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Team Velokraft Website
Tim Woudenberg The Team Velokraft RAAM 2007 Website is now up-and-running. Team Velokraft Website
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Chris Leck of Chris Leck Photography has posted his photos from the 2007 Human Power Challenge here.
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‘Bentrider RAAM Article
The Race Across America starts June 10. ‘Bentrider Online just posted a nice pre-race article here. It should be another interesting year with a pair of two-man recumbent teams competing against one...
View ArticleTeam Velokraft 2007 RAAM Pre-Race Video
Tim & Glenn Tim shake down their NoComs near Bent Up Cycles in Van Nuys, CA, three days prior to RAAM. Visit the Team Velokraft blog at www.teamvelokraft.blogspot.com A higher-quality version of...
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RAAM 2007
Glenn Druery on his Velokraft NoCom Photo © Team Velokraft The Race Across America (RAAM) officially starts today. The solo riders roll out this morning, the teams depart on Tuesday the 12th. Of...
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RAAM Update
Photo © Team Velokraft With less than 200 miles to go, Team Bacchetta is running approximately 2 time stations ahead of Team Velokraft. Barring something unforseen, it looks like Bacchetta has it...
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Bacchetta Wins RAAM
Photo © Kayvon Beykpour Team Bacchetta/Military Families Foundation has won the RAAM 2007 two-person recumbent category, completing the 3042.8 mile course in 7 days 00:26. Their average speed over the...
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Pinto RAAM Report
Photo © Kayvon Beykpour Bacchetta’s Rich Pinto has posted a detailed report on the Bacchetta website outlining their race-winning 2007 RAAM effort.
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2007 Furnace Creek 508
John FootePhoto © Bacchetta The race field for the 2007 Furnace Creek 508 is now full. This year’s race will include more recumbents than in any year past, with four 2-person teams and three solo...
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Paris-Brest-Paris
The Paris-Brest-Paris 1200k Randonée (PBP) takes place next week, August 20-24. First run in 1891 and currently run every four years, PBP is one of the most prestigious endurance events in the world....
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Sean Costin Breaks Hour Record
On September 1, at the ADT Center indoor wood velodrome in Carson, CA., Sean Costin (aboard his fixed gear NoCom) broke his own hour world record for unfaired recumbents with a total distance of 29.7...
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While we’re looking at videos of Rans LWBs, here’s a video of Karta Atehortua on a V3 Ti. Karta will be competing in this year’s Furnace Creek 508 on this bike. See Spin Cyclz for more details. Video...
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The Long Haul – RAO Report
Photo © Michael Wolfe Michael Wolfe’s (Team Bacchetta) detailed Race Across Oregon race report is now posted on The Long Haul.
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Recumbents Dominate TTTT
The Reclining Flyers – Photo © Bud Baker This weekend at The Texas Time Trials the Reclining Flyers set a new record in the 500-mile 4-person recumbent team category with a time of 25.5 hours. They...
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Battle Mountain – WHPSC 2007
The World Human Powered Speed Challenge takes place this week at Battle Mountain, Nevada. Once again, some of the world’s fastest HPVs and their pilots have gathered outside of Battle Mountain to race...
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WHPSC Venue
Todd Marley, Lonnie Morris, and Sam Whittingham were recently in Harney County, Oregon scouting a possible future venue for the World Human Powered Speed Challenge. They tested a 5.5 mile stretch of...
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Furnace Creek 508
Results for the Furnace Creek 508 are starting to come in. At the fifth time station (382.95 miles) Tim Woudenberg (Werewolf) was leading Karta Atehortua (Godzilla) in the solo recumbent race by...
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RANS Enters RAAM 2008
RANS has entered a 4-man team in the 2008 Race Across America. The team members are Glenn Druery, Tim Woudenberg, Karta Purkh Atehortua and Peter Noris. Look for an update soon on the RANS website.
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Bike Sebring 12/24 Hours
Photo © Rod Kuehl The Bike Sebring 12/24 Hours ultra event and RAAM qualifier took place this weekend in Sebring, FL. Being a “home” race for Team Bacchetta, the field was literally packed with...
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Glenn Druery Postpones RAAM Bid
Glenn Druery, RAAM veteran and recumbent ultra racer extraordinaire, has decided to sit out this year’s Race Across America due to injuries sustained in the 2007 event. As a result of his unfortunate...
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Ultracyclist of Distinction Award
Larry Graham, Photo © Rod Kuehl The Ultra Marathon Cycling Association (UMCA) has initiated a new Ultracyclist of Distinction award to honor outstanding ultra cyclists. A total of 21 riders...
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BHPC to Host World Championships
Photo © Richard Ballentine The British Human Power Club is hosting the IHPVA World Championships this year. From the BHPC: Please find enclosed the press release [PDF] for the IHPVA World...
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That would be 14,424 miles from Olds, Alberta…
Almost a world away … in Tasmania, Australia, they are “at it” in recumbents. It only reinforces our claim that recumbents are a world-wide phenomenon. In the article below, which is taken from the...
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And they say WE’RE a little different… I just couldn’t resist…
View ArticleRAAM – Team Can Be Venture – Handcyclists
You thought I was a bit taken with handcycles before this…! Now have a look at this little 0:48 clip showing the machines they rode on this trip… And then go get all the details on their blog site....
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“Invasion of the speedy cyclists”
I always get a kick out of “first reactions” to recumbents. There is no way to know if Catherine Minolli, writer for the “Tri-City Times Online” had ever encountered them before; maybe not gauging...
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New Record – pending certification
Amazing ride (241 miles in 12 hours amazing)… amazing lady… amazing read. Get it all in her own words at Cruzbike.com Congratulations to Maria, Jim et al… Jim Artis over at Cycling Experiences put a...
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Video: Barbara Buatois World One-hour Record (Tentative)
This video of the event is just in. See details in French at Velorizontal.bbfr.net → 46.376 kilometers in one hour… incroyable!
View ArticleVideo: 2009 Australian International Pedal Prix – Round 3
Daniel Runyan, a Facebook contact, posted this great video by “The Aussie Cyclist” of the recent Australian International Pedal Prix – Sturt Reserve along the Murray River, S.A. 24hr Endurance event...
View ArticleThe Haze
That strange pink testosterone-driven haze (that used to form over my field of vision when I got into a competitive situation) has pretty much dissipated, but… I am sure if I got anywhere near a...
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