Laidback Bike Report

This year is the 25th Anniversary of one of the most highly respected recumbent manufacturers in the world. This past autumn AZUB Recumbents held a successful celebration event in the Czech Republic right in their home city, Uhersky Brod. Since the excitement has by now calmed down we thought it was a perfect time to sit down with the founders. CEO Aleš Zemánek shares some great stories of the origin of the company, its guiding philosophy, the challenges they experienced over the years and where they are headed today. Joined by marketing director Honza Galla, we also hear hi...

Wally Swarchuk took 16 years to design and build his dream . This retired geography teacher from Canada began with no skills or experience in building bikes. He taught himself to weld and experimented with many prototypes before coming up with his current Tilt4orce Velocar. We hear his incredible story and then have our old friend Dr. Craig Cornelius evaluate this project using his many years of  experience building his own tilting trikes.

Finally, our own bent triathlete Larry Seidman gives us a report from the 2025 Senior Games held near Des Moines, Iowa last summer.

00:00:00  Intro Duration: 01:37:21

Nothing short of a revolution in electric assisted trikes is on the way before the end of 2025! We've talked about the French CIXI system in the past (most recently in our interview with their engineers at Spezi 2025) but now they are being implemented on trikes from ICE, HASE and maybe more. These trikes will have no chain, chainrings, chain tubes, idler wheels, derailleurs, cassettes, shifters or shifter cables. Let that sink in...

On this webcast we interview Pierre Francis from CIXI. He is the co-founder and CEO who is excited to explain the PERS system in detail...

We get a serious evaluation of the top two internal gear hubs for your trike. Mel from RecumbentPDX breaks it all down comparing the Rohloff and the new 3 X 3. 

Then our German correspondent Jascha Buettler takes us to Dronten in the Netherlands for the 25th anniversary celebration of Velomobiel.nl.

Our pal Marshall Randall and wife Kelle are the new owners of Recumbent Cycle-Con. They are with us to share the exciting details of next year's event.

Finally, Larry Varney returns with a review of the e-Lightning P-38.

00:00:00  Intro
00:00:31  What’s on...

Many of the frames for our bents are manufactured in Taiwan. Around the world many recumbent brands have trusted George Chen and Performer Cycles to provide this metal or carbon fiber skeleton for their products for over 25 years. He also sells his own brand of bikes and trikes to markets globally. We sat down with George to learn more about the history and philosophy of his company, his designs and video of production from inside his factory.

We also speak to our pal Dana Lieberman owner of Bacchetta Bikes. He updates us on his new line of...

We're recently back from the world's largest recumbent bike and trike show. We'll go booth by booth and talk about all the products that intrigued us at this year's Spezi event with our panel.

00:00:00  Intro
00:00:25  What’s on Today’s Show
00:01:10  Panel Introduction
00:03:30  Sponsor Introduction
01:11:45  Spezi 2025 Highlights with our panel including Tray Bourgoyne, Mickey O’Brien, Honza Gala and Peter Stull
01:39:10  Sponsor Thanks
01:42:00  Announcements
01:43:00  Goodbye to panel and crew

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From Vancouver, British Columbia we take a close look at the Veemo. This reasonably priced light electric vehicle is now backed by the large mobility company Envo who promise to bring this rider and climate friendly transportation to North America and the world. They are in it for the long haul.

Spezi 2025 is almost here so we sit down with the promoters to see what to expect this year at the world's largest recumbent event.

Our Swiss pal David Brandenberger is getting ready to continue his worldwide tour on the Solatrike. This trike and solar...

Adaptive Adventures is an organization that provides freedom through mobility. They travel around the USA and beyond to serve thousands of disabled adults and children with challenge events in water sports, snow events and cycling. We visited them at their Colorado headquarters in January to learn more about how their recumbent cycling programs benefit people of all ages.

Next we meet Alex Pargeter the founder of Gride Solutions. They are a UK startup providing a new complete motor system for a wide variety of trike brands. They were on a dealer tour of the USA last month...

We take the show on the road to Colorado to visit Electric Bike Outfitters in Denver. CEO Jason Livingston gives a tour of his facility then begins a detailed tear down of a hub and a mid-drive motor. We get to see what's inside each type of e-assist and Jason shows us how to properly lubricate and maintain each for long term use. With e-assist safety high on everyone's mind right now he shows us how EBO's batteries and motors are triple checked and gives us advice on how to make sure your buying experience is a sound one.<...

We've lamented the decline of the 2 wheeled recumbent bike over the last number of years on this webcast. The Cruzbike has been an exception and more recently Dana Lieberman's Bacchetta has reappeared on the scene. Today we talk to Stefano Bonazzoli in Italy where he is now promoting his beautifully designed Slyway Ultra carbon fiber bike. He tells us all about the 3 flexible versions of the bike and its design history. Lastly, Stefano shares his very creative ideas about how to elevate recumbent bikes into the mainstream.

Also joining us is Jason Livingston from Electric Bike Outfitters...

Though he's now retired, Geoff Adams spent his professional career creating music and video for many children's shows you may remember. Being an avid recumbent rider since the 1990s he also brings those amazing talents to bear on the laidback world he loves. From lowracers to trikes we discuss it all with Geoff and share the laughs and lighthearted stories from 4 of his incredible bent videos.

00:00:00  Intro
00:00:55  What’s on Today’s Show
00:01:30  Panel Introduction
00:03:45  Sponsor Introduction
00:06:20  From Children's Shows to Trike Videos-Geoff Adams
00:58:35  Sponsor Thanks
01:01:15  Announcements
01:02:25  Goodbye to panel and crew Duration: 01:03:08

Armin Ziegler has toured in many places around the world with his recumbent bikes, trikes and velomobiles. This Swiss adventurer has a well regarded collection of travel blogs that have entertained bent riders for many years. As with many velomobile riders he had been stopped by curious police a number of times always ending in a friendly chat and quick return to the road. This past May his Greek velomobile tour ended abruptly with a quite different police encounter. Armin was stopped, arrested and had his velomobile confiscated. 

We talk to Armin about his love for bent t...

We have two incredibly inspiring stories that share a connection involving a Steintrike Wild One trike. 

First up we talk to John Gunterman. John is a US veteran who was injured in the middle east. He talks about his journey of recovery, how Steintrikes have played a part in it and how he now is dedicated to helping others ride to health. Setting goals is a large part of John's plan and his focus is now on climbing the notoriously difficult Mt. Washington next spring on a Wild One. Where this trike will come from takes us t...

Always one of our more popular webcasts! We have our panel of Cycle-Con 2024 attending experts share what they consider to be the highlights from each exhibitor at the event. Joining me will be Tray Bourgoyne, Larry Seidman, Larry Varney, and Kelvin Clark from Angletech.

00:00:00  Intro
00:00:50  What’s on Today’s Show
00:01:15  Panel Introduction
00:03:30  Sponsor Introduction
00:05:40  Cycle-Con 2024 Expert Panel Review of Exhibitors
01:48:30  Viewer Submission-GoFundMe for Sun Cyclery’s Joe Johnson
01:50:35  Sponsor Thanks
01:52:56  Announcements-BJ from Recumbent Seat Fix wants someone to take over the business
01:55:00  Goodbye to panel and crew

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We have two bent riders who take off roading to a more comfortable place. Hezi Yismach is an Israeli bike designer and builder with a penchant for innovation. Richard Ehrlich rides his custom built off road bents where even mountain bikes are challenged. This Canadian adventure rider is even competitive in many of the racing events he enters. We will learn about these amazing guys and then engage our panel in a discussion of bikes, trikes and the future of recumbent off road riding.

The Icarus Cup event is a pure human powered flight event at Manston...

A solar panel above and a small electric motor on the wheel of his AZUB Six bike was all the assistance Jack Butler needed to become this year's Sun Trip Champion. The Englishman battled former champ Frances Jean-Marc Dubouloz who rode a WAW velomobile on a fiercely contested route from Lyon, France to the Sahara Desert in Morocco and back. Jack tells us all about his adventure racing history, the two wheeled bent he now loves and the highlights of this year's nip and tuck race to the finish line.

If you're starting to think about attending...

The Elecy is a futuristic replacement for your current car. It uses sustainable materials with a modular design created to get you and a small passenger around town. This is all the brainchild of Tamara Ivancova an ambitious young aeronautical engineer from the UK who shares the details of her project and her plan to take her company called Amara Automotive to the next level.

Do you ride your bent alone or with a group? Recumbent YouTuber Sylvia Halpern joins me to talk about some of the notable riding groups around the USA and to discuss the...

Join Recumbent News' Honza Galla, Swedish bent shop owner Alve Henricson, our own Tray Bourgoyne, Peter Stull and me as we stroll down the virtual aisles of Spezi 2024. We'll talk about everything that we found interesting, unique or shocking at this annual celebration of the world's "Special Bikes".

You can find all our Spezi 2024 booth interviews and collection video on this playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw5zeaLy6vumcx2DSSuxtbB7ptqlHaIU6&si=zz-W08xD-Nou-Zvw

00:00:00  Intro
00:00:51  What’s on Today’s Show
00:01:04  Panel Introduction
00:04:15  Sponsor Introduction
00:06:45  3D Walk Through Spezi 2024 with Alve, Hon...

Buying a European velomobile in America has been fraught with poor selection/availability, shipping disasters and minimal expert guidance. Ben Parke has worked very hard over the last year to change all that with his new Minnesota dealership called Northland Velo. Ben's close business connection with Romanian based Velomobile World is bringing a wide range of models to his customers at discounted prices. We talk to Ben about the "shipping container load" quantities he is bringing in which he hopes will finally allow for scaling this business to new levels.

The world's largest recumbent show is returning...

Florida in February is not a bad place to visit! When general manager Mark Egeland invited us to tour the factory floor of Catrike in Orlando last fall at Cycle-Con we jumped at the opportunity. Tray and I were given free range to roam the facility and interview anyone we wished. This was during their "Factory Event" so we got to see lots of Catrike owners and hear from Founder Paulo Camasmie as well. We follow the progress a new trike would take right down the production line from welding to painting to packaging and interview the team at...

Larry Oslund joins us from his Hilton Head headquarters to talk about his recent trip to Romania and his video tour of  the Velomobile World factory. He takes us all around the facility then shows us a close up view as his personal Bülk is being built on the floor. Larry is now a Velomobile World dealer and is offering velos along side Cruzbikes for test rides and sales. Another of Larry's passions is ultra racing. We talk about his personal accomplishments and his new forays into resurrecting failed races around the country starting with Sebring and Calvin's Challenge. La...

Manufactured in Montreal the VT1 velomobile from Velomtek is in production and is now available to buyers in the USA. CEO Francois Garneau gives us a close up look at this amazing vehicle then shares the details of their process for purchasing via pickup or delivery.

Lars Viebke started Carbontrike in Sweden years ago before entering into a collaboration with Bacchetta in 2018. Fast forward past Bacchetta's sale and split up into bike and trike business, covid complications and visa nightmares and today Lars is back up and running in Florida. He brings us up to date on...

Aussie Mark Doble read on BROL that some American velonauts were planning on being the first to cross Australia in a velomobile. This got his competitive and patriotic juices flowing and he thought "Screw you Yanks you'll not be the first to do this in my country!!" So the planning began for an epic crossing of the continent "down under" in the Australian built Rotovelo. 

Next, our own Tray Bourgoyne and wife Lisa have been working hard on an in depth review of the just released new trike from HP Velotechnik known as the Delta Tx. You'll s...

Tig Cross has been working on the Electrom for almost 8 years. Now in limited production he hopes to one day make his dream of a 2 wheeled light electric recumbent come true. He believes this bike has advantages that will make it a true "car replacement" option in the future. 

Our own Larry Seidman participated in two senior games events last month. He was excited to see some other recumbent riders at the Huntsman Senior Games in Utah and the Nevada Senior Games as well. He tells us about the events, venues and the racers involved making it c...

Graham Browne's long career in digital design has included work with Jaguar, Dyson and Bentley. In the last few years his thoughts and efforts have turned to more low cost zero emission projects. By 2020 he had formed Northern Light Motors and developed a prototype light electric vehicle which has now gone into production in northern England. His intended market is more aimed at a cool and compelling car replacement than a screamingly fast racing machine. We talk to Graham about his company and ideas and then to our UK correspondent Barney Harle. Barney travelled to NLM headquarters, test rode...

Join Honza Galla, Larry Varney, Tray Bourgoyne and me for a booth by booth discussion of our highlights from the Cycle-Con 2023 event. 

You can find our individual booth interview videos in our Cycle-Con 2023 Playlist right here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw5zeaLy6vukNtpta0hrdn06LMkQbwLu7&si=-cHJ9ObcT-71M5uz

00:00:00  Intro
00:00:50  What’s on Today’s Show
00:01:40  Panel Introduction
00:04:40  Sponsor Introduction
00:08:40  Larry Seidman’s 45 second run through the aisles of Cycle-Con 2023
00:10:00  Honza, Larry, Tray and I go booth by booth offering up our highlights of each
01:41:50  Panel gives final thoughts...

Bentrider (formerly known as Bentrider Online) is now new and improved thanks to new owner Kurt Reynolds. Having previous experience on nuclear submarines and now working for Microsoft he just might have what it takes to take this well loved recumbent message board to the next level. Kurt talks to us about buying the website from our old pal Bryan Ball, what he's done to improve the board and gives us a bit of a tutorial so we can all make the most of our experience.

Next up is a young German velonaut who overcame a ridiculous...

We are treated to a personal tour of the AZUB Bikes facility in the Czech Republic by Honza Galla followed by an amazing trike tour in the country. Next we have on the scene coverage of the recent human powered vehicle racing event at Waterford, Michigan. This includes lots of racing video, drone shots and interviews with race producers Mike Mowett and Dennis Grelk. We also talk to Lincoln MacDonald from the University of Toronto HPV Design Team, and racers Marshall Randall and John Simon. Marshall returns for an interview about the upcoming Cycle-Con 2023 event coming up in September...

We are on the road in Brno, Czech Republic and Prievaly, Slovakia where we tour the Katanga facility and Composite Products in one day. At Katanga we get a look at the CAD designs of their upcoming light electric vehicle called the VM45, building the WAW velomobile and Pony 4 quad in the workshop and a peek at the Velove cargo platform they collaborate on. Hijinks ensue when Tray and I hop on the quads for a test ride.

Then it's on to Slovakia where Alan from Composite Products gets us up close and personal to their fiberglass...

We use the new 3D virtual walk through technology of Matterport to take a booth by booth "Best of..." tour with our expert panel of attendees of the real life Spezi 2023. Joining us today are our own Tray Bourgoyne, Recumbent.news' Honza Galla, TerraCycle's Pat Franz, Bent Revolution's Tim Segard and my German velomobile pal Jascha Buettler. They each share their favorite or most interesting items seen as we saunter down each aisle of the show in 3D splendor. Thanks to  https://matterport.com/ for this amazing new technology!

We finish up with a sports report from D...

00:00:00  Intro
00:00:60  What’s on Today’s Show
00:02:35  Panel Introduction
00:05:30  Sponsor Introduction
00:08:00  LBR News Report-with New Director Honza Galla
00:22:50  Ron Thompson-The G4 for racing, riding and production 
01:25:50  Jon Hodkin’s Innertuba-Mississippi River Tour 2023 with Nick White
02:09:02  Spezi 2023-All the details of the upcoming event from show producers Gabriel, Franz and Florian
02:28:35  Sponsor Thanks
02:31:00  Announcements
02:32:35  Goodbye to panel and crew

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South African Border War veteran Stan Potgieter suffered severe injuries both physical and psychological in the 1980s. He has struggled ever since to regain the promise of a healthy and settled life. Stan talks to us about his continuing attempts to overcome PTSD as well as leg and back problems. He is now doing so by riding a custom trike derived from a friend's idea for a motorized golf trike called the Tadhole. Stan is dreaming big as he hopes to join in a ride with  veterans in America from coast to coast raising awareness of veterans issues everywhere. Duration: 02:00:58

Our annual look at the latest and hottest news in the world of velomobiles. We have interviews and submissions by: 
00:00:00  Intro
00:00:47  What’s on Today’s Show
00:03:55  Panel Introduction
00:06:15  Sponsor Introduction
00:08:43  Oleksii Hanshyn our Ukrainian builder now in Ireland with Mobi Dick
00:23:49  Josef Janning from Germany with M9 from Daniel Fenn
00:49:50  Christian Winkgen from Germany with A9 and A9.2 from Daniel Fenn
01:19:30  Francois Garneau from Montreal with the Velomtek VT-1 rollout
01:33:10  Thomas Inderka from Germany with the Bülk
01:48:50  Greg Cantori and Ben Parke from the US explaining the Ambassador Progr...

00:00:00  Intro
00:00:45  What’s on Today’s Show
00:02:35  Panel Introduction
00:04:25  Sponsor Introduction
00:06:50  Recumbent News with Honza Galla
00:11:00  Zach Kaplan Cycles Profile-Interview with Zach
00:46:00  Doug Davis-E-Assist Battery Safety Primer
01:21:30  Steve Hansen (Lawyer) and Jay Townley (Bike Journalist) on Insurance and Regulation Issues  
02:20:25  Sponsor Thanks
02:22:25  Announcements
02:23:30  Goodbye to panel and crew

Recent headlines about fires associated with e-assist batteries have prompted this look into practical  safety and insurance measures you can take to prevent disasters both physical and financial. Our panel includes Doug Davis (bent shop owner/electrical engineer) with a primer on how b...

00:00:00  Intro
00:00:50  What’s on Today’s Show
00:02:18  Panel Introduction
00:05:13  Sponsor Introduction
00:07:45  Recumbent News with Honza Galla
00:13:45  Radical Design Interview
01:03:00  Winter Bent Riding Secrets with Scott Christopherson
01:55:50  Recumbent Sports with Denny Voorhees  
02:02:10  Viewer Submission-Varibike handbike sad sale
02:04:32  Sponsor Thanks
02:06:50  Announcements
02:08:45  Goodbye to panel and crew

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00:00:00  Intro
00:00:60  What’s on Today’s Show
00:02:25  Panel Introduction
00:05:05  Sponsor Introduction
00:08:10  Parbike Side-by-Side Tandem with Jared
00:07:55  Uprights vs Bents-Engineer Ron Thompson Speed Tests 10 Bikes
01:28:14  Nina Paley on the Cycle-Con 2022 Test Track-Ti-Glide, Steintrike and HASE Kettwiesel
01:42:20  Viewer Submission-Shawn Greener Honor the Warrior Ride video
01:44:45  Sponsor Thanks
01:47:01  Announcements
01:49:50  Goodbye to panel and crew

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We're recently back from a surprisingly successful and well attended Cycle-Con in Dayton, Ohio. Our illustrious panel of bent experts share what they saw and liked as we go through the exhibitors one by one. Joining us today are Tray Bourgoyne, Larry Varney, Nina Paley, Peter Stull, Sylvia Halpern, Matt Galat and Denny Voorhees. Our full coverage videos will follow soon but this will give you a sense of what was on offer.

I sit down with Wolf and Wolf the new German owners of the world's largest and oldest recumbent festival called Spezi and we interview...

00:00:00  Intro
00:00:50  What’s on Today’s Show
00:02:48  Panel Introduction
00:04:30  Sponsor Introduction
00:07:00  Recumbent News with Honza Galla
00:11:25  Al and Alice Krause Co-Directors of World Human Powered Speed Challenge IHPVA Event
01:07:37  InnerTuba aka Jon Hodkin Home Concerts and Plans for Upcoming Mississippi River Tour and ICE Trike’s Patrick Selwood
01:44:39  Heiko Truppel with HP Velotechnik showing us Speedmachine S-Pedelec e-assisted two wheeled bent
01:51:20  Paul Kilgore with Paralyzed Veterans of America talks with Larry Seidman about riding in Adaptive Mountain Biking World Championship in Crested Butte
02:16:50  Sponsor Thanks
02:19:00  Announcements: Update on Cycle-Con 2022 in Dayton, Ohio Duration: 02:24:06

00:00:00  Intro
00:00:50  What’s on Today’s Show
00:02:45  Panel Introduction
00:05:30  Sponsor Introduction
00:08:00  Recumbent News with Honza Galla
00:14:15  George from Orlando-Building Coroplast Fairings for your Bent 
00:34:20  Russell Bridge & Barney Harle-”Team 77” Design/Build/Race a Bike for World Human Powered Speed Challenge
01:39:48  Nina Paley-Riding the gravel on Lightfoot Ranger bent  
01:47:07  Viewer Submission: Dennis Wells promotes trikes in Veteran’s Parade
01:48:47  Sponsor Thanks
01:51:10  Coming up next month
01:52:50  Goodbye to panel and crew

Battle Mountain Nevada's World Human Powered Speed Challenge attracts bike designers worldwide every year. These creative builder/racers bring their best...

00:00:00  Intro
00:00:50  What’s on Today’s Show
00:03:12  Panel Introduction
00:05:40  Sponsor Introduction
00:08:18  Recumbent News with Honza Galla
00:16:08  RCC Bought by WizWheelz-Marshall Randall Marketing Director  
00:34:00  Richard Myers-Long Life of Building & Racing Bents
01:18:00  Josef Janning-Italian Velomobile Tour with video by Christian
01:32:40  Sports Report-James Coxon World Record Holder interview w Denny
01:52:00  Sports Report-Larry Seidman talks about upcoming state Senior Games 2022
01:59:00  Sponsor Thanks
02:01:27  Coming up next month
02:18:05  Goodbye to panel and crew

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Caleb Cline was hurt leading his Army unit in a training exercise. We feel  privileged to sit down with him to talk about his long road back to mental and physical health. That road included riding his trike to 10 new world records last April. Next we check in with our old pal AD Carson, founder of Recycled Recumbents. AD tells us about his show room rehab projects, the state of 2 wheeled bents, advice to families for disposal of your bents from the estate and his latest tour. Then we move on to Tray Bourgoyne's workshop where he shows us h...

1) With the factory established and production team hired Francois Garneau shares the story of Velomtek. Production of this reasonably priced velomobile is underway in Quebec and plans are to expand sales to the USA and, eventually, Europe.

2) Tray Bourgoyne takes us step by step on his installation of a Tongsheng TSDZ2 electric assist motor on his HP Velotechnik Scorpion. If you have wondered about what is involved in such a DIY project your answers are in Tray's garage!

3) Remember that amazing Doug Davis velo chase down video we featured last month (https://youtu.be/LXitJ...

Table of Contents for this month’s video
00:00:00  Intro
00:01:45  What’s on Today’s Show
00:04:00  Panel Introduction
00:06:00  Sponsor Introduction
00:08:15  Recumbent News in 5 with Honza Galla
00:13:05  Saukki presents the Pros and Cons of being a Velonaut
00:25:00  Aleksey Ganshin (Velodreamer) fromUkraine and Jason Dubin-NAVRA’s new velo
00:42:15  Mike Lecka-Velotilt Update
00:52:53  Allert and Eva Jacobs from Velomobile.nl-A look at the design of the Snoek L
01:33:00  Ymte Sijbrandij from Intercity Bike-The new version of the DF-XL
01:44:48  Exclusive interview with Daniel Fenn on Alpha 9 design philosophy
01:55:40  Ben Goodall-Trisled Rotovelo 2 and new full suspension trik...

If you want to add an electric motor to your existing trike David Hall offers some compelling and inexpensive solutions. David is the founder of Eco Cycles in Nashville and shows us how you can install their motors, batteries and displays on any trike. Then we travel to France where the next World Human Powered Vehicle Championships this coming July. Marc Le Sourd is the race director for this event and he joins us with a look at all the fun details. Florida was the location for two big bent events last month. The Big Honking Trike Rally and...

We explore the exciting world of wind powered land racers with bent rider Mark Harris. He has raced his land boats for over 30 years and witnessed competitive speeds over 120 mph. Next we're joined by recumbent seat craftsman BJ Strass. He shows us the equipment and techniques he uses to repair and upgrade your old bent seats. Finally, professor Craig Cornelius returns to discuss how bents have been configured and designed in the past and where they may go in the future. Honza and Denny report the news and sports as always.

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Nicola dreamed of touring Africa since he was a little boy in Italy. In 2018 he began touring near the western coast on his wide tired AZUB trike and trailer. Along the way he met amazing and generous people who gave him food and shelter. Then in early 2019 he ignored the warnings of local officials and rode off on the road to Timbuktu. Then next thing he knew he was looking at automatic weapons pointed at his face. He was blindfolded and abducted via motorcycle. Thus began his nearly 2 year captivity ordeal. We learn about it all and find out...

Is it possible that you're illegally riding that Catrike, Terratrike. or even Cruzbike on the streets of America? It turns out to be a very difficult legal question fraught with insurance and financial implications. Doug Davis chats with legal experts Charlie Thomas, Steve Magas and Steven Hansen about laws excluding some 2, 3 or 4 wheeled bents from riding our roads. It's a real problem and makes touring a potential nightmare.  Next is a segment on the best approach to buying and selling a used bent. I talk to Chris Ferguson and Steve Wood who each moderate a popular Facebook classified group f...

We cover the launch of the production Podbike Frikar with our German reporter and velomobile expert Josef Janning. He takes a test ride and has an interview with founder Per Sorenson. Next we take a wider look at these "Velocar" type vehicles with professor Craig Cornelius including their history and future. Mathieu Aubel from HP Velotechnik reveals their new Hand Powered Trike Adapter and bookending all this is Honza Galla with the latest recumbent news and Denny Voorhees/Larry Seidman reporting on the latest competitive events in the bent world.

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Have you ever been rolling so fast on your bent that you imagined pulling back on the handlebars and taking to the skies? Today we talk about just that with our pal Barney Harle from the British Human Power (Flight) Club. He reports on the state of flying using only pedal power from his experience at the Icarus Cup event where competition pushes innovation of these flying machines.

Next we visit with mechanical engineer and author Steve Nurse in Australia. Steve has written a wonderful book called "Cycle Zoo" which is mostly about recumbents and why you...

We're excited to have Dr. Craig Cornelius with us to take a wider look at tilting trikes. We've had quite a few tilters on the webcast over the last few months so I've brought in an expert to share an overview/summary of this cutting edge engineering realm. Craig is the Principal Researcher at HPTS (Human Powered Transportation Systems) who has been involved in the design and development of prototype human-power assisted vehicles for commuting and recreation for over 40 years.
Our other segments this month include Honza Galla with the news, Peter Stull with his suggestions for the...

Greenspeed's Aero is one of the fastest trikes on the road. They also make the more sedate but ever so utilitarian Magnum. What if we raced these two trikes across Michigan and evened the odds by adding a Bosch motor to the Magnum? Meet Wizwheelz executives Marshall and Mark who conducted such a contest this month and hear their exciting stories of this adventure. 

Also showing up for this jam packed webcast we have Honza with the recumbent news, Jason Dubin with his project to build and race velomobiles with New York City youth and then Ben G...

Ron Thompson is a retired mechanical engineer. He's built a 2 wheeled bent he believes is the 4th major breakthrough in bicycle design. That's a lofty assessment but you owe it to yourself to hear him out. The ability to recruit supplemental hand power on a recumbent bike is the intriguing innovation he'll discuss with us today. 

The sale of Bacchetta Cycles was in the news since our last webcast. We have former CEO Mark Swanson and new owner Dana Lieberman with us for interviews. Along with the rest of the recumbent news is Honza Galla.

T...

Today we literally get into the weeds with our Italian bent builder Marco Ruga. He has created an amazing off road long wheel base recumbent and will show us how he did it and where he rides it. Then Englishman Alex du Pre (who is a naval engineer) reveals his first recumbent design. A tilting trike/velomobile made initially out of wood. We have two introductory reports: first from TerraTrike on their new GTS touring trike and then Jonathan Garcia is back with the brand new Metabike Mystique. Doug is returns with another gonzo bent road fix and we...

We all want to make sure our recumbent purchase transactions are transparent, honest and fair. We talk to Steve and Patti Erickson about their years long investigation into false prestige branding of recumbent trikes. Then Doug Davis shows us how to recognize "knock off" products that look just like the brands you know. Our panel then share their considerable experience with buying and selling bent with eyes wide open. Jonathan Garcia jumps in next with his first look at the ePhoenix 406 LWB from RANS that he helped design. We have two great LBR Review Team segments next. Tim Segard...

Jason Dubin has been hit by cars while riding his recumbent bikes and velomobiles in the streets of New York city many times. He joins us to share video and commentary of 3 of these horrifying collisions and talk about his personal safety. Then we widen the discussion with Steve Magas "Ohio's Bike Lawyer" and our panel to put bent safety into some context and search out the best way for us all to avoid becoming another sad roadside statistic. Honza will present the news, Denny is back with his sports report, and Nina Paley leads off our new Bent...

Among the very few prominent recumbent groups around the world precious few can boast of the long history of racing and designing bents as can the British Human Power Club. We'll chat with club officers Alan Goodman, Barney Harle and Chris Hamilton about their full racing seasons (including the World HPV Championships), member's unusual HPV builds and the early group history with founding member Dave Larrington. Also Dave Ashenbrener returns with an update on his "Lost Recumbent" AR-3 tilting trike which he has now produced and is available to purchase. Honza, Doug and Nina are back with their segments...

What're the latest developments in the Velomobile world? We span the globe to bring you the first velo dealer in China, a tandem Quest velo going into production in France, the latest on the purported fastest velo called the Snoek, updates to the Milan, the DF4, in Romania, the WAW from Czechia and the Rotovelo from Australia. In addition we bring you the news with Honza and Jonathan Garcia has some exciting info from RANS, Performer USA and Metabike. We have a look at the new Cyclesight rear viewing safety system, Doug does a new "Bent Road Repairs" segment...

From the Serbian headquarters of renowned frame builder Robert Stein we delve into the unusual concepts and designs he's been working on for 20 years at Steintrikes. Janet Buckwalter will tell us about bringing these trikes to America as she begins her new exclusive USA distributorship. Honza has "Bent News in 5", Doug starts his new "Fix it on the Road" segment and Nina returns with more on the spot drawings and the "Bicycle of the Future" segment. Finally, we have a tribute to our dear friend Jacquie Schlitter who we recently lost to cancer.

00:00:00  Intro
00:00:58  What’s on T...

Creating a tilting trike in the early 1980s was anything but mainstream. Our guest for this podcast is David Ashenbrener. David will tell us his tale of designing such a recumbent and getting noticed enough to be published in Popular Science magazine in 1982. From there we talk about how he mysteriously lost track of his invention and its design for almost 40 years before resurrecting it this year with hopes of bringing it to market. 

Honza Galla will join us with the latest Recumbent News and Nina Paley our resident "Retro-Futurist" begins her new segment looking back at t...

Make your bent all that it can be by adding just the right accessories. Our expert panel  will share their advice on dozens of possible add ons to make your bike, trike or velomobile faster, safer, more comfy or just more fun. We'll tell you about our favorite recumbent online resources and events and then invite the manufacturers to make their 5 minute pitches to you about their best accessory products. 
Our panel for this last BentCon 2020 webcast include: Peter Stull, Larry Varney, Doug Davis and Sylvia Halpern. 
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Nina Paley is a car-free recumbent riding self described animator, director, artist and scapegoat. She is a woman who doesn't fit neatly into any of our preconceived categories and that is exactly what makes her so interesting. We talk to her about her distaste for automobiles, her large collection of recumbent bikes (including a velomobile), why she rides, her bike mechanical abilities, a bike exorcism and the possibility of her creating an animated history of golden age of recumbents. I might even get her to sing a song or recite some poetry she's written! I promise that you'll never...

Pedaling a futuristic looking bicycle down a remote stretch of state highway in 2016 Todd Reichert whooshed his way into the record books. After 5 miles of vein popping effort he crossed the finish line in Battle Mountain, Nevada at 89.59 mph creating a new world human powered mark that stands to this day. 

As with so many other events the World Human Powered Speed Challenge (WHPSC) which is held in the desert each year was sadly cancelled for 2020. In it's place a group of racers and officials has offered a week long virtual event that anyone can participate in. T...

Three compelling stories from bent riders fighting back hard to restore their mobility and health on a trike. These guys battle the ravages of diabetes, stroke, cancer and chronic pain all with the kind of determination and perseverance that will inspire you. We are joined by Greg Garduno, Sean Wendland and David Goldman who each share the pertinent details so you can take advantage of their hard earned experience to overcome your own health hurdles and move closer to a healthy lifestyle.

Of course we have Honza Galla with the news, Denny with the Sports and Larry...

Do you have the need for speed? Want to combine that with hours of laidback comfort? On this latest BentCon 2020 video (our virtual visit to a recumbent convention) we focus on how to evaluate bents for dropping roadies on your daily ride or leading the pack at any bike competition you enter.

Segment 1 consists of an independent panel of experts who will guide you step by step through the buying process. Our panel includes bent shop owners Doug Davis-Bicycle Evolution, Peter Stull-Bicycle Man, Dana Lieberman-Bent Up Cycles and Jonathan Garcia-Rose City Recumbents all well versed in the...

Bike touring in comfort is where recumbents excel. But how do you go about finding just the right bike, trike or velomobile for your road trip? In our second episode of BentCon 2020 we arm you with everything you'll need to make an informed decision. Set up as a virtual visit to a recumbent convention we attempt to bring you the total experience of a Spezi or Recumbent Cycle-Con in this online virtual experience.

Segment 1 consists of an independent panel of experts who will guide you step by step through the buying process. Our panel includes bent shop...

Choosing your very first recumbent bike, trike or velomobile? We will arm you with all the knowledge you need to succeed at purchasing your initial laidback transportation. Set up as a virtual visit to a recumbent convention we attempt to bring you the total experience of a Spezi or Recumbent Cycle-Con though we won't have the test track. 

If you wish to watch this episode on YouTube here is the link: https://youtu.be/09OGSvZtFEU

In Segment 1 we begin with our "Newbie Seminar". This consists of an independent panel of experts who will guide you s...

Per Hassel Sorenson is an engineer from Norway who has designed an environmentally friendly velomobile meant for mass production. I first sat in a Podbike at Spezi in 2017 and was taken by its sleek, futuristic design and very practical features. Per joins us today to talk about the Podbike’s past, present and future.

We are excited to introduce Honza Galla as our news director. Honza is the editor of Recumbent.News and will be creating a news segment for each of our webcasts starting today. Welcome Honza!

Larry Varney joins us with his latest re...

Widely regarded as the leader in recumbent trike sales TerraTrike continues to innovate and expand their offerings. Marshall Randall the director of Sales and Marketing gives us the detailed view of the entire lineup for 2021 including specs, pricing and a look at what's coming up.

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The entire recumbent triking community was saddened by the death of Greenspeed founder Ian Sims. Fortunately, WizWheelz purchased the Australian company and has begun the process of updating the line and expanding the marketing of these great three wheelers. National marketing manager Torey Groen takes us through the remarkable lineup of trikes including specs, pricing and a glimpse into the future of Greenspeed. 

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Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's Kevin Belanger joins us to talk about the "Great American Rail-Trail" and how bent riders can benefit from this exciting new national venture. Mel Birge from Recumbentpdx will tell us all about the Pacific Trike Fest coming up in Portland this October. John Williams brings us his experience riding to and participating in the World HPV Championships last month in Nandex, France. Finally we'll check in with Jon Hodkin AKA InnerTuba as he finishes up his month long tour of Iowa which included RAGBRAI. Some exciting news from TerraTrike and viewer submissions round out our very full...

Our Team has returned from Recumbent Cycle-Con 2019 and our heads are filled with thoughts of all the amazing bikes, trikes and accessories that filled the Nashville venue. Our all star panel includes Sylvia Halpern, Bryan Ball, Larry Varney, Lars Komm, Peter Stull, Tray Bourgoyne, and Denny Voorhees. Watch as we discuss our impressions of this iconic show and its wares.

**Watch our Full Coverage 2019 Recumbent Cycle-Con Video here: https://youtu.be/DwgB75fasaQ

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Mike Lecka is a serious velomobile designer from North Carolina. He tells me he's always been so hard working that he "quit school because of recess"! Check him out yourself as we chat about his latest project called Velotilt-an original Dutch designed tilting velomobile which he has taken over from designer and founder Wim Schermer and plans to develop commercially. We begin with a presentation by Wim on the original project concept from Holland and then Mike will take us through his many upgrades and design updates he has in mind. Helping us with this discussion will be Recumbents...

We kick off with Joerg Gebers who was riding his Quattrovelo (we believe it's the 1st velo in China) in Shanghai. He was stopped by police, ticketed, fined and had his velomobile confiscated. Next up is Fabrizio Cross the builder of the Electrom. This recumbent bike has a creative new e-assist motor design and lots of cargo space with all weather protection for the rider. Returning to the show after a 5 year hiatus is our pal Shelly Mossey. He now owns Rolling Orange bike tours and recumbent shop in New York City. Finally, we welcome recumbent advocate extraordinaire Jane...

Joerg Gebers is a German working and living in Shanghai, China. He imported what he reckons are the first two velomobiles into China in hopes of commuting to work and eventually riding them through Asia and back to Europe. After a few weeks of tooling around Shanghai streets without incident in his Quattrovelo he was suddenly stopped by police and had his cherished velomobile impounded. He believes it is all a misunderstanding but the story has blossomed online and there are many pictures and videos of him taken by Chinese bystanders. In this video Doug Davis and Gary Solomon...

During the 1990s the west coast was a hotbed of recumbent biking innovation. A dedicated group of bent builders and riders began exchanging ideas and ride time and in Oregon the OHPV sprang to life. Lonnie Morse has been a key part of the group for most of the ensuing years and joins us to share some details and lots of great stories. Next we welcome back Italian bent enthusiast Marco Ruga. He wowed our viewers a few weeks ago with the amazing laidback creations he builds and the comments lit up demanding he come back to share more...

A Dutchman making world class velomobiles in Romania? Meet Jan Wijnen the improbable owner of Velomobile World. Jan tells us about how he ended up manufacturing the velos of prominent Dutch and German makers by building a factory in this central European country. We chat about his production process and his big plans for the future of Velomobiles around the world. 

Next we continue our important discussion of where to compete with your bent. Greg Eberdt of the Arkansas Senior Olympics and Andy Hollinger of the Texas State Road Championships join Doug Davis to talk about their r...

It's always a treat to chat with the legendary Maria Parker CEO of recumbent bike maker Cruzbike. In this Bent Expo video we learn all about their entire stable of capable, comfortable and crazy fast front wheel drive bikes. You'll see the S40, Q45, record winning Vendetta V20 and their new electric entry the T50e. We finish up with Maria talking about Cruzbike's 100 mile trial program and their industry leading customer service.

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HPRA is an organization for pedal powered competition across the USA. We are joined by Mike Mowett and Warren Beauchamp who will fill us in on the details.
Next, we have Mark Egeland from Catrike who brings us up to date on all the latest from this American built trike manufacturer. He sticks around for an AMA session to answer any and all your questions. Finally, Larry Varney returns to talk about his review of Recycled Recumbent's Mach 2 long wheel base bike.

00:00:00  Intro
00:00:45  What’s on Today’s Show
00:01:45  Panel Introduction
00:04:50  Sponsor Introduction
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John Williams is the friendly and enthusiastic face of the velomobile world. His "Velo-ads" YouTube channel and now London based velomobile dealership have put him and his business partner Neil Hood front and center in this world of fully faired human powered vehicles. John and Neil join us on this webcast to share the Velo-ads story and to talk about their ideas for choosing, riding and even racing these sleek bullet shaped wonders. Also on today's show is Ron Blackman from Easy Street Recumbents in Texas. Ron will tell us about their 2 retail bent shops and entertain your questions...

It's been 20 years since Aleš Zemánek founded AZUB in the Czech Republic. Today they are a very highly regarded recumbent bike and trike manufacture boasting many finely crafted products. Marketing manager Honza Galla joins us in this video and it quickly becomes apparent that this entire organization was built around you the recumbent rider.

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Premium recumbent trike manufacturer ICE Trikes creates their high quality three wheelers in Cornwall, England. In this interview Patrick Selwood joins me to lay out the details of their wide ranging line of trikes ranging from off road to touring to record winning racers. 

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Jascha Beuttler loves to tour Europe in his Velomobile. Today he share's his adventure starting in his native Germany then traveling to Poland and Belarus. In Belarus he found himself required to ride his Quest on the sidewalk which led to an interesting interaction with local authorities. Next up we go to Mumbai, India where we meet Rajkumar Khatri. He and his family have created a unique motorized recumbent trike out of discarded upright frames. Needless to say they and their trike have become a sensation in India. Lastly, we catch up with Tom Flohr in Lincolnton, NC. Tom...

Velomobiles are fast, beautiful and possibly the future of human powered transportation. There is one person in the world I'm aware of who has owned and ridden more brands, more models and more configurations of these sleek wonders than anyone not actually owning a bike shop! Today we wade deep into the mysterious world of evaluating velomobiles with world renown German velomobile visionary Josef Janning. Joining us will be our own Doug Davis the guy equally knowledgeable but having the unfair (not unfaired) advantage of actually owning a bike shop.

You can watch the YouTube video of...

We have five incredibly talented bent riders with performances of original music they put together just for this special webcast. From the U.K. we have Kevin Brown singing with his blues guitar and Jon Hodkin playing his tuba with piano accompaniment. From New Zealand we have our Swiss pal David Brandenberger playing some heavier rock and then Jonathan Garcia is on from Portland belting out a couple of sentimental tunes with his acoustic guitar. Finally, our own Tim Cain joins us from Des Moines with a sweet video he created with his rock band. I recommend headphones if...

After catching up on this week's news we have Jon Hodkin on to play his tuba and share his plans for his next American Tour. Next up is Denez Bodennec who joins us from France with his new build of a side by side tandem velomobile called the Duo Quest. Then we greet Patrick Selwood from ICE Trikes who talks to us about the Cornwall based company's current status while participating in our AMA (ask me anything) session. Finally, Larry Varney reviews the Lumos helmet for those looking for the latest high tech noggin protection. Our illustrious panel is...

Dana Lieberman owns Bent Up Cycles in Los Angeles. Tim Woudenberg and his partner Lucy wanted a tandem to continue a world tour in Asia. We chat with them both to learn about the ultimate in customer service as Dana delivers and sets up an AZUB tandem in Bangkok, Thailand.

Alve Henricson is a Swedish adventurer who had to give up mountain climbing and upright riding because of arthritis. Unwilling to give up his adventuring he searched for a way to maintain his lifestyle and found the perfect solution two years ago in a QuattroVelo velomobile. Wanting...

Electric assist has by all accounts been responsible for the recent resurgent bent industry sales. E-assisted bikes and trikes are now everywhere and having an impact on streets and trails worldwide. In an effort to control this new type of bicycle legislators and regulators are grappling with ways to balance safety and use.

On this webcast we try to shed some light on the laws and regulations you might encounter wherever you ride your bent. Steve Magas, "Ohio's Bike Lawyer", is back with us along with  Bicycle Evolution owner Doug Davis to help guide us through this t...

Greenspeed Trikes is now a part of the WizWheelz (TerraTrike) family. We head down to Melbourne, Australia to join Marshall and Mark as they survey what it is that Wizwheelz has purchased and try to learn everything they can of the legacy left behind by Ian Sims. We learn about how and when WizWheelz plans to market Greenspeed trikes and if any changes are to be made to the line. There is an encounter with Ben Goodall of Trisled and we get to meet Ian's wife Ching and the current Greenspeed team of Steven and Wendy. Then we are...

If there is one man identified with creating the modern day recumbent three wheeler and bringing a viable product to market that would have to be Ian Sims. Sadly we lost Ian to cancer last year. Listen to the fascinating story of how Ian turned his job loss into a personal period of creativity and opportunity in this 2016 interview done live from Australia.

You can watch this entire episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/lNjJHNz3ssI

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"I go faster than Chris Froome." So says 75 year old Mike Burrows in this interview. No one has had more influence on modern bicycle design in the last 40 years than Mike. His LotusSport Pursuit bike design was ridden by Chris Boardman to win in the 1992 Olympics and his Windcheetah trike broke new ground in the laidback world long ago. The World Human Powered Vehicle Championships held in 2018 in Kent, England were billed as a celebration of Mike's 75th birthday. Mike raced one of his low racers and was honored with a large display of his past creations which were...

John Morciglio has been designing and building laidback performance bikes for many years. His clients ride and race these machines all over the world and most who see his creations also consider them works of art. John joins us to talk about what goes into making  his carbon fiber wonders and how he manages to make each one uniquely suited to its rider. We also have Doug Davis on for an important announcement on Bicycle Evolution's affordable new $999 trike. Tim Cain shares his latest upgrade to the Ti-Glide which he says boosts its speed dramatically. Denny delivers the sports t...

He left his ordinary suburban work-a-day existence in 1983 to create a new life on the road. Riding what was then a rare type of vehicle known as a recumbent bike he traveled 17,000 miles over the next 10 years. But this was no ordinary recumbent bike. Join us as we meet Steve Roberts and find out why he was known as the "High Tech Nomad" and what he is up to today.

You can watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/j21mc5MWFIU

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Pete Colan has been designing and manufacturing bike trainers for 25 years and trike specific rollers for over 12 years. They are made at his northern Indiana shop with parts almost all locally sourced. We' talk to Pete about how trainers can be an important part of keeping you riding when the conditions outside are less than ideal. We also have the inspiring William Galloway who has been criss crossing the USA for the last couple of years on his trike showing how folks with brain injuries can lead an interesting and adventurous life.

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"But is it safe for a woman to tour by herself around the world these days?" This is probably the most common question asked of our guest Sylvia Halpern. Check out this wide ranging interview with one of the most widely known and admired trike tourists in the world. We talk about the places she's been and her recommendations for gear to plan your next epic adventure on a trike.

00:02:00  What’s on Today’s Show?
00:02:45  Introduce TerraCycle as our sponsors
00:03:10  Panel Introduction
00:05:10  Sylvia Halpern Introduction
00:06:00  Interview with Sylvia
00:47:25  Questions for Sylvia from Live...

Full YouTube video webcast found here: https://youtu.be/b1TWbbbBCyY
It's no secret that 2 wheel recumbent bikes have now lost their dominant position in sales to trikes. In this report we take a close look at the history of this transition, the current state of the market and how our illustrious panel of international industry leaders plan to carve out a successful future for 2 wheeled recumbents. We are joined by Jim and Maria Parker from Cruzbike, Mike Wilkerson from Bacchetta, Jonathan Garcia from RANS, John Schlitter from Schlitter Bikes and Honza Galla from AZUB. 

00:01:00  What’s on...

In 2013 Maria Leijerstam rode her "Polar Cycle", an ICE Trikes custom built recumbent  fat trike, from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole in 10 days. Two Guinness world records and a fabulous book detailing her account followed. On this webcast we'll ask her about her amazing feat and the  trike that made it all possible. Chris Parker from ICE Trikes comes on to fill in his part of the story. Also, Steve Wood from San Antonio Bike Tours joins us to talk about personally leading tours of the city he loves while riding a velomobile and Peter Stull gi...