look into gallery here under, you see that they have built many different projects and they fullfiled many of their dreams.

Yes, you can see that the bikes are equiped by very poor components and also te look is not one which we would really admire, but what we can admire is that they do what they obviously love and that they can test their maximum speeds in homemade streamliners.

Let´s follow them, let´s fullfil any of your dreams…

This is probably the most interesting page from their huge web.

It is a homebuilt velomobile with linear pedaling, hydraulic steering with steering wheel (!) and electric assist. And the most interesteing thing is that it can be used as a boat!

On the web page www.esoteric-david.eu you can find some more pictures from the building process and above pictures also 6 links to great videos. The best one is here which shows the velomobile going into water.

We hope to come with more information soon.

Oh, I forget. The name of builder is David Buchwaldek

The rear part of czech amphibian velomobile which is probably the nicest amphibian human powered vehicle I have ever seen

3D visualisation of the amphibian velomobile called HEPAV

sharp nose of the HEPAV amphibian velomobile

amphibian velomobile from Jan Jan on Vimeo.

Where you can continue:
- Vaniczka home made streamliner
- Recumbent trike fairing

We have found quite nice recumbent trike fairing and tailbox. It seems that it is some kind of student design project and unfornatenuly thanks to language which is not understandable for us, we cannot provide you with more information. The blog of the designer is here, but… If you are the designer, please add some comment about your project. Thanks!