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recumbentblog.com - 7 hours ago
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David Hembrow posts in his “A view from
the cycle path…” blog “The Netherlands is soon to
be the first place in Europe to tax people’s use of cars rather than ownership.” Later in the article he notes “The scheme, called the ...
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“Paying to use cars, not to own them”
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recumbentblog.com - 16 hours ago
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The Sunday tradition continues — a few items
that caught our eye this week… Bubble and Squeak
– an Update by Miles Kingsbury Miles Kingsbury is a masterful fabricator and documents his projects beautifully. See his latest “Bubble and Squeak” update at ...
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Et Cetera 3
recumbentblog.com - 31 hours ago
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“Greg” is of course Greg Kolodziejzyk and he
is continuing his progress toward the scheduled solo journey
in a custom-made state-of-the-art human-powered boat 3,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean, from Victoria, Canada to Hawaii. The world-record attempt will be in June, ...
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More “Adventures of Greg” – Sea Trials
recumbentblog.com - 36 hours ago
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Travis Prebble had another REALLY good idea; the
website created from it is Recumbent TV ! You
probably know Travis from his recently launched Recumbent Journal and/or his connections as webmaster at RBR (Recumbent Bike Riders) The site will offer a wide assortment of videos on ...
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Recumbent TV
recumbentblog.com - 40 hours ago
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I believe the hatchback car they retrieved their
Pino from is a Peugeot 206. I also suspect
there are more than a few tandem bikes that CAN’T be stowed in the back of a 206. The process isn’t extraordinarily simple (I’d want to carry a pair of gloves to re-seat the ...
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Hase Bikes – Build your Pino in less than 4 minutes.
recumbentblog.com - 2 days ago
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Back when I was growing up, we lived
in a rural area. There was a very definite
but completely unwritten Code of Conduct that folks observed… you didn’t learn it in school or from any book, you just absorbed it osmotically from the people around you. It was considered important ...
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“Leave a gate the way you found it.”
recumbentblog.com - 2 days ago
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Tough love…love you to register your bike, stay
off the sidewalk, lose the headphones and check your
brakes! The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia reports in an article titled “City Council to Propose Mandatory Registration, Brakeless Bike Confiscation.” “Two ...
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The City of Brotherly Love…
recumbentblog.com - 3 days ago
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This is the Rocket – A lean steer
delta trike human powered hot rod by Greg Kolodziejzyk,
and it actually dates back to March of 2006. Read all about it (particularly the February and March entries of 2006) at AdventuresofGreg.com → The marriage of lean-steer and the ...
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“The Rocket Lean-steer Velomobile”
recumbentblog.com - 3 days ago
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They know a lot of things in Australia…
they especially know how to get youth engaged in
Human Powered Vehicles, and the know how to put on a major event. Maryborough in the state of Victoria benefits significantly from this event. Case in point, the RACV (Royal Automobile club of ...
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RACV Energy Breakthrough – Maryborough, Victoria, Australia
recumbentblog.com - 4 days ago
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This is a Argentinian “Pardo”…an abbreviation of the
word guepardo (which is cheetah in Spanish). Given the
way it is pedalled (rather more like rowed) in an inverted recumbent position, I’m thinking this is another niche within a niche product. Confused… ...
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The “Pardo”…
recumbentblog.com - 4 days ago
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We got a quick email from KRASH at
VeloKit: “Just a quick note, thought you might get
a kick out of my latest creation. It’s the first tandem velobody that is light weight and also removable. Here’s a couple specs. 12′ long 28″ wide 48″ hgh ...
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Tandem VeloKit
recumbentblog.com - 4 days ago
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I understand 1,500 lumens. That is a stunningly
powerful headlight. And I understand that LEDs are the
new king of the mountain and seven (7 Seoul P4 LEDs) of them is a dazzling array. And I understand that it comes fully accessorized, light weight and delivers an amazingly broad shotgun ...
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Now, can someone shed some light on the price…
recumbentblog.com - 5 days ago
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Per the November 14th, Richmond Virginia Craigslist Bicycle
For Sale section: “This bike cost over a $1,000.00
Up for sale is an odd incumbent style bike. This bike is in good condition and is fun to ride. It actually is very fast once you get going. This medium bike is great ...
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Incumbent… recumbent… whatever! It is a row-bike…
recumbentblog.com - 5 days ago
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David Hembrow has a way with a video
camera… and with catchy musical accompaniment! David has written
a post “Stopping ban by schools” on his blog “ A View from the cycle path ” about the ban which has begun in part of Holland (a may well spread more widely ...
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When you can’t take your kids to school in the car…
recumbentblog.com - 6 days ago
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Oh, this is too cool to a half-frozen
(it’s only November) Canadian who is very soon going
to be completely starved for bike riding that doesn’t involve studded tires and a toque! Bike trainers of all sorts are available for recumbents and tadpole trikes. Check. An Arduino ...
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Stationary Cycling through Google Street View
