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HPV NEWS Official Newsletter of the
International Human Powered Vehicle Association
November
INDEX
0001 MASTHEAD
0002 PRESIDENT'S CORNER
0003 FROM REPHPV: 20TH ANNUAL IHPSC UPDATE
0004 FOR YOUR INFORMATION
0005 THE COLORADO SPEED CHALLENGE
0006 19TH IHPSC PRACTICAL VEHICLE COMPETITION
0007 FROM THE EDITORS
0008 CALENDAR
0009 READER'S FORUM
0010 CLASSIFIED ADS
0011 MEMBERSHIP
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0001
The IHPVA is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting
improvement, innovation and creativity in the design and development
of human powered vehicles.
International President
Paul MacCready
President
Marti Daily
Board of Directors
Allan Abbott,
Marti Daily,
Peter Ernst,
Gaylord Hill,
Dave Kennedy,
Gardner Martin,
Dennis Taves,
David Gordon Wilson,
Chet Kyle
Corporate Secretary
Adam Englund
Treasurers
Joe Brooks and Tess Machlan
Appointed Vice Presidents
AIR - Chris Roper
ALL TERRAIN -Matteo Martignoni
LAND - Stephen Delaire
HYBRID POWER - Theodor Schmidt
WATER - Doug Milliken
IHPVA
P.O. Box 51255
Indianapolis, IN 46251 USA
Telephone & Fax 317 - 876 - 9478
Managing Editor
Leonard Brunkalla
Associate Editors
Bill Gaines (For Your Information),
Marti Daily (President's Corner),
Nancy Sanford (Advertising),
Andrew Letton (Calendar).
HPV News, a publication for human powered vehicle enthusiasts (ISSN
0898-6894 is distributed to members of the International Human Powered
Vehical Association, 1993, International Human Powered Vehicle
Association, Incorporated. All rights reserved. HPV News is published
12 times a year by the International Human Powered Vehicle
Association, P.O. Box 51255 Indianapolis, IN 46251 USA. Membership:
U.S., Canada, Mexico, $25; all other countries, $30 (U.S. funds
only). Material in this publication must not be stored in or
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Box 51255 Indianapolis, IN 46251 USA.
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0002
President's Corner by Marti Daily
It seemed like such a good idea at the time! With interest rates at
an all-time low, and space in my one-bedroom condominium at a
premium, and a larger unit available just down the street, late last
spring I put my condo on the market. IHPVA archives and files had
spilled into every aspect of my being, and the thought of having a
bit more room to spread out into seemed like just the ticket. Of
course, it never turns out to be that easy. Not only did IHPVA stuff
sprout up in every corner, but my own stuff seemed to spill out
everywhere, so just trying to get the place cleaned out enough that
prospective buyers might be interested was the first challenge. A
storage shed seemed to solve that problem, but juggling packing
chores with the end of school, and trying to keep up with IHPVA mail,
etc. as well, put me in a game of catch-up that, as it turned out,
would last all summer. To make a long story not quite so long, my
condo did finally sell, but not in time to snag the larger unit down
the street. And not in time to get all the moving chores done over
the summer, before school started again. In fact, I'm STILL
unpacking, trying to figure out where everything will fit, and the
only saving grace is that I have a full-size garage in which boxes
can be stacked until I do have time tackle them.
Soooooooo if you've been wondering why I'm tardier than usual in
responding to your notes, phone calls, or faxes, please be patient.
I've cut out all travel (well, almost all) over long weekends this
fall in the hopes of someday figuring out what normalcy will be, and
hope to reach that stage of caught up sometime in the near future.
And meanwhile, if you happen to be passing through Indianapolis, give
me a call and you can take a turn at opening the mail or answering
the phone! With a little luck, the sofa in the living room will even
be available for stopovers. (Both my home phone and the IHPVA phone
numbers remain unchanged.)
Although I've had remarkable good fortune in recruting volunteers for
many of the day-to-day tasks needed to keep the IHPVA running, a
couple of one-shot jobs are beginning to crop up that require
attention sometime very soon. We need to publish a new catalog and
order form, and I'd love to NOT spend my Christmas vacation doing the
roster, as I was supposed to have done last year. If you have desktop
publishing skills and some spare time, please give me a call and
let's discuss how you can help. I do have the existing publications
on Macintosh disk somewhere!
The 1994 Cycle and Recycle calendars are now in (see the ad
elsewhere) in this issue. I was also able to locate a few copies of
Roger Yepsen's book, Human Power, reviewed in Human Power vol. 10 #1,
which are available for resale at $10 for non-members, $8 for
members, while they last. Copies of the proceedings from the HPV
Symposium at the University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands are now
available to members in North America from the IHPVA: cost is $15
including shipping. (Members outside North America should contact the
University directly to obtain a copy.) Text is in English, and photos
of each vehicle entered in the 365 days competition is included.
Write or fax the IHPVA to order any of these items.
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0003
"FROM REHPV: 20th ANNUAL IHPSC UPDATE"
The members of Redwood Empire HPV (REHPV) invite you to our city
(Eureka) for the 20th annual International Human Powered Speed
Championships (IHPSC) in 1994. We have much to offer for all who
attend. Eureka is a small city located on the coast of California 281
miles north of San Francisco on Hwy. 101. The city is located on
Humboldt Bay, the largest port between San Francisco and Portland,
Oregon. Our climate is temperate and mild.
We plan to have all venues for the competition within a short
distance of each other in Eureka. We would like to support human
power by making all sites easily accessible by HPVs. Our plan is to
hold the event from the 1st through 7th of August, 1994, offering
five full days of events, allowing all who participate to enjoy not
only those events in which they are competing, but also to be
spectators at the other venues.
The tentative schedule includes:
Land:
200 Meter Sprints
1 Hr. Time Trial
Road Races
10 mile Speed Segregated Slalom
1/4 Mile Drags
Practical Vehicles
All Terrain Vehicles
Water:
100 Meter Flying Start
Slalom Races
100 Meter Drags
Call us if you have suggestions regarding any event and/or if you
would like to volunteer to help. We will kickoff the week with a 24
hour distance event on Monday, August 1. The event will be run on a
3/8 mile paved and lighted oval auto race course. Anyone interested
in participating in, or helping with this event, should contact Al or
Alice Krause, at the number listed below.
REHPV Current Contact: Al and Alice Krause 707/443-8261.
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0004
FYI-For Your Information by Bill Gaines
On the Speed scene:
10 new records set at the Speed Week in Colorado. Hats off to Andrew
Letton, George and Carol Leone (especially Carol) for all of their
effort to make this event a complete success. While nobody broke the
68.7mph Cheetah record, six went over 60 in the 200m, and records
were set/broken in the 1mi, 1km, 500m distances in the men's single,
women's single and men's multiple categories. Doug Wright also broke
his arm's only record in the 200m
The new records are:
Record mph kph m/w Rider Designer Vehicle
200 m (arms) 32.41 52.16 m Doug.Wright G. Georgiev Varna Arm
200m multiple 65.03 104.65 m Markam/Whittingham Gardner Martin Double Gold Rush
500 meter 60.45 97.29 m Mike Prime UC Berkeley Z Prime
45.50 73.22 w Shari Rodgers-Kain TRA Blue Sand Worm
500m multiple 64.64 104.02 m Markam/Whittingham Gardner Martin Double Gold Rush
1 kilometer 60.36 97.14 m Markam Gardner Martin Gold Rush
45.32 72.93 w Shari Rodgers-Kain TRA Blue Sand Worm
1km multiple 63.73 102.56 m Markam/Whittingham Gardner Martin Double Gold Rush
1 mile 59.24 95.34 m Paul Buttermer G. Georgiev Varna
44.67 71.88 w Shari Rodgers-Kain TRA Blue Sand Worm
On the helmet scene:
California, USA Now has a helmet law for those cyclists under the age
of 18. Some school districts had already required that students wear
a helmet when riding to school.
Interbike Las Vegas:
This dealer/Industry trade show has grown to be one of the largest
show of it's kind. Thanks to Hal Shafer and all the IHPVA volunteers
that manned IHPVA booth, and the folks at Linear for donating a
Windchetah and a Kingcycle to show the dealers what recumbents are
about. The question asked by dealers was not "I can't sell those" or
"My customers don't want recumbents", but "I'm not a recumbent
dealer, I have a (put here any 3 or 4 recumbent names) in stock and
would like to fillout my line". keep your eye on your local shop, he
may surprise you. On the products of intrest at the show - 3 gas & 2
electric power assist units, 2 quick release skewer locks, 4
recumbent manufacturers. Among the established manufacturers,
Cannondale displayed a long wheel base machine that was built by one
of their designers, Shamano products include brake handles that index
shift and brake with one handle, and is incorporating the gear
position indicators on the balance of thei r mountain bike line.
Next month I will describe in more detail some of these and other
products.
On the Electric scene:
Katy Bonallo went 56 miles in 6 hours in David Mischke's electrified
Sea Saber in the 1993 Electric Boat Regatta Aug. 17 in Everett
Washington, USA. Constants are allowed 125lbs of battery. In the
Solar category, utilizing only 40 sq ft of terrestrial-grade solar
panels, the NOPEC team completed 40 miles in the 6 hour time period.
For more info, contact Andrew Muntz, Snohomish County Public Utility
District, POB 1107, Everett Washington, USA 98206.
Some late news:
10 mile HPV race, Whittier Grand Prix Results (Oct. 3)
1st Pete Penseyres F40
2nd Tim Brummer F40
3rd Tom Traylor Critical Mass
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0005
TEN WORLD RECORDS SET IN COLORADO!
By Carole Leone, Race Organizer
Over a dozen human powered speedbikes collectively set 10 world
records near Alamosa, Colorado last month. Six vehicles achieved
speeds of over 60 mph on the flat, 3 mile course and one rider joined
the elite 65+ mph club stoking Gardner Martin's tandem "Double Gold
Rush". With an average speed of 54 mph for all faired vehicles, the
Colorado Speed Challenge was the fastest self- propelled athletic
event ever held on flat ground.
Fred Markham from Watsonville, CA and Sam Whittingham from Victoria,
British Columbia, broke the 200 meter multiple rider record by over 2
mph. The new record, 65.03 mph, was set late in the evening on the
last day of competition. The ride was accomplished in almost dark
conditions, with course volunteers shining headlights to illuminate
the 200 meter timed distance. The run also broke the multiple rider
kilometer (63.73 mph) and 500 meter (64.64 mph) records.
The competition, organized by Transportation Research Associates, Inc.
(TRA) ran from September 14 through the 17 and featured four days of
straight-line attempts for world records. Easy Racers, Inc. offered
$2000 in prize money for the fastest single rider of the meet. The
event was limited to speedbikes that had already gone over 45 mph.
First place went to Sam Whittingham riding "Varna" with a top speed of
63.785 mph. This was the first competition for this just- finished
speedbike. Designed and built by George Georgiev of British Columbia,
"Varna" featured front wheel drive and steering in a low, compact
fairing (approximately 2 feet high).
The same bike, with Paul Buttemer of British Columbia supplying the
power, also set a new record for the mile at 59.25 mph. Georgiev,
called the 'Da Vinci of human power' after this meet, is a sculptor
and designer who also created Doug Wright's "Varna Arm", the holder of
the flying 200 meters record for arm-powered only. Wright, of
Calgary, Canada broke his own record twice during the week, ending
with a new record of 32.41 mph.
Three new world records for women were also established at the event.
Shari Rodgers-Kain, riding the "Blue Sandworm", established speeds for
the mile (44.67 mph), kilometer (45.32 mph), and 500 meters (45.50
mph). She became the only woman to hold three world records for human
powered vehicles. The Blue Sandworm, a ground- hugging three-wheeled
model with a lightweight fairing, was designed and built by Mark
Sumich of TRA, a San Luis Obispo nonprofit group that works with
advanced composite materials.
Rodgers-Kain, from Palo Alto, CA, is a member of the women's U.S.
national cycling team and Team Fisons-Ritchey. She most recently
placed 14th in this year's Tour de France Feminin. A second woman
rider, Debra Grimes riding Cal State Chico's "X-Stream", was second
with a speed of 41.68 mph.
The event was often hampered by windy conditions and bison on the
course. Bison? Not just one or two, but herds of bison would wander
on the road and stand around until urged off by race volunteer Jeff
Fettig and his jeep. The course, with near-perfect slope,
straightness and length, ran through unfenced rangeland belonging to a
commercial bison ranch. Although race organizers tried to keep bikes
and bison separate, several semi-close encounters of the hooved kind
occurred.
One bike, a three wheeler, had no problem stopping well ahead of the
herd. Another, a two wheeler from Cal State Chico, wasn't so lucky
and had to be rescued from the unexpected rendezvous by being pinned
against a stopped Ford van. The speedbike pilot, Tim Bingaman, showed
remarkable composure in quickly choosing the "sandwich" technique to
allow the one observer to catch his vehicle mid-course. Paul Buttemer
on his record mile run reported entering a small bison group at 45
mph, threading his way through, and exiting at 55 mph!
Other world records set at the competition were the flying kilometer
(60.36 mph) by Fred Markham and the flying 500 meters (60.45 mph) set
by Mike Prime of Berkeley, CA. Prime also has the new collegiate 200
meter record of 61.24 mph (the collgegiate record is for student-built
and student-powered vehicles).
None of the speedbikes got close to Chris Huber's human powered speed
record of 68.7 mph, set on the same course in September of 1992.
The camaraderie between the nine teams was widespread throughout the
competition. Each team provided assistance, materials or
encouragement to the others, resulting in overall rejoicing when a new
record was set.
The event could not have been held, nor so many records broken,
without the help of the few but dedicated non-contestant volunteers
such as Eric Burt (Alamosa co-organizer), Andrew Letton and John David
Heinzman (timers), Kent Whiting (starter), Jeff Franks (race steward),
Neal Carson, Steve Meyers and Anthony Rosario (anemometer), Jeff
Fettig (buffalo wrangler), Phil Swift (one mile observer), Paul Smith
and Dennis Northey (barricade monitors), and Kevin Goodfellow (roving
volunteer).
The Colorado Speed Challenge was organized and operated under the race
procedures proposed to the IHPVA this year by a committee chaired by
Steven Delaire. These procedural rules required an independent race
steward to verify vehicle and course safety, specified course
requirements and defined a protest procedure. The result was a four
day extremely fast competition that had no high- speed falls, crashes
or other accidents.
COLORADO SPEED CHALLENGE RESULTS
200 Meters, Legal Wind
1) Sam Whittingham Varna 63.785 mph
2) Fred Markham Gold Rush Colorado 63.513 mph
3) Jeff Solt Z Prime 61.488 mph
4) Mike Prime Z Prime 61.288 mph
5) Paul Swift Moby 61.135 mph
6) Sean Costin Milwaukee Flyer 60.902 mph
7) Tim Bingaman X-Stream 52.516 mph
8) Doug Walters New Attitude 51.739 mph
9) Shari Rodgers-Kain Blue Sandworm 45.541 mph
10) Andres Eulate Blue Sandworm 43.952 mph
11) Debra Grimes X-Stream 41.683 mph
12) Steve Delaire Rotator 007 40.510 mph
Doug Wright Varna Arm 32.412 mph
Note: This is the first time that 6 riders have gone over 60 mph at
one event. Average speed was 54 mph!
NEW RECORDS*
1 Mile Paul Buttemer Varna 59.245 mph
(old record 54.11 mph)
1 Kilometer Fred Markham Gold Rush Colorado 60.360 mph
(old record 55.69 mph)
500 Meters Mike Prime Z Prime 60.451 mph
(old record 56.93 mph)
Multiple Rider
200 Meters Fred Markham/
Sam Whittingham Double Gold Rush 65.03 mph
1 Kilometer Fred Markham/
Sam Whittingham Double Gold Rush 63.73 mph
500 Meters Fred Markham/
Sam Whittingham Double Gold Rush 64.64 mph
200 Meters,
Arm Powered Doug Wright Varna Arm 32.412 mph
(old record 30.75 mph)
New Women's Records Established By Shari Rodgers-Kain:
1 Mile Shari Rodgers-Kain Blue Sandworm 44.666 mph
1 Kilometer Shari Rodgers-Kain Blue Sandworm 45.315 mph
500 Meters Shari Rodgers-Kain Blue Sandworm 45.498 mph
*All records pending IHPVA certification.
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0006
19th IHPSC Practical Vehicle Competition
(Continued from the October issue of HPV NEWS
by Tim Dunsworth
As the organizer of the Practical Vehicle competition at the recent
19th IHPSC in Blaine, Minnesota, I have been asked to provide a short
report on how it went. Basically, I planned the event by borrowing
liberally from the Milwaukee event two years before, with a few ideas
from other events and some of my own thrown in. It was set up to
have five points scoring parts. On Thursday we had static judging at
two stations (one basically for weight and dimensions and the other
for operating features and accessories) plus a third station for a
timed slalom course and a braking test. On Friday we had a simulated
errand run with four laps around a short parking lot course plus
stops in between to load and unload some cargo (which was then
carried for one lap) and to remove a pedal and a drive wheel and then
replace them. The fourth lap included a short off-road excursion over
grass, gravel, and a shallow water-filled ditch (and after all the
rain we've had this spring and summer in Minnesota we didn't have to
go far at all to find one !). The third scoring event was a
"competitor's choice" vote for the three vehicles they each thought
best exemplified their own notion of what a practical vehicle should
be. The remaining points events involved carry-over speed event
scoring from the best two of up to five speed events (with higher
maximum scores for the 200 meter sprint and the drag race to
emphasize those tests a little more heavily and encourage entrants to
give them a try). There were 17 starters and 16 finishers riding a
range of production or home-built vehicles, bikes (13) or trikes (3),
singles (15) or tandems (1), and GT (7) or unfaired (9).
The Thursday and Friday events went surprisingly well and nearly on
schedule -- amazing for any HPV event, and doubly amazing considering
that they were both moved at the last minute to a relatively empty
corner of the front parking lot to get away from all the Earth Expo
exhibitors who were parking in the back lot where they were supposed
to take place. The highlights Thursday were probably the braking
test performances of Ray Brick, who managed to get his medium
wheelbase recumbent up on just the front wheel, and Bill Gaines, who
did two nearly identical sideways slides on his low-slung trike.
Noone maxed the static judging, and it was somewhat surprising to me
that most people had rather mediocre braking results of .40 to .60
g's (Steve Isles was best at .74 g's), so as a result we had a pretty
close and interesting competition right from the start.
Friday's commute was a very entertaining event to watch, as it turned
out, and we were fortunate to get quite a good crowd of specatators
doing just that. Competitors could choose to pass on the pedal and
wheel removal if they were willing to accept the time of the slowest
finisher for that task, and thanks to his tricky wheel mounting and
obstructing luggage Dennis Taves made that a very substantial penalty
with a time of 6:40 compared to the fastest finisher's time of 1:25
or the average of about 3:23. Competitors also got penalty seconds
for carrying less than the highest competitor's number of
water-filled gallon milk jugs, and several competitors managed to
carry all 12 of the jugs we provided -- Don Harse by simply loading
them into the huge trunk on his trike and Carl Gulbronson by hanging
them by straps from each shoulder (that's about 50 pounds on each
shoulder, folks !). The highest finishers overall on Friday were
Carl Gulbronson, Dave Johnson, and Don Harse.
Competitor's choice voting was somewhat incomplete, but there were
fairly clear favorites that probably would not have changed much if
all the ballots had come in. Most people cast one vote for
themselves as expected, but many were modest enough to rate other
vehicles higher than their own. The favorites were the slickest of
the two wheelers, by Steve Isles and Ray Brick, and the very
utilitarian run-about/load-hauler trikes by Don Harse and Linda and
Natalie Jayne.
The speed event carry-over scoring was dominated by Carl Gulbronson
with a perfect 200 points for being the highest practical vehicle
finisher in both the 200 meter sprint and the drag race. He was
followed by Paul John with 186 pts and Dennis Taves with 172. Most
competitors chose to compete in at least three speed events, with ten
iron-thighed types doing all five! There was considerable variety in
which events ended up contributing points for each entrant, with all
five events figuring in the results for at least one of the entrants.
When all the scores were finally in (a scant few hours before the
awards banquet !), it turned out that there were several possible
ways to end up among the top ten finishers, from pure speed to pure
utility and rider appeal to strongly balanced results in all five
phases of the competition. The finishing order and scores of the
medal winners were as listed below:
Final Entrant's Vehicle Static Friday Speed Grand
Placing Name Number Judging Commute Voting Events Total
1. Steve Isles #114 74 70 100 147 391
2. Carl Gulbronson #135 76 100 0 200 376
3. Paul John #107 80 54 30 186 351
4. Ray Brick #202 74 43 56 160 333
5. Dennis Taves #124 71 44 43 172 330
6. Dave Johnson #233 70 85 22 136 313
7. Don Harse #221 66 84 74 87 311
8. L&N Jayne #220 57 69 57 118 301
9. Mike Conkling #111 67 66 0 166 299
10. Steven Roe #234 66 69 0 153 288
That's pretty much the story of this year's practical vehicle
competition. I like to think that it went quite smoothly and was
enjoyed by the competitors and spectators alike. Anyone who wants
more scoring details can contact me (send a PC diskette if you really
want every excrutiating detail), and I can also provide copies of the
scoring form and judging guidelines to anyone who wants to adapt some
of our event design features for a practical vehicle competition
among their own chapter members -- it's really a fun and easy sort of
event, and there are countless variations that can be made (like
adding a hill climb and/or coast-down hill as the Michigan chapter
does, or an on-road phase with scoring stations along the way, or a
scavenger hunt like they had at Milwaukee, or spectator's choice
voting like they had in Portland, or ....).
Tim Dunsworth
4115 Brookside Ave
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
(612) 929-7716 evenings
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0007
FROM THE EDITORS
by Len Brunkalla
Well, the first issue of HPV News, from the new production staff,
made it out the door with hardly a hitch. A missed mail permit number
caused a minor delay, but, as a first time ever collaboration between
near strangers, they all did an incredible job.
As mentioned in the October "President's Corner", this newsletter
will be coming to you monthly. This means, that as you received your
October issue in the mail, the November issue was already in
production. As you read this, the December issue should already be in
the works. We are doing our best to turn around news and information
as fast as possible, so if you want to begin your road to fame, send
us your ORIGINAL stories, photos, articles, or technical essays.
Details on submissions to HPV News, are detailed on the inside front
cover of this newsletter. In upcoming issues, we hope to bring you
articles on various building techniques such as bonded together
frames, bolt together frames, brazing, and welding. Hopefully, it
will give some of our inventive members some insight on HPV building
within their means and or abilities. We will also try to coerce
someone into writing an article revealing the secret methods of
organizing a successful ride or outing. Remember, you don't have to
be a Richard Ballantine, to be published here, so warm-up those pens,
pc's, or typewriters and let us know what you have to say or want to
hear.
Don't forget about the "My HPV" column. Send in your pictures,
articles, and anecdotes about your own HPV experiences, experiments,
or adventures.
A note from the page layout department:
Before HPV NEWS sees print, the entire text, page layout, graphics,
and space locations for the photograhs are stored in a computer file.
This makes it easy to edit quickly. The masthead (under submissions)
lists what sort of graphics formats the layout editor can work with.
The masthead, in the same section, also states the kind of text the
layout editor recommends: ASCII.
Apparently there is some confusion about what constitutes ASCII.
Generally, ASCII is an internationally accepted collection of numeric
codes that represent specific alphabetic and graphic characters. For
example, the number 65 represents the English letter A. Frequent
users of Electronic mail, like myself, use ascii extensively.
Unfortunately, not all word processing software stores its text in
pure ascii form. Each word processor, in order to work efficiently
with files it stores, embeds each file with non-ascii codes, e.g.,
paragraph markers, special font indicators, page breaks, etc.
Extracting these needless formating codes are a tedious task, even
with the assistance of macros.
If you submit material, either by storing it on the recommeded disks
and mailing it to Leonard Brunkalla, or (more efficiently and more
cheaply) by sending it via electronic mail, please submit the
computer text as ascii in its purest form. It is a novice's mistake
to believe that software that stores the file as text, stores the
file as ascii. Software that will store text files in a useable ascii
form are, surprisingly, the inexpensive software packages that cost
less than $20.00. These are modified line editors with few format
options, but they will serve you better in electronic communications.
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CALENDAR
JANUARY 1994
(date TBA): Human Powered Ice Races. White Bear Lake, Minnesota, USA.
200 m time trial, 100 ft. drag race, and road races. Ice race
information/registration packet available upon request from:
MnHPVA,
4139 Brookside Ave. S.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416 USA
MnHPVA Hotline: (612)929-4049
MARCH 1994
4-5: Chicago Area Bicycle Dealer's Consumer Show. Held at O'Hare Expo
Center in Rosemont. Should be twice as big as last year . Contact: Len
Brunkalla (708)742-5818
18-20: Solar and Electric 500. No longer has Ultralight class, which
included Hybrid Pedal/Electric vehicles. Info: (602)953-6672.
APRIL 1994
15-17: ASME Collegiate HPV Races: Hosted by University of California,
Davis, in conjunction with their annual Picnic Day open house. Fri.:
Static Judging, Sat.: 200m Sprints with 1-mile run-up, Sun.: Relay
Race of 50 miles for teams of 3 or more riders on a challenging
parking lot course. Contact: UCD Engineering Dean's Office,
(916)752-0553
MAY 1994
8: The Boulder Kinetic Challenge. A one day kinetic sculpture race.
Contact: Rene Doubleday at
KBCO,
8975 East Kenyon Ave,
Denver, CO 80237 USA
(303)694-6300
21-28: American Tour de Sol: Solar and electric vehicle race which
this year runs from New York to Philadelphia and includes a class
which allows Hybrid Pedal/Electric vehicles. Add a motor to your HPV
and join the race. Contact: Nancy Hazard, Northeast Sustainable Energy
Assoc.: (413)774-6051
28-30: The World Championship Great Arcata to Ferndale Cross-country
Kinetic Sculpture Race. This is the Silver (25th) Anniversary of this,
the granddaddy of all Kinetic races -- it has not only the longest
name, but the longest, most challenging course of them all. In case of
rain, the race will be run in the rain!! Contact:
Hobart Brown,
P.O. Box 916, Ferndale, CA 95536 USA
(707)725-3851
JULY 1994
9-10 (tentative): Midwest HPV Classic. Part of the Midwest HPV Racing
Series. Milwaukee, WI, USA. Contact: Dennis Northey at (414)671-4560
15-17: DaVinci Days: The 6th annual celebration of science, art, and
technology, including Human Power events, Kid Power design contest,
and Kinetic Sculpture Race. Corvallis, OR, USA. Contact: Paul Atwood
(503)752-6410 (h) or Raan Young (503)750-2506 (work)
15-17 (?): SEER, Solar Energy Expo and Rally: Alternative energy
expo, including electric vehicle races which include a class which
allows Hybrid Pedal/Electric vehicles. Willits, CA, USA. Contact: Phil
Jorgensen at (707)459-1256, or -0366 FAX
30: Second Kinetic Boat Races at the Reedley River Rampage and Fish
Fry held on the Kings River. Open to all unique H.P. boats; normal row
boats not allowed. Everything else from hydrofoils to kinetic
sculptures welcome. Single and Multiple rider categories. Contact:
Chuck Carson,
Reedley District Chamber of Commerce,
1613-12th St.,
Reedley CA 93654 USA
(209)638-3548
AUGUST 1994
1-7: 20th International Human Powered Speed Championships, to be held
in Eureka (not Yreka) California, USA. Events to include a Relay Race
similar to that at the ASME Collegiate Races. All venues within 6.5
miles of host hotel! Contact:
Al and Alice Krause,
Redwood Empire HPV
2338 18th Street, Eureka, CA 95501 USA
Phone: (707)443-8261
26-28: European HPV Championships. In addition to the standard races,
the event will include long distance (50 km and 100 km) races and the
first ever HP Rail championships. To be held in Laupen, Switzerland,
30 km WSW of Bern. Contact:
Jürg Hölzle,
Future Bike Spitzackerstrasse
9, CH-4410 Liestal, Switzerland
FAX: 33-28-30-39
SEPTEMBER 1994
9-12: INTERBIKE - Bicycle industry trade show. Held at the Anaheim
(California) Convention Center (and also on the east coast; see
October) Contact: Interbike at (714)722-0990.
10: The Great Kinetic Sculpture Race: Omaha. This event was canceled
in 1993, but will rise from the ashes better than ever in 1994.
Contact:
Evan Mills ,
POB 3770, Omaha, NE 68103 USA
(402)496-1371
17 (tentative): The Annual Newark Day Parade last year had 180 entries
and over 75K spectators, making it one of the largest parades in
Northern CA. Greg Clark organizes a Unique Bicycle Entry and welcomes
all HPVs. BBQ for all riders to follow parade. Contact:
Greg Clark
37420-B Cedar Blvd.,
Newark CA 94560 USA
(510)791-1811
OCTOBER 1994
9-11: INTERBIKE - Bicycle industry trade show. Held at
the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Contact: Interbike at
(714)722-0990. SUMMER 1995 (date TBA) 21st International Human
Powered Speed Championships, to be held in The Netherlands. Visualize
an entire shipping container of vehicles from North America. Start
planning now, and we can make it happen!
Additions? Comments? (Criticism?), please call me, or better yet, drop
me a post card with all the details so I can include it in next
month's issue. I need information on events in other parts -- in
particular, details on the Midwest Racing Series, The Swiss Tour de
Sol, Japanese Boat Races and Birdman event, the Argus Cycle Tour, and
other events outside the U.S. My deadline is the 15th. of each month,
so items received after the that will be in the issue two months
following.
Andrew M. Letton
P.O. Box 294,
Whitethorn, CA 95589-0294 USA
(707)986-7315 (home),
(510)449-0426 (work, message)
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READER'S FORUM
Dear Len,
I intend to prepare a study on the impact of elliptical
chainrings on power output in the recumbent position, and publish the
results in Human Power. I would like the help of someone who has,
or who can acquire, equipment to monitor power output. Anyone
interested in participating as a subject or as an observer is welcome.
Part of the study examines the relationship between seat
angle and power output. Previous studies on this subject do not
include skilled athletes trained in the recumbent position. My
hypothesis is that power output of a fully reclined rider is not
significantly less than that of a rider in an upright recumbent
position.
Sincerely,
Sean Costin
9259 S. Hamlin
Evergreen Park, IL. 60642
(708)423-5565
NOTE from the editor:
Human power enthusiasts worldwide on the FIDONET e-mail
network can now send news of the latest events and other items
concerning human power directly to HPV NEWS through our new FIDONET
representative, TIM LEIER at 1:250/238. The electronic bulletin
board, ONE LESS CAR, caters to human power enthusiasts and displays a
wealth of related material. ONE LESS CAR can be called directly by
modem at 415 480 0147. Leonard Brunkalla, HPV NEWS Managing Editor,
is still available on the RIME e-mail network.(see masthead)
Currently, we are making efforts to establish an INTERNET connection.
The representative needs to be on both INTERNET and RIME, or on
INTERNET and FIDONET. Interested parties should contact Leonard
Brunkalla.
Also, within a few months, the computerized text of
HPVNEWS may be available in Spanish, German, Italian, and French,
provided there seems sufficient desire for such an option.
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CLASSIFIEDS
FLYBY STARCRUISER
SunTour equipped 12 spd racing tricycle.
20x1 1/8 fronts, 700x20 rear wheel.
Has been raced since 1990 in most of the Great Lakes Series events.
One of a kind, as is
$1000.00
Call Len in Elgin, IL.
(708)742-5818
DRAGONFLY III
Human Powered Hovercraft.
See article in Winter 1990/91 HUMAN POWER.
Lack of storage forces sale.
$2000.00.
Steve Ball
2463 Dulzura Ave.
San Diego, CA 92104 U.S.A.
Phone (619) 281 2531
WHEEL COVERS for Alex Moulton 17-inch wheels.
Vacuum formed plastic;
different types to fit symmetrical front and dished rear wheels.
U.S. $25.00/wheel (two disks).
For more information, SASE (or two international reply coupons to:
Doug Milliken, 245 Brompton Road,
Buffalo, NY 14221 U.S.A.
17th and 18th IHPSC VIDEO
-covers all events, vehicles, riders, and spectators, all identified
and narrated.
Two hour NTSC or 8mm - $20US
(include extra for overseas)
Please specify whether you want the 17th, 18th, or both.
Send to:
Steve Isles
839 Nimrod Lane, R.D. # 2
Bolivar, Ohio 44612 U.S.A.
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