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| Your search yielded 1140 matches- Last chance for ICE photo competition!
Got a stunning trike photo? Send it in (in the next few days) for a chance to win...
View story - Beta test the new Velo Vision website!
We've been developing a revamped Velo Vision site - let us know what you think...
View story - Viva el Yuba Mundo!
Vote for your favourite video in a competition organised by the Yuba Mundo cargo bike makers...
View story - Gadgets and gizmos
Minimalist brake levers, e-shifting for Rohloffs, alarming your bike, and finding it, hub gear widgets and ressurecting an old bell...
View story - Dates, bamboo, plumbing and more!
Dates for the diary, a laidback photo competition, recognition for an iconic tricycle, Philippine bambooseros and a pedalling plumber!
View story - Sinclair to launch X-1 electric recumbent in July 2011
Sir Clive Sinclair has come up with an electric-assist, velomobile-style vehicle - and prices apparently start at just £595!
View story - News snippets
Velomobiles galore, a futuristic penny farthing, sub-aqua cycling, the Tarasov Rowcycle in action, and a DIY 'porteur' rack.
View story - Issue 39: at the printers now!
And it's being uploaded it to the digital edition as I write this. Read on for a preview...
View story - Issue 39 update
It's somewhat delayed due to staff illness, but will be off to print shortly and mailed ASAP...
View story - Arts and crafts
In praise of steel and silk and upright riding, tips on photography and a tower of pedal power.
View story - Four, three, two and no wheels
A round up of unusual bikes, including articulation, crime prevention, climate control, odd sized wheels and laundry!
View story - Eurobike 2010: the video!
A quick look at a few of the sights and sounds of Eurobike in just over three minutes of moving pictures...
View story - Back from Eurobike - reports follow
We're back from an action-packed Eurobike show. Electric bike reports are going up on our sister site already, and more will follow here shortly...
View story - Leicester and Eurobike: office closing
After Friday, we're away from our desks for a week: first at the Skyride and Cyclemagic Festival in Leicester on Sunday, then several days at Europe's biggest cycling trade show, Eurobike. The office re-opens on Monday 6th September...
View story - Coming up in Issue 39!
Here's a sneak preview of what's coming up in September's issue of Velo Vision...
View story - Electric Bike Issue One is out!
The first issue of Velo Vision's new sister publication is out at last!
View story - The Sky's the limit...
Cyclemagic Festival joins Leicester Sky Ride for a day of cycling...
View story - Pre-Eurobike round-up
New models from Hase and Kemper, ETRA at Eurobike, cycling and the mid-life crisis, the ultimate in light tyres and a gentle reminder about fuel prices.
View story - Short stories
A forkless bike, laidback ladies, build your own sidecar, trailers down on the farm, tour some tiny houses and while away the hours with a board game.
View story - HP Velotechnik announce new quick-folding trike...
Gekko FX movie released to trail an annoucement at Eurobike: claims 7.7 second fold.
View story - Electric Bike Magazine update!
Issue Zero is out, Issue 1 is coming along nicely, and we've done a distribution deal with Raleigh UK to take the initial print run up to 10,000 or more...
View story - Industry news galore
A round up of news snippets from the industry and academia...
View story - Airnimal celebrates 10 years!
Owners are invited along to join the festivities in and around Cambridge on the weekend of 14/15th August...
View story - Mobs and movies...
A round up of cycling videos and images, from a singing flash mob to a tyre tutorial, plus more movie and video news...
View story - Two fun videos
Claude Marthaler reports from the Cycling Parade at Velo-City, and MC SpandX is back...
View story - Art, fashion and peak oil...
BMX theatre, Cyclodelic fashion, books and bikes, get me to the church on time, the lost cyclist and a world without cycles?
View story - Technical and review round-up
Idlers comprehensively compared, a trio of trikes and a Trek, bottom bracket gears go up to three, drumbrake upgrades for velomobiles, a sneak preview of the latest Burrows design and pedalling the Atlantic in the Torpedalo.
View story - The electric pedals won!
£50k towards development is secured for the electric pedals inventor...
View story - Coming up in Issue 38!
It's out now. Here's a sneak peek at the contents of the upcoming issue...
View story - York Cycle Show 2010 - report in photos
A brief illustrated write-up from the CTC Cycle Show at York last weekend...
View story - Buggies to Bromptons
Rohloff on moonbuggies and a Rohloff race, Brompton Champs registrations, cycle history in Prague and AZUB's tenth anniversary...
View story - York Cycle Show this weekend!
We'll be there with Velo Vision and Electric Bike, and hope many readers will join us on the Velovisionaries pub ride on Saturday...
View story - ICE Folding Bikes
The UK trike manufacturers add folding functionality to their two bike models - read on for pictures and video...
View story - Vote for a Velo Vision reader's very clever pedals...
'Fast Forward' pedals from Stephen Britt promise bolt-on extra power for any bicycle. Now they're shortlisted for an award and voting is open now...
View story - Bananas, bikecasts and more...
Going bananas on a loadbike, building your own generators, touring Yucatan, pedalling podcasts, Brooklyn Bike Fetish day images, Size My Bike and Cyclemagic's tenth anniversary...
View story - Trike gathering in July!
An informal recumbent trike gathering organised by a Velo Vision forum regular is planned for the weekend of 3-4 July, based at a campsite near Whitchurch, Shropshire. ..
View story - Off-road fun, gadgets and more...
Plug and play, four wheeled fun, BMX anti-bandits, Skeppshult comes to Cardiff, in business in the saddle, Ralf Bohle passes away and Norman Fay ride details.
View story - Tour de Presteigne is this weekend!
We're off to the Electric Bike Rally in Presteigne, on the border of Wales and England, for the public launch of our new magazine...
View story - Velo Vision to launch Electric Bike magazine!
We are proud to announce a new magazine all about power-assisted cycles, with the public launch coming at this year's Tour de Presteigne next weekend, and the first issue to be out in August...
View story - SPEZI 2010 Velo Vision video!
Just uploaded: an eight-minute look at the sights and sounds of last weekend's SPEZI show in Germany...
View story - SPEZI 2010 report
An image-heavy look at just a few of the highlights from last weekend's Special Bikes Show in Germersheim, Germany...
View story - Back from the SPEZI
Back in the office after another successful coach trip to the SPEZI show in Germany...
View story - Pre-SPEZI round-up
Dahon launch new urban models; Yuba and USED partner up; Azub hint at things to come; is the derailleur doomed? Glyding round Britain, the solution for toasty warm hands, important cycling manifesto news and crazy paving the hard way....
View story - Innovations round-up
NuVinci improvements, a featherweight folder, introducing the Hunicycle, recumbent on a Ruko, bike or hike with the Monowalker, and the bare bones of an idea...
View story - Mapping, mamas and more
Joining the dots in Maine, doing the Mamachari school run, street junctions Dutch style, low carbon paperclip deliveries and reading Velo Vision on your iPad.
View story - Post-mailing miscellany
SRAM refocuses in Europe, Brompton racing takes off Stateside, 24h HPV record broken, to flag or not to flag, Belfast bike boost, snapping that perfect picture and recycled fashion.
View story - New Moulton goes carbon!
Latest "MDev 90" model released on inventor's 90th birthday is apparently a carbon city bike...
View story - Hubs, bags and more
Sturmey-Archer updates, all you ever wanted to know about SRAM hub gears, M5pro shop open for business, round the world in 99 days, Dahon bag it up, and a glimpse of the Glyde.
View story - Issue 37 preview!
It's at the printers now, and the digital edition should be online very shortly. Read on for a preview...
View story - Sideways Bike on Dragon's Den tomorrow
Watch out for Michael Killian's idiosyncratic invention at 8PM, BBC2 TV, Tuesday 16th March...
View story - Bikes of all shapes and sizes
A round up of everything from ski bikes to quintuplets, bicycle lawnmowers to bicycle art, and cyclos to the BarBra...
View story - Partnerships and projects
Googlemaps go by bike, Sustrans gets disabled people in the saddle, US advocates awarded, a green wave for Rotterdam and collaborations above and below the waterline.
View story - Innovation and campaigning
Gocycle in the running for design award, the rowing car, pedalling for progress, winning people-power images and York's new Bike Hub.
View story - Cycle news collection
Bike Week joins the Green Team, ICE blog and ice cream, more Metabikes models, inside the mind of Quest's creator, and the unspoken innovation...
View story - Small wheels, coins and cables
Bike Friday takes to the desert, Brompton takes racing to the USA, Alex Moulton looks back on his life, commemorative cycling coinage and the latest cycle highway idea...
View story - Gocycle launch new non-electric, 12.2 kg model
The 'Gocycle Black' comes in at £995 and can be ordered online anywhere in the EU. Also, a chance to win a unique Gocycle every month...
View story - Video round-up
A further selection of cycling-related videos for your amusement: Biomega, Animas, Tati and an Alfine update...
View story - Campaigning and green news
Promoting cycling Europe-wide, the London Cyclist archive online, Green Oil gets greener, bike trailer tales wanted and belles ride bikes.
View story - Recumbents revealed
Two from Germany: Maaf makes its mark with enclosed-drive chains, and a striking new racing recumbent from Troytec...
View story - Wednesday miscellany
Leeds station goes Dutch, handy hub gear help, electric bike boom, the pedal powered 'RV', Brompton frame clip price cut and the Catbike update..
View story - Shimano to launch 11-speed Alfine hub gear
Reports from Germany suggest a 409% range, oil bath lubrication and 300 Euro price - and availability from September this year...
View story - Sinner launch 27.5 kg Mango Sport
New velomobile fromm the Netherlands makers drives down the weight...
View story - Fairings, folders, footwear and more...
Velokit goes delta-style, Arkel and Tout Terrain link up, Circe Cycles site goes live, tandem team pairing resource, folding forum relaunches, boosting bicycles in Beijing, fancy fixie footwear and New Yorker cover art.
View story - Velo Vision is iPad-ready!
Digital edition subscribers can already read current and all back issues on an iPhone via the Exactly app - and this will also work on the new Apple tablet...
View story - Raptobike reveal their Mid Racer
Successor to the Low Racer reviewed in Velo Vision 35 to be launched imminently...
View story - Catrike bike teaser
Video launches new 'Musashi' model from the USA trike makers...
View story - Thursday round-up
News of a laid-back convention, the ultimate in granny gear, wheelie good news, the mechanics of unicycling and an alternative to 'Daisy Bell'.
View story - ICE launch 2010 trike range
Front suspension, new rear ends, new folding mechanism, new models and a new website - the Cornwall-based recumbent makers have been busy!
View story - Snow, trees and touring
Bigfish in the snow, bikes on trees and trees on bikes, and the ultimate family touring solutions...
View story - Cycling from electric to sub-aqua...
The latest news from ExtraEnergy, have your say on Segways, protect the postie's bikes, getting kids on their bikes, Reverse Gear news, and pedalling with the fishes.
View story - Velo vehicle videos
A bumper crop of pedal powered vehicles and gadgets for your viewing pleasure...
View story - New Year round-up
Trice teasers, a starring role for Scorpions, Terracycle take on Windwrap fairings, new lights blaze a trail and a new-to-us family friendly dealer...
View story - Office closed for Christmas/New Year
We're taking a break over the festive season - back in action on the 4th January 2010! Happy Christmas and New Year to all of our readers...
View story - SPEZI trip 2010
UPDATED: Some preliminary details of the trip by luxury sleeper bus to the Special Bikes Show in Germany - NOW FULLY BOOKED
View story - Lighting, lexicon and little 'uns
Illuminating ideas, a linguistic aid and a step up for the Likeabike...
View story - Velo Vision vs Bicycling!
Came across a nice review of our modest publication alongside the behemoth of USA commercial cycle magazines, Bicycling...
View story - Issue 36 preview
It's at the printers now, and digital edition subscribers can read it already! Here's a preview of cover and contents...
View story - A trio of trikes
A new trike looking for a maker, an epic ride home from the bike shop and a four footed boost to human power...
View story - Debates and doodles
Wheelchairs vs handcycles, Plan B for saving the world, Cycling the Six, York folding bike appetisers and computer doodling.
View story - Parking, podcasts and power
A sensible use for a car parking space, a campaign to thwart thieves and a happy ending, a pedalling podcast, a tale of two towns, round the world with Bikefix, human powered power on UK TV tonight and the importance of colourways...
View story - Coming up in Issue 36
A sneak preview of the coming issue...
View story - Amazing stuff for a Thursday
Vintage Canberra collection for sale, Velorbis reveals new models, the hub-gear-drop-bar solution hits UK, velomobiles: single or double and pedalling the Pacific...
View story - New Russian Trikes forum!
Owners of AS Engineering, Berkut and other Russian trikes are invited to join, compare notes and spares advice, and to watch the ongoing repair/restoration of the Velo Vision editorial S-327 trike...
View story - Contributors' collection
Trailers great and small, if Cadillac made bikes, riding in style, old-style foot protection and the latest frame material?
View story - Easter Bike Right announced...
The sociable cycling weekend based at Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland will take place on 2nd-4th April 2010...
View story - Cargo Monster adds a long tail to trikes
Terracycle release Xtracycle-like attachment for Catrikes, Greenspeeds, Terra Trikes and more. Rigid ICE models soon, and bikes to follow...
View story - Personal transport, above and below the waves...
Cycling integration, how it could have been, sub-aqua cycling, Sturmey Archer website launch and some useful (and not so useful) gadgets.
View story - Velo Vision administrivia
Issue 16 sold out, and various website pages now updated...
View story - Friday miscellany
Making cycle promotion add up, a one-man mail service, a folding bike event for the spring, a whole lotta pink and some Friday afternoon hilarity.
View story - Stability and mobility
Innovations in balance, the swinging trike, mobility resources and a call for help...
View story - Post mailing odds and ends
Bike beats helicopter, blind stokers want captains, 12 hour Cruz-ing, living in bike-based box, and why all the nice girls love a cyclist...
View story - Design and product catch-up
Velomobile design, Sturmey hub revivals, Strida designer award and a new (to us) folding recumbent...
View story - Electro-tastic news
Electric-assisted cycling news round up, fly-by-wire shifting for tandems and automatic ABS braking for bikes.
View story - Pre-mailing round-up
Laid back record attempts, bicycle ergonomics, Edinburgh gets three wheeled deliveries, London ladies ride to Cycle, high wheeler try-outs and your own online library...
View story - Wakey wakey!
Cycling gets you going in the morning - it's official, plus an eclectic mix of cycling videos to enjoy.
View story - End of the week miscellany
Brompton baggage, old shipping containers recycled, E-bike legislation update, unusual electric assistance and wheel bling.
View story - Coming up in Issue 35 - UPDATED!
It's at the printers now, and the digital edition is already out. Read on for a preview of cover and contents.
View story - Small wheels, rowing and videos
Spectating room only now at the Brompton championships, Moultoneers' meeting pics, rowing to victory and some high octane videos.
View story - Alternative power and materials...
Good news on railway bike parking, hire bikes take to the hills, try your hand at the human powered home, a CatEye that basks in the sun, and a couple of homebuild projects at opposite ends of the scale...
View story - Triathlon, triplets, soundslides and more
Triplets and beyond, extreme quadbiking, seaside soundslides, Re-Cycle updates and the gold Rohloff hits Ebay...
View story - Friday round-up!
UPDATED: No sneak preview of the ICE 2010 range, riding out the recession, Dahon fold the helmet and special needs cycling on film.
View story - Win tickets to Cycle 2009!
The Cycle 2009 show in London is coming up fast! Be there at Earls Court in October (9th-11th) - and we've got 20 free tickets to give away to lucky readers!
View story - Midweek miscellany
Vintage sales, cycling motorists survey, Danish Dreams on Wheels, 48 spoke Rohloff conversion, load bikes and long bikes, wooden and tilting trikes and recumbent road racing.
View story - Product news latest
SRAM Powerlock recall, electric bike industry invited to have its say, trikes for the smaller rider, handcycling two-wheeler, the new LWB from Cruzbike and the bike of the future.
View story - Trikes, trailers and touring
The trike that's also a tandem, a convertible trailer, Colombia by cycle, all you'll ever need to know about touring and the art of streamlining.
View story - Bikes, shows and bling
Dahon launch new IOS range and change partners, Pacific seek distributors, Dublin bikes set to start, Girls' Guide for Cycle '09 and Sean Moulton at Interbike.
View story - RIP Chris Hamm
UPDATED: Sad news about cycle advocate, serial entrepreneur and Velo Vision contributor Chris Hamm, who recently passed away...
View story - Rap, Russians and rail rules...
The National Express tandem saga continues, historic cycles news, velo vision Russian style, Festival paramedics on two wheels, a stylish treasure hunt and a cycling rap.
View story - Friday roundup
Four, three or two wheels on your wagon, Birdy gets discs, Borealis gets coverage, a new UK dealer to visit, and an update on the York Cycling Festival.
View story - Velo videos and pedal pictures
Hardcourt action, building bikes, something for the ladies, an impressive rowbike feat, and a rather smart trailer.
View story - Pedal power on land, air and film
Google Streetview pedal powered sighting, suspension wisdom, books to browse online, a tail for a Cat, utility biking in the air and a feel-good film.
View story - New book by Peter Eland: Practical Bike Buyer's Guide
We've teamed up with Snowbooks of London to produce a beginner-friendly guide to practical cycling, and the innovative bikes, components and techniques which make riding for transport a pleasure. Read on for a contents summary, sample pages, and more!
View story - Thursday miscellany
Christiania takes on Bakfiets with a two-wheeler, recumbent racing results and records, velomobile updates, a clever colourful security device, Cycle 09 tickets on sale now, Swissbike in action and interesting cycling bits and bobs from Wallingford.
View story - Products and blog links for a Friday afternoon...
Tricycle tandeming with kids, a unique Rohloff hub on EBay, the shower in a bottle, electric biking, the Cat hits the Trail and a pair of long distance quests.
View story - Campaigning, films and a festival
News of four green transport initiatives, possibly the worst school in the UK for cycling, a bumper crop of film news and a brand new festival for the diary.
View story - Product news galore
Two recumbents in one, a French folder, new velomobile development, GT news from Greenspeed, the pedal that's also a lock, and reviving a grand old brand...
View story - Post-mailing round-up
Bamboo, Bromptons and buses, utility blogging, memories of past companions, cycling art in Texas, a pedal-powered festival, wheels of light and DIY plumbing....
View story - York Cycle Show 2009 - photo report!
Panoramic photo spectacular covering activities at this weekend's York Cycle Show, including of course the unmissable Velovisionaries Pub Ride...
View story - York Cycle Show this weekend!
Come to York with 10,000 other cyclists - and read on for details of the unmissable Velo Vision pub ride on Saturday evening...
View story - Velo Vision 34 preview
It's out now in both print and digital editions - read on for a preview of cover and contents!
View story - Post-move round-up (Part 2)
Montreal's advocacy art and hire bikes, catching a boda-boda in Uganda, Re-Cycle reach a milestone, load carrying celebrated and obscure brakes catalogued.
View story - CycleVision/Recumbent World Champs upcoming!
Streets in Tilburg, Netherlands to be closed for recumbent races and CycleVision in early July - plus the event will see the launch of a new four-wheeler, four-seater recumbent...
View story - Calling Londoners - Wednesday June 10th 'Bike Tube'
Join cycling convoys to work, aimed at helping newcomers overcome Tube strikes by bike...
View story - Post-move round-up (part 1)
A custom carbon low racer from France, high speed handcycle geometry, the International Bicycle Design Competition, an adaptable trailer and another revolutionary saddle...
View story - A video quartet
Scorpion Fs in Moldova, Mitsubishi's futuristic trike in Japan, the Bicycle Bell orchestra in Oxford, and reflective trousers from San Francisco - all on video in this eclectic collection!
View story - Dahon recall some 2008 folding bikes
Handlebar post problems affect certain serial numbers of 2008 model Jetstream P8, Speed Tr, Speed D7 bikes only... Also, a reminder of the 2007 model seatpost recall.
View story - Bike Friday issue urgent Tikit 'caution notice'
Don't ride your Tikit folding bike until you or your dealer have checked it over, say the manufacturers - read on for the details.
View story - Adventure special!
Rides and adventures galore: Santos and Tout-Terrain tackle world tours, visiting castles in Poland by Azub, blind cycling on a Greenspeed tandem trike, around Britain on a Glyde velomobile, and historic '80s human-powered sea and channel crossings from Yvon le Caer...
View story - Russian 3x3 trike update
Latest news from the Moscow trike manufacturers - and an 8 kg folding recumbent bike prototype...
View story - Office moving day!
We'll be offline very shortly while Velo Vision moves to a new more spacious office...
View story - Cycling low and high...
Raptobike try-out on video, an invitation to go Penny Farthing racing, a fold up bike trailer, Bikefix news, Velomobile Seminar seeks UK contributors, and the Flanders Tour in July...
View story - SPEZI report part 2 - the coach trip
For the second year Velo Vision organised a coach trip from the UK over to the SPEZI - read on for a brief photo report!
View story - SPEZI report part 1 - velomobiles
An image-intensive look at, and inside, some of the weatherproof, streamlined velomobiles on show at the recent event in Germany...
View story - Norman Fay memorial rides set for 14th June
Remembering the much-loved cyclist and founder of Norman Fay Cycles with two cycle rides in the South Shields area...
View story - Product news and friday fun
All weather protection for Lightfoot recumbents, how to set up your own mobile coffee bar, the human powered Segway, two fun videos and a brainteaser...
View story - Polo to Presteigne
Get on your bike for a spot of urban polo, go electric in Presteigne, get up to speed on London's transport trends, catch a new women's cycling magazine and read about one man's experience on three wheels...
View story - SPEZI 2009 - video report!
Check out these seven minutes summing up the SPEZI show - a fantastic weekend of bikes, trikes and more, inexpertly filmed in full colour...
View story - Off to the SPEZI
We're off on our coach trip to the SPEZI special bikes show in Germany , so the office is now closed until Tuesday 28th April...
View story - Cyclemagic open day - picture report
A belated and brief report from the Leicester charity's open day last weekend...
View story - Pre-SPEZI news roundup
New Leitra 'Wild Cat' fairing for existing recumbent trikes, GoCycle on Gadget show, Bike Right reports, Bullitts in Dublin, build your own trike, dog-handcycling, and new products galore for the SPEZI...
View story - Taga - exclusive first look!
We take a test ride on the Taga, a consumer-friendly trike which converts into a stroller-type pushchair...
View story - New bikes, go-kart tour blog and setting an example...
New A2B electric bike, new MetaBikes recumbents and helping amputees into the saddle with GlideCycle. Plus a tour through Africa on four wheels, and some example-setting by a basketball star...
View story - Friday round-up
Sturmey's new catalogue out, a big bike and a beard bike, dealer news galore, plus multitudinous news in brief including the amphibious dicycle. Plus, SPEZI trip now fully booked...
View story - Modal shift for Velo Vision
As Top Gear goes bike, Velo Vision goes petrolhead...
View story - Exclusive - Bikavan review coming up!
We have secured the first magazine review of the Bikavan, a mobile habitat for touring cyclists just launched in the UK...
View story - Issue 33 preview!
It's out now both in print and via the digital edition - read on for a first look at the cover and contents of the latest issue...
View story - Taipei Show - Sanders reports
As last year, Strida designer Mark Sanders has sent us a photo report from the Taipei trade show - read on for the highlights!
View story - A human powered miscellany and an anti-theft idea...
Shift more people by human power, check out your fuel efficiency, take to the skies, and beat the thieves...
View story - Events, upgrades and trailblazing...
Upcoming Pedersen gatherings and the international Velomobile Seminar, Solidlights offer an upgrade, and the Trailcart extreme off-road HPV and snowplough!
View story - Coming up in Issue 33...
A slightly delayed issue, but it's full of the very latest bikes and trikes from three nations...
View story - Rob Brock, RIP
Sad news about the inventor of the Brox, HPV enthusiast and much more, Rob Brock. 13 March: a brief obituary has now been added to this story.
View story - Friday roundup 3: Symphony to Italy...
Bicycle symphony video, the Monovelo, suspension bikes and trikes, iF Gold award for Pacific IF Mode, Italian importer for Maxarya, Gocycle lock update, and a DIY hub making primer...
View story - Friday roundup 2: from seeds to Presidents
Download a cycling radio podcast, join the zero-carbon caravan and imagine a cycling president. Plus, bikes as musical instruments, seed sowing machines and road markers, a skeleton frame, and a herald of spring...
View story - Friday roundup 1
Handmade bike show pictures galore, the latest revolutionary comfort seat, stand-up comedy takes to the saddle, new recumbent clothing and Euro HPV Champs dates...
View story - Tour de Presteigne programme announced
Full details are now available for the 2009 Tour de Presteigne Electric Bike Rally, now in its fourth year. Over the weekend of the 9 - 10 May participants can try out bikes, take part in races and social rides and generally enjoy a carnival atmosphere...
View story - CETMA Cargo launch US-build workbike
A front load-bed, separable-frame workbike from the makers of CETMA front racks hits the streets...
View story - SPEZI to feature Extra Energy electric bike test track
Test-ride all of the latest electric-assist machines on the Sunday... also other SPEZI news!
View story - Trike news 3: Challenge trike goes folding
The latest trike from Challenge has a folding frame and rear suspension - and is on test now!
View story - Trike news 2: Redmount relaunched!
The Roller trike is in new hands, and production is set to resume shortly...
View story - Trike news 1: Innesenti launch top-end carbon trike
A new UK manufacturer has launched a unique £8000 recumbent trike, the Innesenti...
View story - Monval wins 40k award, moves to production
Shell Springboard win will help the Monval Electra versatile fleet bike move to full commercialisation...
View story - Long (and short!) distance adventures
A sociable expedition across the Steppes, an even more sociable plan from China, a Velo Vision plug, and a pedal powered rollercoaster.
View story - News, statistics, coffee and carbon
South West Trains trial Brompton hire, Bad Science debunks accident findings, coffee shop project sends bikes to Rwanda and Slyway introduce their carbon highracer.
View story - Fires miss Greenspeed
Australian recumbent specialists Greenspeed are based near Melbourne, Victoria, but have so far avoided the worst effects of the fires...
View story - Velo Vision news update
Velovisionaries on Facebook, European delivery problems, just four SPEZI trip places left, advertiser offers picking up, and Practical Bike Buyer's Guide book at the printers now...
View story - Subs, hubs and more...
Bike Week 2009 officially launches, human powered sub takes on the Atlantic, another drop-bar hub gear opportunity, human powered hydraulics, and some rather pretty bike themed clocks.
View story - Gocycle - exclusive first hand-on review!
We take the much-anticipated Gocycle for a first-look test ride. Read on for our image-heavy report...
View story - Events and news round-up
Bring your own bike lane, see recumbent tandems on TV and hear cycle couriers on radio, follow a Teacher on Two Wheels, check out Bike Friday holiday discounts and visit Cyclemagic or Jersey events...
View story - Kit and components round-up
Lightfoot bike-to-trike kit, Raptobike launch affordable frameset deal, Westcountry Recumbents double their small tyre range, new bar-end shifters for Shimano hub gears and a touch of colour from Sturmey Archer for the S3X...
View story - Pre-break round-up
The office is now closed until the 26th January as I'm away on a brief break. Meanwhile, news of the Gocycle and an update on when we're reviewing it. Plus a story round-up: Bicycle Diaries on the radio, Dreams on Wheels in Edinburgh, Bike Right open for bookings, Santos do belts, a very electric bike, and sculptural components collected by cycle...
View story - 2009 New Year news - part 2
Bicycle Design commuter competition shortlist, CycleSense break-in, S&S; stems, pedicabs and police, Streetview trike and a DIY triplet...
View story - 2009 New Year news - part 1
A new folding bike event for May, events listing updated, FastFwd website updated, Greenspeed Glyde blog started, Dutch Speed Bicycles focus on velomobiles, and a hubless concept recumbent...
View story - Happy New Year!
We're back, and working through the backlog of correspondence and orders. Still a few places left on the SPEZI trip...
View story - Christmas/New Year closing
We're now closed until the 5th January 2009 - Happy Christmas and New Year to all of our readers!
View story - SPEZI trip 2009 - the details!
All the details, how to book and what to expect. Still several places left...
View story - Post-mailing round-up
Help for the homeless, Velo News have a vacancy, Glyde website goes live and Cyclechic have goodies for the ladies.
View story - Velo Vision 32 preview
It's out now, and the digital edition is online too! Read on for a preview of cover and contents...
View story - Norman Fay Cycles closing down
Sadly, the South Shields specialist dealer is closing its doors after over 40 years, with a final sale now on...
View story - Funding, facts and fruit juice...
Get paid to visit Cyclemagic, read the latest on pedalcars and top it all off with a refreshing smoothie...
View story - Friday miscellany
Pedal powered entertainment, Slyway fanclub, delivery by velomobile, Bike to Work book, and the a theological recumbent ban...
View story - Concepts, events and threads
Bicycle design exhibition photos, 2009 Tandem Rally and Cycle Vision news, and a snip of a jacket...
View story - Coming up in Issue 32...
A cracking December issue coming up, with electric-assist galore and an exclusive Gocycle review. Plus: a new advertisers' offers forum on this website for the very best deals, and more back issue PDFs now available...
View story - YouTube round-up
A selection of multi-person human-powered transport videos this time: a back-to-back tandem, four-person rowing 'car', and a transforming trike...
View story - Sturmey S3X fixed gear update
Sunrace release further details of their three-speed fixed - and request feedback!
View story - Tuesday part two
National Cycle-Rail Award results, commuter bike design competition, tandem cantis and excellent eccentics, ICE price news, 2009 Bike Right details, Bikefix sale and film shorts requested...
View story - Tuesday technology round-up
Two useful looking velomobiles, a bike that could ride itself, decorated bikes from Japan, a minimalist frame and the perfect bike for a picnic...
View story - Gocycle launched!
The Gocycle is a sleek new compact electric bike from designer Richard Thorpe, complete with optional electric assist and super-small packed size... next batch available April 2009!
View story - VV website updates
Tour for newcomers, digital edition now lets you generate full PDFs, more full issue PDFs coming via this site too, more testimonials, free small ads move, forum RSS, and IE log-in problems now fixed....
View story - Friday mega round-up
The latest in cycling fitness, a new record for the M5 High Racer, a collection of web resources, an art appointment in Amsterdam tomorrow, and folding bikes on the C5 Gadget show... now updated with a link to the footage!
View story - Videos, events and a photo project
A couple of cycling videos, notice of a music event and a history conference, and a chance to show off your style...
View story - Random good stuff
Kinetics cycling sculpture vids, an Africa article, a wind-powered dynamo, pedal ventilation, Strida up for an award, and tandems on trains...
View story - Cycle 2008: image-heavy report
Back from the show in Earl's Court, London with words and pictures. It's on until Sunday if you want to go...
View story - Wednesday round-up
Brompton World Champs results, Zeppy's Channel attempt, new models from Strida and Greenspeed newsletter, and off to the Cycle Show tomorrow...
View story - Issue 31 preview!
It's at the printers now, and the digital edition should be online very shortly. Here's a look at cover and contents...
View story - Greenspeed velomobile, ICE front suspension...
Lots of recumbent news from the Interbike show, via 'Bentrideronline
View story - HPV World speed record broken: now 82.33mph!
Sam Whittingham in a Varna breaks his own speed record at Battle Mountain...
View story - From races to robots
Battle Mountain and a new 24 hour water record, Moulton in the media, robotic bike storage, a bike for sore hands and more...
View story - New Brompton six-speed details
Full details of the new wider-range gearing system for the iconic folding bike, plus other product development news...
View story - Midweek roundup
Alternative propulsion, very small recumbents, extreme unicycling, Eurostar and yoga...
View story - Eurobike news roundup 3
Third and final roundup - much more in the print mag. SRAM's fix-free Torpedo, Aevon trailer, Yuba developments, Cinelli Eccles-esque art, Dahon's extended Cadenza range...
View story - Eurobike news roundup 2
Hase Pino now separable and suitcase-able, Hebie's Chainglider for derailleurs, Supernova's dynamo headlight, Gilles Berthoud saddles, Schmidt SON 20R now for disks...
View story - Eurobike news roundup 1
Brompton's new wider gearing, Sturmey's fixed three-speed, Tout-Terrain's trigger shifter for Rohloff, dynamo charger, Kidztandem on show, and the Bullitt load bike
View story - Eurobike - demo day
Live report from the outdoor day: Paper Bike, Red Dahon, Bernds belts, big Joey, plus full sus HP trike first ride...
View story - Off to Eurobike
I'm away from now until Monday 8th September at Eurobike. Read on for what's coming up next issue, and a few more fun links...
View story - Pre-Eurobike: more products and rumours!
Pacific Internal Fold bike looking good, Slide2Go modular luggage, plus a rumour roundup!
View story - Pre-Eurobike: new Toxy full-sus recumbent trike
German recumbent bike maker Toxy unveil a new double-wishbone full suspension, folding recumbent trike
View story - Pre-Eurobike: Schlumpf's new drives
Bombproof 'Treibwerk' drive for freeride/downhill, 2009 Speed-drive OK for fixies, plus versions for belt drive and eccentric BB mounting...
View story - Pre-Eurobike: Hammerschmidt revealed
As we speculated, it's a trigger-shifted BB gearbox. Here's the details of ratios, weights and prices...
View story - Prizes, papers, Pedersens and more...
Brompton announce prizes for World Championship races, the A-Bike gets upgraded, media coverage of the HPV World Championships and the Paris Velib' scheme, Velomobile Seminar calls for papers, and news of upcoming Pedersen events.
View story - Bentwaters HPV World Champs - results in!
Strong results for the home team at the recent recumbent racing event...
View story - Shimano 8-speeds fall silent
Alfine and Nexus 8 hubs get 'smooth' roller clutches instead of pawls...
View story - Cyclemagic panoramic tour...
A wide-angle look at the Leicester cycling charity, plus they re-launch their website...
View story - HP Velotechnik launch full suspension Scorpion
Pre-Eurobike: The German recumbent trike is now full suspension, folding, and also adds trike-specific mudguards...
View story - Thursday odds and ends
Olympic Google, a plastic bike, Canadian velomobiles, historic video, and an upright/recumbent converting bike.
View story - Wood, kayaks, unicycles and 'bents...
Wooden bikes worldwide, success for Schlumpf unicyclists, a new kayak pedal drive and more recumbent-specific clothing...
View story - What's SRAM's new transmission?
Pre-Eurobike: SRAM tease with a new MTB transmission. Also, they announce investment and a $10m advocacy fund...
View story - Various velo videos
Moving picture coverage of a remote-steer MTB, the walking bike, a novel transmission, a new human-powered boat design, the Beijing all-limb bike and Tricyclefeast reports. Plus the Bike Show on radio...
View story - Pre-holiday news round-up!
TV and newspaper reports on cycling in Britain, expert opinions on increasing cycling, a pedelec project in Stuttgart, Velomobile Seminar calls for papers, a step-through scooter, risqué rickshaw, the B:C:Clettes in action, back-to-back riders, Pashley-Moulton merger, and Velo Vision house news...
View story - CycleVision, bears, baskets and more...
News and pictures from CycleVision, Cycloculture blog, cyclists tangle with bears, the cardboard bike, trailers vs carrier bags, a bike-full of baskets and the steampunk recumbent...
View story - Product news round-up!
Brompton World Championships, new and relaunched bags from Carradice, limited edition Likeabike, HP Velotechnik launch online configurator, the ICE velomobile in action and Greenspeed's new catalogue and website latest...
View story - York Cycle Show 2008 - updated with videos!
A wet and windy show this year, with a damp pub ride but sunshine for the Parade... read on for our illustrated report!
View story - The VeloVisionary T-shirts are here!
They're in stock now, in two colours and four sizes. Order yours quick while stocks last!
View story - Issue 30 is out!
It's out now, and is also available online via our digital edition. Here's a preview of cover and contents...
View story - Bikes over sea, on screen, in town...
Zeppy pedal blimp set to cross Channel, Cyclemagic on Blue Peter, Dahon sponsor Bicycle Film Festival, NYC commuter race film, London architecture cycle tours...
View story - Get Cycling Show launches with a splash!
A brief photo report from the inaugural Get Cycling Show 2008 in Nottingham...
View story - HPVs, history, events, tandems and more...
HPV speed record article and pictures online, new CycleVision details, an interesting adaptable tandem, another jet bike, Australian museum looking for new home for 500+ historic cycles, ebay oddities, GetCycling Show this weekend...
View story - Monday miscellany
Two new Conferencebikes, tools to Africa, Recumbent blog goes velo, VV on hub gears on Hubstripping, a plywood townie, an amphibious bike and a boat-toting tandem...
View story - Fun links round-up
Classic cycle clips, Tweed Cycling Club, trike-powered eco-warfare, pedals for paras, very off-road tandeming, bike parts sculpture and bicycle mass transit revisited
View story - Events coming up!
Tour de Presteigne for electric bikes and the Get Cycling show in Nottingham both coming up in just a few days or weeks, plus in June the USA Folding Bikes Round-up, a Pedersen ride in NL, the York Cycle Show and more...
View story - Redmount retires
The Redmount Roller recumbent trike is no longer in production - unless someone wants to take it on!
View story - Back from the SPEZI!
We're back! The Velo Vision coach trip to the Special Bikes Show in southern Germany was great fun - read on for a brief report...
View story - Pre-SPEZI: ICE velomobile and AZUB new models
The German show sees the launch of new models from Czech recumbent specialists AZUB, while trike makers ICE team up with a Canadian kayak manufacturer to create a QNT-basd velomobile...
View story - Greenspeed launch "Ultimate Commuting Trike"
Australian recumbent manufacturers Greenspeed announce the launch of a new affordable trike, designed to be "hassle free and simple".
View story - 2008 ICE trikes revealed
UK recumbent makers ICE have announced improvements, and a slight price rise, for their Q and T models for 2008.
View story - Another news round-up!
New magazine to launch, CTC set up disability cycling projects, Smithfield Nocturne and Tandem Festival events, Italian recumbent group to take part in trade expo, low cost Italian recumbent spotted, organic vegetables by trike.
View story - A trio of event press releases
Details of Cyclevision, Tour de Presteigne and a cycle infrastructure tour in the Netherlands.
View story - Post-mailing roundup
Issue 29 now all posted, errata, links page updated, HPV world champs website up and running, early cycling books online and Trice, KMX to feature on UK TV.
View story - Taipei Show report!
Strida, Swivelhead and now IF-bike designer Mark Sanders has sent us a photo-report from the Taipei Show where he was exhibiting with his partner companies Ming Cycles and Pacific Cycles, who have launched a spectacular new folding design. Read on for an image-heavy report with new designs and folding bikes galore...
View story - Easter news round-up
Greenspeed's Quike quad, Gocycle news from the Taipei show, Ortlieb's competition winner, Bike Shorts International Film Festival,a pedal-powered grain crusher, vote for the Scraper Bikes, bicycle skiing, free small ads sites and a bike lane satire...
View story - Issue 29 preview!
It's at the printers now, and will be up on the digital edition very shortly. Here's a first look at cover and contents...
View story - New Sturmey 8-speed!
Sunrace Sturmey-Archer have announced a new 8-speed hub gear with 325% range, to replace their current 305% model...
View story - Digital edition now has full back issue archive
We've added every issue of Velo Vision from Issue 1 onwards for subscribers to access and search...
View story - Thursday roundup
Slyway launch recumbent clothing, new interactive cycling map, Google Maps petition, Kinetics with folding bikes on TV and helmet cameras in the news. And a warm welcome to Sue Archer who has recently joined the Velo Vision team...
View story - Strida 5 coming to the UK
Corporate changes mean the latest, most stylish model of this folding bike will now see wider distribution. Also, a great article about the design's evolution...
View story - UPDATED: D-Tek back in action shortly
Following a family bereavement recumbent specialists D-Tek will be operating limited opening for the next week or so...
View story - Cycling superhighways, lost and found...
London's cycling good news, Bicycle Film Festival, Handmade Bicycle Show links, and the happy tale of a lost recumbent reunited with its owner...
View story - Friday roundup
Website and SPEZI updates, D-Tek back in action, Kinetics on the radio, the Bassfreight, a Moulton on stage, the all-wood bike and design competitions from UNESCO and Slyway...
View story - Sheldon Brown, R.I.P.
Cycling legend Sheldon Brown passed away last night, a huge loss to the cycling community.
View story - SPEZI 2008 coach trip confirmed!
The SPEZI trip is going ahead! Read on for info, and book early to grab one of the 14 spaces...
View story - News and events roundup
D-Tek temporarily closed, links galore, plus many events confirmed: Bikefix's 'Bike Camp' (May), Michigan HPV Rally (June), 6th European Pedalcar Champs (August), Durham Dales Cycle Rally (early September), final .deciMach challenge at Battle Mountain (late September).
View story - New year roundup
A sad farewell to Recumbent Cyclist News and Liegerad magazines, Terracycle acquire Fastback, Burrows on film, a workbike blog, UK recumbent dealer map, Flanders tour in July, the bicycle-powered welder, cycle history conference calls for papers and a splendid Safety Bike on Youtube...
View story - Christmas/New Year closing, and a massive news round-up...
We're closed from 22nd December to 1st January. Also, news links galore including elevated cycleways, road space comparison, a lock alert, Alfine on the way, speed bump video, safety satire, DIY carbon, bikes and bikinis, Velib under strike stress, pretty tyre patterns, an excellent animation, Expedition360 shirts, Pedalcar News, MOMEC, Isotruss frames, HP supercomputer, Pacific CarryAll, Marthaler calendars, Brompton website, amphibious boating, a human-powered move, online museum, and the sound system bikes of New York.
View story - Velo Vision 28 is out!
They're all in the post. Just watch out for incorrectly-bound copies...
View story - UK readers: Sustrans won!
UPDATED: The path-building charity won £50 million...
View story - Issue 28 preview!
It's at the printers now, and the digital edition is already online! Here's a look at the cover and contents...
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View story- Calling academics, civil servants and librarians!
An institutional digital edition of Velo Vision is now available, allowing access for all users at a library, university or other institution. Read on for details...
View story - Snowmobile trike, stolen tandem and a decade of Like-a-bike.
Greenspeed unleash the Snowbeast, 10 years of Like-a-Bike and a reader's custom tandem is stolen in Geneva...
View story - Product, book and event updates
Swivel-head goes Pacific, Yuba Mundo bikes due in December, Rido saddle update, new Annie Londonderry book, Bike Right coming up in March and the Bikefix film night on 7th December...
View story - Reader news
An impressive reader-contributed collection of links to cycling news including a musical US tour, the cycling rollercoaster, bamboo bikes for Africa, a sociable four-wheeled velomobile and the Strike Bike...
View story - Possible Velovisionaries trip to SPEZI 2008
Who's interested in a coach trip to the SPEZI show in Germany next April? Read some tentative details, and stand up and be counted if you're keen!
View story - Cycle 2007 show report
The London event, this year in Earls Court, is on this weekend. Here's some of what you'll see if you go...
View story - Human power around the world
Expedition 360 completes human-powered circumnavigation, the Drymer leaning trike, Rubin's titanium folder vid, art, parties and movies at the London Bicycle Film Festival coming up soon, and informal pedicabbing in Brooklyn, NY.
View story - Rohloff's new hub gear unveiled
Speedhub successor to have 580% range, reduced weight...
View story - Issue 27 preview!
It's out now - and digital subscribers can also read it in full online. Here's a preview of cover and contents...
View story - Post-show news roundup
HPV pioneer Paul McCready passes away, new belt drive from Eurobike, a new front-mounted childseat, a designer tackles recumbent trikes, Rowingbike champs, the automatic bike dispenser and Dahon's 25 years... plus a SRAM one-sided hub update.
View story - Eurobike - product news
A very quick look at some of the new products on display at the show, including new Mobiky and carbon-fibre folding bikes, a new leaning trike, a fixed and single-speeder's dream gadget and much more...
View story - The Eurobike experience
Picture-heavy report from the German show, showing the locations, the halls and the Zeppelins! Product news to follow...
View story - Recumbent roundup
A very international collection as we take a look at the new MetaPhysic recumbent from Spain, latest news and videos from Slyway in Italy, HP Velotechnik in Germany unveil a folding Grasshopper recumbent bike, and a folding recumbent trike from Russia...
View story - Issue 17 sold out, now available as PDF...
And Issues 2, 11 and 21 are down to the last few copies...
View story - Recent roundup
Tikit reviewed, Optima gain US distributor, bikes on Radio 4, Practical Pedal magazines launches, Expedition 360 set a date for completion, Pacific sponsor a triathlete, and their TurfTrike pedal-powered golf cart...
View story - News extra!
More news items: a Folding Bike Round-up report, Greenspeed newsletter, tyre reference site, Dashing Tweeds, Slovenia's Recumbent Marathon, QBX quad bike on TV, an outing of a bygone age, and cycling as the new golf...
View story - Massive news update
Catching up with the latest from the HPV world: Zeppy on YouTube, an eccentric alternative, bikes on the radio and in three musical forms, a new velomobile in the works, human power boat champs upcoming and a new 24h boat record, Momentum now free, HP Velo news, folding handlebars, making trailers and shaft drive folding bikes...
View story - York Cycle Show 2007 report
Pictures and news from the CTC Rally last weekend, including the VeloVisionaries pub ride...
View story - Irish designer launches brand new 'Fónta' folding bike
Kieran McCardle of CKE Cycles in Kilkenny announces a new high-end design with an ingenious folding mechanism...
View story - Issue 26 preview
It's out now in both print and digital editions. Here's a first look at the cover and contents...
View story - New roundup part 2
First bike with Fallbrook, a suitcase-shaped folder, cycling cities on film and the pedal power prison petition
View story - News round-up part 1
A possible Sturmey ASC revival, a recumbent rally in Pennsylvania USA, an AZUB pedalled back from Beijing, belt drive again, and Bath helmet/wig researcher gets a Greenspeed...
View story - Greenspeed team up with AZUB
Australian-Czech trike partnership promises keener pricing and faster service...
View story - SPEZI 2007 report!
A brief photo report with headline news from the German show while I work on a fuller report for Issue 26...
View story - Pre-SPEZI news roundup
News in today of three new products launching at the SPEZI this weekend: AZUB mini, Fliener leaning trike, Challenge Travel Mistral.
View story - Greenspeed 'Frog' is named Anura, more details released
Final pre-production prototype picture, accessory details and more...
View story - ICE to lauch a two-wheeler - first 'spy' pics!
Trike makers ICE will announce their first two-wheeled recumbent at the SPEZI show this coming weekend - we have first pics!
View story - News roundup 2
April Fool roundup, Utne single out VV, Stein's full-suspension trike, Santos tandems come to the UK, and a great cruiser trike...
View story - News roundup 1
A Mexican city goes bike, BBC bike quiz, gas discharge light gets German approval, CTC request bikes-on-trains lobbying, and two folders on Youtube...
View story - Back from Bike Right
Bike Right photo report online now, other updates follow...
View story - Issue 25 preview
It's out now: here's a first look at the cover and contents...
View story - Monday news
Trek launch new 'designer' town bike range, Brompton Champs in Barcelona coming up fast in March, and reader input please on the great HPV circumnavigation debate...
View story - Friday roundup
Dahon figures, 'Pedal-to-watch TV' bike, wooden bikes, Bromptons in Barcelona, a Dahon gone recumbent, Altena's new trike conversion kit, VV-type ride in Worthing mid-May, Pedersen ride in June, and Cyclemagic's new premises opening...
View story - Velo Vision goes digital!
A full online edition of the magazine is now available via Exact Editions - read Issue 32 online as a free sample!
View story - Friday roundup
Schlumpf reveals internal drive prototype, back-to-back upright tandem caught on camera, AZUB team up with German-A, Karbyk coming to race at the Euro Pedalcar Champs in the UK, Ortlieb's anniversary, and VV's CycleVision PDFs now free online...
View story - Product news bonanza
Challenge trike prices released, Bike Friday's new commuter folder, a side-by-side recumbent from Canada and some first reviews of the Fallbrook continuously-variable transmission...
View story - Short story round-up
Spreading cycling love with hot bike cards, coffee by cycle, the Spanish Sustrans, Expedition 360 on the move again, bike power, Bolton cycling conference in April, Enjoy Your Bike no more, pothole fixes online, renting spare space as bike parking, and sidewalk cycling in Japan...
View story - New venues for two top events
CycleVision moves to Amsterdam in June, and London's Cycle show in October moves from Docklands to Earls Court...
View story - From Hyperbikes to knitting
A Monday link collection: Hyperbike arm-and-leg-driven dicycle, BBC showcase Bert Harris, cargo bike collection and the knitted fixies...
View story - New year catch-up - Part 2
Still spaces at Bike Right (end of March), a cycling centre for Malvern, a tracked cycle kit, touring solo by tandem, Dahon sponsor sharks, and amazing no-hands bike repair in China...
View story - Industry expands
Velo Vision, Cycle Magic, ICE, Wizwheelz and more all take on extra space as the specialised cycle industry grows...
View story - Build a rail HPV for the NRM!
York's National Railway Museum and Leicester's CycleMagic team up to promote a rail HPV design-and-build competition in May this year - get building!
View story - New year catch-up - Part 1
Rounding up recent news and correspondence: ICE trike updates for 07, Pedalcar News is out, a new CityCycling, Expedition 360's Tibet slideshow, Cetma racks interview, bike lanes video, a seriously electic BMX, NYT on bikes, and the Norway Bike Lift on film... more news follows shortly!
View story - Festive season miscellany
Velo Vision news, Cycles Max and Carryfreedom go postal, another steam-powered bicycle, a flying bike, pedalcars get sponsored, Expedition 360 update and Dahon photo competition unveils winners...
View story - Issue 24 preview
It's out now, and contains a bumper crop of folder reviews, reader reports and much more! Read on for a look at the cover and contents...
View story - Pre-deadline roundup
VV24 coming soon, Cyclaire win 'Big Idea', HUB trike set to launch soon, Long Johns in German, Bickerton history, Radiovska helmets, learning to ride on adapted bikes, pedal monocycle, new concept folder, new HPV aircraft project, the Pterosail for trikes, and Cyclemagic plan a rail-bike festival in York next May...
View story - A triple dose of invention
The Sideways Bike on Sky, pedalling redefined with the Luna Lander, and a mystery, possibly-amphibious tricycle...
View story - Friday update!
Coast and Castle ride to Edinburgh in May, free bike scheme goes awry, Lords of loads, a special needs info page, tandem wedding tackle and a trans-Atlantic pedal boat project...
View story - Flight of fancy in bike shed final
The winner of 'Reinventing the Bike Shed' will be chosen tomorrow from these three finalists...
View story - Friday mega-roundup
Velo Vision in the press, a round-the-world cycling book and photos online, Milan's Cycling Film Festival, and news in brief including two bikes-on-trains items, a custom cycling cap company and a bicycle-controlled drum machine...
View story - Burrows goes front wheel drive!
Designer Mike Burrows tries out a new format for his latest recumbent bike...
View story - Cycle & Recycle 2007 calendars - order now!
Plan your cycling years in 2007, 2018 and 2029 - stocks have now arrived of this unique publication...
View story - Recumbent manufacturer in Pakistan seeks feedback
First pictures of the full-suspension 'Mantis' from KB Velo, a custom recumbent maker from Pakistan...
View story - Cycle 2006 report
Illustrated report from last weekend's London show...
View story - Events and more...
Tom Mason memorial ride coming up on the 15th Oct, Pedersen enthusiats plan visit to the Kemper factory on 18th Nov, the next Bike Right in Spring 07, a trike touring group online, and a 'name that cycling tune' competition...
View story - Post-mailing catch-up
Greenspeed launch a delta trike at Interbike, two new velomobiles, more media mentions, Fallbrook CVT pairs up with Currie electric assist, Off-road Handcycle Champs video and a cycle mechanic competition and cycling film festival in Milan...
View story - Bike Right report
Brief report, photos and video from last weekend's event in Northumberland...
View story - Pre-mailing roundup
VV23 imminent, a scooter on steroids, London's Cycle show coming up, SlowWheel first pic, TV reports on IFMA, Beijing ride, Leicester festival links, and an upright-recumbent triplet...
View story - Winsome pedal boat launch
A leisure and touring-oriented human-powered pedal boat, seating two, is to be launched shortly in the UK...
View story - News catch-up
A roundup of news which came in during the VV23 deadline panic phase: Zeppy wins McDonalds publicity, research recommends wigs not helmets, Burley bought - but drop tandems, recumbents from their range, Expedition 360 in Asia, and the Tallbike Tourers return...
View story - Issue 23 preview
It's out now - here's a first look at cover and contents...
View story - Eurobike report!
Illustrated report with all the latest from the world's largest trade show...
View story - Off to Eurobike - product preview
I'm leaving tomorrow to attend the Eurobike trade show in Germany, where there's sure to be much new and exciting in the cycling world. Read on for previews of some of the new products coming up...
View story - Challenge enter the trike market!
We have the first pre-Eurobike, pre-production pictures of the Netherlands recumbent maker's first three-wheeler, expected to be available in early 2007...
View story - HP Velotechnik unveil 'Scorpion fx' folding trike
Dismantles fast to 'Smart car boot size' for transport, available in January...
View story - Friday roundup
HP Velotechnik and Dahon among Eurobike award winners, Suntour's hub dynamo, a French stunt cyclist, Greenspeed's bits for home bike/trike builders, Mildenhall Rally and cycling erotica exhibition, and some items from the forum...
View story - Calling off-road handcyclists!
Off-road handcycling World Champs are taking shape in Crested Butte, Colorado... and Velo Vision's now sponsoring the event!
View story - Three cycling snippets
Italian students come to Leicester to learn Cyclemagic, Bike Right places still available, and a first look at the upcoming 2007 Cycle and Recycle Calendar...
View story - Shed Shackle should stop stealing
A clever new device offers added security for anyone storing bikes in a wooden shed...
View story - Two pairs of products
Two new folding bikes coming up from Dahon, and the ear-streamliners from Slipstreamz...
View story - Two steps back?
Ken Livingstone calls for cycle registration scheme in London, and a US professor says that long-lived cyclists do more environmental damage than motorists...
View story - Friday miscellany
New HPV hour record, brief belated report from the Edinburgh Bike Film Festival and blindfolded tricycle slalom at Cyclefeast...
View story - Still time to get to the HPV world champs...
An impressive event is coming up on the 5-7th August in Allegre, France. Read on for the full programme...
View story - Steintrikes launch a recumbent trike-bike conversion kit
Three wheels reassemble to two - also available as a complete bike/trike system...
View story - First review of the new SRAM 9-speed hub gear
German magazine Aktiv Radfahren get their hands on it... and like it!
View story - New designs and links roundup
Four velomobiles - some concept, some real - plus a fancy folder, updated Trice QNT report, skaters match cyclists on the London to Brighton, and recumbents in Wired again...
View story - New HPV hour record, and the Dempsey/MacCready prize awarded
A belated report on the HPV Hour Prize competition held recently at the Nissan test track in the USA. Fast Freddy goes an amazing 85.991 km in an hour, and US$40,000 is awarded in prize money..
View story - News roundup
Recycling on the radio (R4 this coming Monday), human-powered boats championship coming up in Germany later this month, the first ever Off-Road Handycling World Champs in Colorado USA in August, and a Bolton, UK conference on cycling, leisure and tourism in September...
View story - Hase race trikes into the night
Spectacular scenes at a local festival as trike racing turns nocturnal...
View story - Mini roundup
Aerorider's simpler Sunrider velomobile, bike trailer website launched, 'Mission' TW trailer in NL, a German-language technical journal and London's Critical Mass is officially legit...
View story - York Cycle Show report
Photo report on this year's show, the VeloVisionaries ride and more...
View story - Pre-Rally Roundup
York Cycle Show at the weekend - but before that some updates: Zeppy's latest and an appeal, a rude cycling video, the basket bike, false friends of cycling, Pedersen report, Greenspeed take on Rogan...
View story - News in brief
Belated CycleVision roundup, POV spokes, Wrath Sharman's hub brakes, CityCyling 12 out, tail-faired recumbent world hour record set...
View story - Events update
Dublin Festival seeks visitors and contributors, reporter required for a Cardiff electrostimulated cycling race, speedbikes compete for US$25,000, Cyclefeast still has spaces, and the Recumbent Cup in Germany...
View story - Issue 22 preview
It's out now - here's a preview of cover and contents...
View story - Shimano recalls (some) front quick releases
Shimano has issued a voluntary recall of certain silver-plated QR skewers made after Nov 05. Read the full story to check if you're affected by this potentially safety-critical recall.
View story - Coming up to CycleVision
It's this weekend, entry is free, and the event includes all sorts for racers and non-racers alike, plus the Trike Race in its first appearance outside Germany....
View story - News and links roundup
Cycling music, freeform traffic in India, the new Lightfoot trailertrike, workbike reading, Mobiky folding bike launch, Salzburg cycling, and a touring-to-China book...
View story - Event updates
4th European Pedalcar Championships (August), London finish for Tour of Britain 2006, Folding bike Round-Up USA coming up in June, and a new UK roadie show. And don't miss the York Rally...
View story - New York proposes Conferencebike ban, pedicab regulation
Legal recognition for 300 pedicabs - but the Partybike could be over...
View story - News and links roundup
Didi Senft's football trike, gyroscopes as balance aids, new flashy turn indicator, Robbo's four limb cycle, RCN gets a blog, Stafford cycle recycling, South Africa update
View story - Events updates
CycleMagic Festival launches in Leicester in September, Berlin comes to Velorution on Tuesday, last chance for CycleVision race registration
View story - SPEZI 2006 report
Just back from the Special Bike Show in Germany - here's the hot news and first pictures...
View story - 2000 Euro prizes at SPEZI trike race
Win a Rohloff on the Saturday in the three-wheel contest...
View story - Velotechnik launch 81-speed Scorpion
German trike makers HP Velotechnik add extra gears to new model, launching at SPEZI...
View story - Ron Beams passes away
Veteran tricyclist and HPV enthusiast Ron Beams passes away at the age of 99...
View story - Bike Right report
Testing bikes, trikes and tearooms at the cycling event in Northumberland...
View story - Events roundup
Netherlands 'try a recumbent day' this Sunday, Cyclevision registration opens, and an invitation to Veloexotica 2006 in Moscow in July
View story - Issue 21 errata
Puky kid's bikes, the Fallbrook website, 20" studded tyres, more Big Apples, and the Fietsen artbook on show in London - setting right Issue 21 errors and omissions...
View story - Four for the future
Latest Greenspeed newsletter confirms Quad developments, small frame trikes, unveils clever Custom Shop PDFs and says 406 Scorchers on their way...
View story - International news roundup
Canadian velomobiles, Russian touring, UK 'bents from Taiwan and off-road handcycling world champs in Colorado...
View story - New recumbents come in threes
The new folding Bike Friday recumbent, a fine dual 26" tandem from RANS, and an exclusive look at the prototype Rainbow Runner from the Netherlands...
View story - New recumbents come in threes
The new folding Bike Friday recumbent, a fine dual 26" tandem from RANS, and an exclusive look at the prototype Rainbow Runner from the Netherlands...
View story - Post-mailing roundup
VV21 update, Islabikes website up (and we have spy pics of the new trailerbike), new KMX website, Dahon's Bike of the Year, Cyclemagic get BBC boost, Victorian cycling pics online...
View story - Taipei Show 2006 report
Items of cycling and engineering interest in this photo report from Strida/Swivel-Head designer Mark Sanders...
View story - Event roundup
A recumbent tour taking in the SPEZI (end of April), Cycle Circus kicks off in North Devon (1st May), latest from CycleVision (late May), and the French HPV Champs (August) are now open for registration...
View story - Sanders on Swivel-Heads
Find out about folding bike designer Mark Sanders' latest work at a public lecture in Bath on Tuesday 21st March...
View story - Shorts roundup 2
A tandem event even for the tandemless, the bus that carries 16 bikes, cycle trainers multiply, ice race video, cycle monuments online and Pedalcar News...
View story - Electric Bike Rally coming up in May
If you have an electric bike, or want one, be there on May 6-7 at Presteigne in the Welsh Borders - includes an hour-long Endurance Rally and a conference...
View story - Shorts roundup
Cycle trailer review online, new Pedersen of Denmark website, second Netherlands Recumbent Day coming up, CTC protest highway code changes, latest from Zeppy...
View story - Issue 21 preview
It's out now, and here's an advance look at cover and contents...
View story - Sturmey launch heritage website
With masses of scans of artwork, advertising and photos...
View story - Dahon launch photo competition
With over 4000 US dollars of Dahon stuff in prizes on offer...
View story - Shimano promise even more efficient 8-speed hub
German magazine Aktiv Radfahren has news of an upcoming 'Alfine' hub gear, with more needle rollers and disk brake compatible...
View story - Netherlands Bike Month puts CycleVision in the spotlight
Zandvoort event will be the culmination of a month of cycle celebration nationwide...
View story - Arch on the radio
Sue Archer debates youth hostel closure on BBC R4 You and Yours, tomorrow 12.05-1PM...
View story - Calling readers in France, Italy, Greece, Turkey and beyond...
A personable round-the-world cyclist, Rick Gunn, visited Velo Vision in York a few weeks ago, and is seeking overnight hosts as he rides on...
View story - Media mentions
BBC1 spot for Down Low Glow tomorrow, Cycles Max on C4's Scrappy Races, House of Lords comments provoke Guardian response and the BBC cover Cambodian cycle enterprises...
View story - Pedal-Powered Workshop in Melbourne now on!
Australian practical transport conference brings together pedal pioneers...
View story - More short stories...
Bike tunnel pics, Prague perils, pairs of photos published, a cycling essay competition, and CVT progress...
View story - Youth Hostel cull hits 32 sites
Hostels to close after October to fund modernisation...
View story - Chile, Cyclemagic, cycling cluestick called for and CTC coup
Chilean recumbents on the BBC, the DTI forget bikes again, Cyclemagic documentary to show on US cable TV, CTC lift Easyjet hydraulic ban...
View story - Friday roundup
'Tailwind tunnels' resurface in Canada, cycling mail in India, and Burley designer Bill Schaefer passes away.
View story - Intriguing invention to slow you down...
Want a workout as you slowly trundle along next to a not-so-fast riding companion? This could be for you...
View story - Boats, links, TV couriers, IKEA on wheels & touring tallbikes
Leicester's boat event, links from Chop, cycle courier TV series on the web, pedalling IKEA imitators, and a pair of brothers plan to circle Britain on tallbikes...
View story - Trice revamp range for 2006
Standard (a.k.a. budget) range now all have rear sus and no-tools folding, out March 2006...
View story - New year news
Cyclemagic update, Newport errata, a Kettwiesel velomobile, Zeppy latest, Belgian Eco-trip planned, Australian Cyclist site...
View story - Wrapping up 2005
Christmas closing administrivia, Re-Cycle newsletter, HPV World Champs in France dates confirmed, CycleVision website up along with many of our old CycleVision reports, Nihola on French TV, Challenge introduce an even more lightweight series and MTBing for amputees...
View story - A healthy glow from short cranks and pedal patents
CycleVision dates announced, Down Low Glow coming up on BBC TV, KMX gets Mens Health ranking, big chainrings and short cranks online from Dutch Speed Bicycles, Pedal Car News is out, and the new folding bike tech revealed in patents...
View story - Issue 20 preview
It's out now - here's a look at the cover and contents...
View story - From Singapore to the Nile via a dodgy cycle path
Expedition 360 reaches Singapore, new IHPVA 'restricted' class, City Cycling web mag, cycling on the telly, a pedal proselytizer, a French festival, bamboo trailer update, Jobs on a bike, Bike Hods sighted at Waitrose and a splendidly daft cycle 'facility'...
View story - Strida inventor releases new folding technology teaser
A novel folding mechanism for bikes with full-size wheels apparently...
View story - Hard-shell recumbent seats sorted
Dutch Speed Bicycles have developed a new type of cushioning seat foam - less harsh, but still very breathable...
View story - Recumbent raincoat released
ICE start sales of the Freestyle recumbent-specific Goretex jacket reviewed in issue 15...
View story - Mitka and Mango
A university thesis compares two 'velomobile' projects - with plenty of fascinating history and insight...
View story - Back from BikeRight
Bikes, trikes, hills and prize-winning elephants at the event in Northumberland... now updated with extra pics
View story - Cycling news roundup - from Seine to Sideways
Off to Bike Right, London cycling doubles, Sideways Bike wins inventor award, Critical Mass in Greece and London, Zeppy over the Seine, a useful shock system and the Danish cycling condoms...
View story - Cycle show report
Brief photo report on the London show last weekend... more to come in the next mag!
View story - Canadians get clever with trailers
Tony Hoar's bicycle-towable homeless shelter/ambulance, and a new-to-me heavy cargo trailer builder in Ontario...
View story - Recent roundup
A new French leaning trike, the ebay tandem trike scam, HPV lawnmowers, the pedalcar musem, velomobiles in the press, and BionX regenerative braking report...
View story - Speed records fall at Battle Mountain
New women's, European, speed records at the 2005 World Human Powered Speed Challenge...
View story - HPV Hour record - now available in velodromes
The IHPVA recognises a new category which aims to make attempts on the Hour more accessible and cheaper...
View story - The ingenious internal disk brake
Clever development promises power of disks with durability of drums...now updated with extra pics.
View story - KMX to launch sub-£500 adult trike at London show
The 'ST Class' is £200 cheaper than their previous X-Class adult recumbent trike...
View story - Even more news in brief
Guardian plug, berry biking, brake bonanza, Crank-it cease, a muralist podcast, 2WD from Japan, Dutch HP subs, Reivers Route website...
View story - Massive end-of-September roundup!
Much Pedersen activity, a dog-powered scooter, flashing legalised in the UK, Rainlegs, Rowingbikes, Campag catalogues, more canoe trailers, media links, a wooden trike and the Buscycle...
View story - New folding trike unveiled
JM Recumbents from the US launch a folding recumbent trike frameset...
View story - Cycling the Medina
Sue Archer reports from a pedal-powered boat race on the Isle of Wight...
View story - SRAM announce new 9-speed hub gear
340% range, and evenly spaced ratios, according to a German bike mag... UPDATED
View story - IFMA 2005 report
News and pictures from the trade show in Germany...
View story - Cycle and Recycle Calendars 2006 - order now!
The ingenious cycle-friendly way to plan your year is back better than ever...
View story - A party, a penny and a pedal blimp linguist
A Sustrans party this Sunday, Hilldodger to go Leicester-York on a penny, and French-to-English translator sought by Endless Flyer project...
View story - News roundup
A chance to join a Brompton factory tour, some Specialised spoofs, a sneak peek at the new Bike Friday folding recumbent, a Belgian bicycle theme park and some solar races...
View story - Katrina hits Wallingford
Wallingford Bicycle Parts in New Orleans, a Velo Vision dealer, has suspended business after evacuating in the face of hurricane Katrina. We're hoping they're all safe.
View story - Issue 19 preview
It's at the printers now... here's what's inside, and a look at the cover.
View story - New Birdys shape up
A new Y-frame and new model range for the German folding bike, but wheel size and folding action remain unchanged for 2006...
View story - Sturmey finally update their website!
Plus there's a disk-brake version of their eight-speed and an exiting new drum-brake hub dynamo...
View story - Carbon, sax and jigs
Students develop a carbon folding bike, Carryfreedom trailer put to musical use, and a chance to become a recumbent manufacturer - the Vision Recumbent frame jigs are up on eBay...
View story - Cyclefeast report
Sue Archer brings us an illustrated account of the just-finished social cycling event near Berwick-upon-Tweed...
View story - HP Velotechnik unveil 2006 details
Concrete info on their new trike, plus pics, and the new Speedmachine Randonneur...
View story - August mini-roundup
Seamus update, Down Low Glow goes European, and a photographic bicycle sighting
View story - The Brompton trailer bike
Andrew Hague follows up his VV18 article about the Rohloff, V-braked Brompton with a double-Brommie trailerbike combo...
View story - Another mixed bag
The latest disk-braked three wheel drive trike from Moscow, cycling mailbox art, two alternative BOB bags, the trailer from sticks built in bamboo enters the iF awards...
View story - International assortment
Greenspeed's latest newsletter, The North American Handmade Bicycle Show, Bikes and Trailers now supplying Doggyride trailers plus the amazing flying kayak...
View story - Cycling alternatives blossom in Russia
A Moscow festival, many inventions and other non-diamond-frame activity...
View story - Chinese launch linear-drive recumbent
Walkmate from Shanghai show an innovative, sliding-pedal design...
View story - GoBike updates
The Canadian folding bike's Belgian distributor is supplying the UK - at least one customer already has a bike - plus other media appearances
View story - House news
Administrivia arising on my return: no more credit cards by post please, a call to the mumbling answermachine messager, and thanks for your thoughts...
View story - Zeppy's maiden flight
A human-powered airship takes off in France - with plans to cross the Channel. And it's looking for sponsors...
View story - Link and story roundup
An impressive French trike, a Dutch Pedersen meet, pedal-powered PCs, a rack turn any bike into a 'butchers', the pedal-powered pub reaches Belgium, Italy's first recumbent bike manufacturer goes online, voyaging Vancouverites, and the Blind Cycle Tour...
View story - Seamus King in hospital
Seamus, cycling event regular, raconteur, Byke Kultuur Never editor and frequent contributor to Velo Vision and this website, was taken badly ill just before the York Rally and is now in hospital in a bad way... leave best wishes here.
View story - York Cycle Show report
Just back from the show...
View story - Inside the Sunrace-Sturmey 8-speed
The new one is fab, but the old one broke. We take it apart, find the fault and reassemble. Warning for dial-up readers: report contains 46 images...
View story - York Rally Approaching!
The York Cycle Show is this coming weekend, the 25/26th, on York's Knavesmire. Come along, join the VeloVisionaries ride and more...
View story - XAccess opens "Bigga Boda" project in Kenya
Bikes with better load capacity put into action by the US-based charity. Plus, an appearance in Forbes Magazine and other updates...
View story - Cycling snippets
News and links collection: the amazing 'Magic Windy', a new ferry service for CycleVision from Harwich to Ijmuiden, Design show with bicycling content at the RCA, the 'Bike-o-Vision' simulator...
View story - Two new bicycling books
Pedalling to Hawaii and a cycling poetry anthology, both just published...
View story - Airnimal's centrefolding bike
Dutch Playboy magazine gives the Cambridge-based folding bike makers a welcome boost...
View story - ICE tandem trike stolen in Sweden
A UK couple on tour have lost their vehicle - which is unusual enough to stand out a mile if anyone tries to sell it...
View story - The UCI are at it again - join the 'save track cycling' petition
First they ban recumbents and fossilise cycle design - now they're made a decision which endangers one of cycle sport's longest traditions - track cycling...
View story - HPV Champs in Denmark open for registrations
They're in Aalborg, 20-21 August this year - sign up now for accommodation and races...
View story - News roundup
Vote Moulton in design comp, an Edinburgh hillclimb, a pedal lathe, Lightwheels transport advocacy event in New York City, Chinese flood photo furore, Toxy's new website, and Momentum Magazine's relaunch...
View story - CycleVision report
Just back from the world's largest recumbent event, held at the Zandvoort racing circuit in the Netherlands...
View story - Ride Leicester report
Plenty of pics, and a quick look inside the CycleMagic bike recycling and special needs project...
View story - Issue 18 preview
It's out now...
View story - Ride Leicester countdown
It's in ten days' time on Sunday May 29th (bank holiday weekend) - now with promo pics from Jason Patient
View story - New UK recumbent dealer sets up in the Wirral
Andy Kinlan is importing Rainbow recumbents from the Netherlands...
View story - Pedersen roundup
A child's Pedersen from the SPEZI, a Pedersen specialist shop opens in Germany, plus rides for fans of the hammock-saddled wonders in Germany and the Netherlands
View story - Ted White's films out on DVD
US filmmaker (and Velo Vision reader) Ted White puts together four cycling documentaries...
View story - Story update
London's naked bike ride in June, Allegre HPV week in July, a bamboo bike, aerodynamics explained, a trailer tent, mag delivery in style, openings in Ontario, and short cranks aplenty...
View story - SPEZI News
A brief initial report from the German show, with just a few pics. HP Velotechnik's new recumbent trike is perhaps the 'hottest' news...
View story - New Bromptons!
Titanium extremities,new handlebar designs and more...
View story - Cycle Fest set for August 05
No, not the Lancaster lot, but a superbly diverse event at Castle Combe in August, organised by Handcycling UK, but also taking in HPVs, tandems, open classes and a 'fun duathlon'.
View story - SPEZI looms - with new products galore
The Special Bike Show in Germersheim, Germany, takes place this coming weekend, and there's already news of some new products to be launched there...
View story - Is recumbent cycling easier on the knees?
A study seems to suggest that the anterior cruciate ligament may be less heavily loaded when laid-back...
View story - Leitra launch new stylish bodyshell
...and they also offer a bare trike, which we missed in the Buyer's Guide. Plus, their 25th anniverary party in August...
View story - News update
Velorution has returned, cycling in Paris, Leicester's legend to be filmed, Momentum Magazine to return too, an arm-and-leg drive bike and the childrens' recumbents website update...
View story - Back from Bike Right
A quick photo report on the Northumberland/Scottish Borders event - and details of the next one!
View story - Greenspeed launch low, lean, folding X5
...and promise a hardshell carbon-fibre seat shortly
View story - Cello makes a bike case out of a BOB
From the US via the Netherlands, a clever bike-and-luggage transport idea...
View story - Around the world by human power - in croc country
A kayak leg of Expedition 360 turns dangerous...
View story - Mid-March miscellany
Missing a red Moulton Jubilee? You may be in luck... and more welcome publicity for Carryfreedom, Re~cycle charity moves premises, a recumbent-friendly race in Paris, online rear derailleur obsession, and supersized tandems and trikes...
View story - Websites galore
Greenspeed's new site, Nihola also revamp theirs, UK insurance scheme promotes dealers, how your employer can help get you bikes for less, Ride Leicester update, a modern Penny and a brief report on the Toronto bike show. Plus, US readers can now order VV online from Calhoun Cycle.
View story - CycleVision update
The website's live at last, and some details of camping
View story - Issue 17 is out!
UPDATE 12 March: all subs copies now posted.
View story - Shimano launch new hub dynamos: claim 40% less drag
Three new models will be launched in April, and Shimano say resistance is much reduced, especially when switched off...
View story - Italian cycle promotors launch "BIKE NOUVEAU FABRIK"
It's a bikes-as-transport cycle culture show for Milan, a week before the SPEZI. Potential exhibitors are invited to book (free!) stand space, with transport back to the SPEZI thrown in...
View story - Mezzo folding bike website launches
Not much we haven't reported before, but there's now a list of dealers and a video...
View story - Sting nets Brompton, Moulton, Birdy ebay swindler
Lost a folder recently - or bought one via Ebay? Then read on...
View story - Cycle training on UK telly tonight
Tune in to BBC One (London region) tonight at 7:30 to watch a BBC presenter go from novice to Hyde Park Corner veteran...
View story - No less than SIX events for your diary...
A grass-roots campaign meet in Leicester, folding bike fun in the USA, Cycling and Society Symposium in Cardiff, European Pedal Car Championships in Monza, Jubilee G8 rides to Edinburgh, and Recumbent Day in the Netherlands...
View story - Schlumpf shifting unicycle impresses
The two-speed uni goes to the USA: first reaction from those who tried it...
View story - Recent roundup
New Scientist links Drais to volcano, Airlite's canti rear end for builders, Kinetic Schulpture racing in Italy, new Pedalcar News is out, saddle silliness, Cambridge celebrates ban overturn, Cycling Circus of Impending Doom, road space for bikes, games console pedal device...
View story - Birdy offer tenth anniversary special
Radical spec includes 20" (406) wheels and drop bars...
View story - Greenspeed launch 349 Scorcher
This new tyre is said to be the easiest-rolling Brompton-sized tyre so far...
View story - Carry Freedom carries off award
The folding trailer company wins Scotland's Most Visionary Business prize...
View story - Trike tidings
ICE knock £100 off their budget models, and Spitfire trike makers Hellbent Cycles in the USA is up for sale...
View story - Event updates galore
SPEZI update, CycleVision new dates, Mildenhall dates confirmed, HPV World Champs in Denmark
View story - Cycling theme park mooted for Derby
A feasibility study is underway...meanwhile no news from VeloNova in the Netherlands
View story - HPVs on ice, and a velomobile video
Ice races in Brantford, Ontario in February, and velomobile news from France, Netherlands and USA...
View story - History calling
Australia conference calls for papers, while the V-CC look at recreating a famous UK train ride from 50 years ago...
View story - Cigarettes clobber CycleVision
The demands of motorsport tobacco sponsorship mean that the event dates are now uncertain... UPDATED - dates now confirmed as 4th and 5th June 2005
View story - Roundup revisited
More catch-up news: BKN22 is out, Catrike owner's Rally in US in Feb, more Mezzo folding bike details, ICE tail fairing and other news, Leicester's Cycling Film Festival attracts top animators, Velorution moves, and free PDF downloads of both old Netherlands HPV Club mags and samples issues of RCN...
View story - New year news roundup
Welcome back! Pedicabs in New York, a new rickshaw forum, more London pedicab vs taxi news, human-power world trip update, hacked bikes in Germany, and a cycle parking guide.
View story - Velo Vision discussion forum is up!
Got something to say which doesn't fit in the story 'comments' section? Head to our new forum...
View story - Bo the Clown to give kids' lecture
He's talking about bikes on the 20th Jan as part of Newcastle University's public lecture programme
View story - Brompton hub news
Both Sturmey and SRAM three-speeds now fitted
View story - Many event updates
New 2005 venues for CycleVision and the London show, HPV Worlds in Denmark next year, dates fixed for York Cycle Show, BCQ Week, Ontario ice races...
View story - Bikes on radio and archive film
BBC Radio 4 launches 'Pedalling to Freedom' series, and a Velocar video clip from the British Pathe archives...
View story - Issue 16 preview
It's just been delivered - mailing now. Here's what's inside, and a look at the cover...
View story - Cyclists called to mobilise against helmet compulsion
In the UK, the British Medical Association reverses a long-standing policy and comes out for universal compulsion, and in Ontario a private bill could make helmets obligatory for cyclists and skaters...
View story - Film, radio and a Greenspeed newsletter
Handcycle movie at Leeds Film festival on Friday, and a Radio 2 phone-in tomorrow morning - plus the latest from the Australian trike makers...
View story - Back from Bike Right
Just back from a weekend of cycling in Northumberland - here's a brief photo report...
View story - Cycle Vision 2005 dates announced
But the venue is yet to be decided for next year's event in the Netherlands... suggestions welcome!
View story - Two ways to support cycling
Vote for cycling projects in the UK's Lottery poll, and donate to Re~cycle, who are now shipping bicycles to Liberia...
View story - Pedalcar racers unveil 2005 calendar
All the racing action for next year...
View story - RSS 2.0 feed now active on velovision.co.uk
See when new stories go up, link to our headlines and more...
View story - Rolling news
Cycling stories roundup: an Irish bicycle detritus photo website - World Solar Cycle Challenge - Car free islands? - Cyclefeast website up - new Leicester recycling project- Challenge launch lightweight series
View story - Gardner Martin passes away
HPV pioneer and Easy Racers founder Gardner Martin dies: tributes flood in.
View story - Back from Interbike
With 500+ pictures, reams of notes, and severe jetlag...
View story - Cycle and Recycle 2005 Calendars are here!
The ingenious cycle-friendly way to plan your year is back, now in full colour and better than ever...
View story - Further update...
Gobike European availability - Kryptonite vs Bic pens - the bicycle flamethrower - Shimano awards for cycle projects - Rowing bike championships - Aerorider velomobile finds hydrogen application
View story - Human Power Technical Journal archive online
A vast archive of material from 55 issues of the IHPVA's technical journal is now freely available on the web, or at high-res on a CD-ROM...
View story - Inter-show roundup
A cycling film on BBC2 on Tuesday - Maximus team return to the Scrapheap - Interest needed for recumbent jacket - Bike Hub's website goes live - a new separable bike - and calling Mr Wilson!
View story - Cycle 2004
We're back from the Cycle 2004 show in London - a report will appear here shortly.
View story - Ten London Cycle Show tickets up for grabs...
Win free entry to the UK's best consumer show, in Islington next weekend (24-26 Sept). Also, news of some interesting products that'll be there...
View story - Battle Mountain racing underway
Speedbikes attempt once again to break records in Nevada
View story - Hase launch off-road Kettwiesel and LWB recumbent
There's also a Rohloff option on both...
View story - Cycles Max team on Scrapheap Challenge this Sunday
Tune in to UK's Channel 4 at 18:30 on Sunday 12th Sept to see the rickshaw-makers in action
View story - Issue 15 preview
It's being mailed now. Here's the cover and contents...
View story - Three dates for your diary
Dates are fixed for three essential 2005 events: SPEZI (April) Ride Leicester (May) and Bikefeast (August)...
View story - A Cyclefest to end all Cyclefests...
Just back from the final 'Fest in Lancaster, a quite splendid event. Report contains many images...
View story - New hour records aplenty
Ladies' record broken twice and taken over 70km for first time, men's record up to over 84km...
View story - Pre-Cyclefest update
Cyclefest is just days away; Velo Vision will be at Interbike in Vegas this year; also at London's Cycle 2004 event; new KMX adult version pics now up, Bike Week breaks records, cycle conference puts up papers, Russians propose pedal-propelled tourist submarine, Swedish velomobile plans...
View story - ICE launch low-cost trikes
Just £1599 gets you the new entry-level recumbent trike from the Cornwall craftsmen...
View story - Not Ecotripping? Be there online instead!
Daily web reports by a participant let you follow the journey from afar...
View story - Take on the 4x4s... with a 3x3!
Russian trike-makers join forces to create an all-wheel-drive recumbent trike, and are set to start production later this year...
View story - Stein and Airnimal update sites, add models
Twin updates as the recumbent trike and travel bike bike makers unveil their latest...
View story - Cycling through the dataspace
A cycling academic at York University, Canada, has created "Variations/Variantes", an internet artwork exploring concepts of place and time....
View story - Burrows double whammy
Two items relating to the renowned cycle designer: the Bicycle Design new edition book launch is on 30th July, and a new version of the SWB Ratcatcher recumbent may soon be made by the Windcheetah people...
View story - Issue One muralist strikes again
Mona Caron's latest wall-covering artwork again features cyclists...
View story - Vuelta cycling animation on the way...
Could the Japanese animation "Nasu: Summer in Andalusia" be the next Belleville Rendez-Vous?
View story - Sinclair's new folding bike
Sir Clive's latest gizmo is light and folds small - but has extremely tiny wheels...
View story - Cycling in the news
Mainstream media with bicycle coverage...
View story - Maya Pedal gets another 450 bikes
The human-powered machines organisation in Guatemala, featured in Velo Vision 13, is going from strength to strength...
View story - Monza Autodrome, Italy, to host third Euro Pedalcar Champs in June 2005
And up to 50,000 spectators are expected to be on hand to watch, say the hosts from Karbyk...
View story - York Cycle Show report
Velo Visionaries ride, cycling cops control the Grand Parade, and even a few new products on display...
View story - Why aren't we all riding velomobiles?
A freely-downloadable MSc thesis from Frederik Van De Walle proposes some answers...
View story - Ready for the Rally?
This coming weekend sees the 60th York Cycle Show - also known as the CTC York Rally. Velo Vision will be there - along with 10,000 or so other cyclists...
View story - Clothing for the aerobellied - help!
A generously-proportioned reader is searching for cycling clothing to fit the larger rider - any ideas?
View story - Adult KMX - a first look
The first fifty full-size KMX recumbent trikes are launched at under £600 in the UK - but won't be here until August
View story - Issue 14 is out
and back issue prices also reduced...
View story - CycleVision 2004 - report
Back from CycleVision - here's a photo report in brief. A full report will appear in Issue 15...
View story - Off to CycleVision
I'll be away at the Lelystad recumbent event in the Netherlands for the next few days. The Velo Vision office is now closed, and will reopen on Wednesday the 9th June...
View story - Issue 14 is out!
It's being mailed out now...
View story - Update time
Leicester cycling film festival is this weekend, Byke Kultuur Never 21 is out, HPV racing at Eastway 14th June, The Wheel Thing near Bath June 9th to 14th, an interesting museum site, Cycle Heritage Leicester gets serious funding, Mildenhall Rally coming up on 28-30 August, and some great tour photos.
View story - Internet cycle route planner mooted for UK
Help the idea out by filling in a quick questionnaire...
View story - Dutch team launch human-powered plane project
The two-rider Icarus aircraft will attempt to win some of the £100k Kremer prize fund...
View story - CycleFest 2004
Tenth anniversary edition of Lancaster's eclectic cycling festival in August will be the last - be sure to be there.
View story - Delivery delayed? Don't blame the manufacturer...
Recumbent and specialised bike makers suffer as Shimano shortages scupper schedules
View story - Back from the SPEZI
With a brief photo report - there'll be much more in Issue 14.
View story - Yet more rounding-up
Away shortly for the SPEZI, more helmet law stuff, Brazilian recumbents, Schlumpfed-up minibikes and multifarious links to sites of interest and amusement...
View story - Baskets for bikes
Velo Vision reader David Hembrow returns to the family tradition of basketmaking - and even offers tail-fairing baskets for recumbents!
View story - Catch-up collection
Helmet compulsion bill, One-Off Ti handcycle goes into another production run, Velorution is Top Blog, Velomobile Seminar and SPEZI coming up, Greenspeed's latest newsletter and Ute version, ICE's child-carrier, and some CNC chainrings and hydraulic shifters
View story - Holiday snaps
Had a lovely break in Ireland - here's a very brief report
View story - Velo Vision office now reopened
Emails are being answered, orders sent out, and normal service is resuming - back in the office...
View story - Phone line fire hits Windcheetah
The trike manufacturer's phones are down temporarily - but otherwise all is well
View story - Russia's direct drive hub
An interesting website - but all in Russian! Can any reader help out with translation?
View story - Human Power Institute launches
The latest issues of HPV News and Human Power are out - with news of the newly-formed 'Human Power Institute', promising to make human power information, scientific and otherwise, freely available via its website.
View story - New HPV racing organisation to record unfaired rides
A new international body has been formed to 'fill a gap' and recognise 'outstanding achievements by non-faired recumbent bicycle racers'...
View story - Third issue of Bicycling Science is here
The 'Bible' of technical cycling books is bigger and better than ever...
View story - Site updates and half price calendars
Several pages now updated - and our remaining 2004 Cycle and Recycle calendars are now half price!
View story - Bike collection addiction gets out of hand
A recently-expired Australian man's house was found to contain 1000 bikes - most presumed stolen...
View story - Nihola's new six-seater
The Danish cargo-trike makers have come up with a high-capacity child carrier...
View story - Schlumpf gear-change unicycle hub prototype revealed
He's hoping to have it in production this summer...
View story - More events updates
Promoting grassroots cycling in Leicester at the end of March, the velomobile seminar at the SPEZI in April now open for registration, join the World Naked Bike Ride and/or European pedalcar racing events in June, and visit Gothenburg's HPV event in August...
View story - Stein Trikes prepare new tandem
Their affordable two-seater will apparently be on display at the SPEZI
View story - A revamp and a rumour
Brompton redesign their website, and hint at exciting things to come...
View story - March roundup
BKN 20 is out, a record-breaking ride, human-powered gadgets, military cycling remembered, bike on UK trains, pedalcar racing and a bike maker's kit up for auction...
View story - Netherlands events update
Next weekend there's a big trade show at the new Elan Ligfietsen shop - plus the latest from the CycleVision organisers...
View story - New folder 'soon' from Canadian recumbent maker
Maxarya's suspended folding bike 'under development'...
View story - Issue 13 preview
It's arrived! Mailing now. Here's a preview...
View story - Quick roundup
Event updates, latest pedalcar racing newsletter is out, Vision Recumbents soon to be no more, a cycle history website and yet another new trike... plus latest Bike Right report!
View story - The next president of the United States could be... a cyclist!
So says a report from Bikebiz.com, speaking of Democratic challenger John Kerry. It also turns out he's a bit of an environmentalist...
View story - CycleVision this year will host HPV World Championships
The Lelystad, Netherlands event on 5-6th June 2004 promises to be bigger and better than ever....
View story - Greenspeed's tailbox teaser
The Australian trike maker releases concept art for four possible designs - and wants your input
View story - Packed Velo Vision Issue 13 coming up
Contents will include tests of the Greenspeed GT3, Orbit Andromeda suspended tandem, the new Sturmey-Archer 8-speed hub gear (yes, for real) and much more...
View story - Still places at Bike Right 9.5
This Northumberland event is on 13-15th February: empty roads, big meals and good company beckon...
View story - Two new trikes
The Chameleon leaning FWD trike, which we trailed in Velo Vision some time ago, is now in production. Also, a new trike from the USA with novel cam-actuated steering...
View story - A mid-month mixed bag
Cycle-friendly trucks, cycling gardeners, the boot wheel and trains once again failing to take the cycling strain
View story - Event-related updates
Cycling to CycleVision, staying at the SPEZI, Leicester's Cycling Films Festival 2004, plus a trike race at the SPEZI and Hase Spezialraeder's tandem gathering in Germany.
View story - Dahon announces a record 2003, while Raleigh re-introduces the Chopper
Sales of Dahon folding bikes are up 28%, as one of Britain's most famous brands brings back a classic...
View story - New edition of 'The Recumbent Bicycle' published...
A new English-language edition of Gunnar Fehlau's book is out - with updated content and photos.
View story - New velomobile hits the streets
The 'Leiba' from Germany is a curvaceous new fully-enclosed machine - and it's not expensive. Also, a 57-velomobile gathering in the Netherlands and ideas for fold-it-yourself fairings...
View story - New Year tidings
Here's to a cylingly splendid 2004, and a news roundup including cycling on UK TV tonight and a revamped ICE website
View story - Cyclists first flew 100 years ago today
The Wright brothers were cycle dealers - and their bicycle experience informed their experiments in powered flight...
View story - Amazing handcycle journeys
Off-road handcycles are opening up extreme terrain to disabled riders - recent first ascents include Mount Fuji and Mount Kilimanjaro. More soon - including maybe Ben Nevis in Scotland.
View story - Are Brompton unhinged?
They've spent a LOT of time and money designing a new, improved hinge for their folding bike. Here's their photo documentary of a hinge going from raw casting to finished frame...
View story - December news roundup
A collection of stories which have been gathered in my in-tray during the Issue 12 deadline and mailing frenzy: Belleville Rendezvous on TV (in the UK) as a Christmas treat, Eco-Trip spaces still available, pedicabs in Japan, pedalcar news, a Cycling Ceilidh in Greenwich, rickshaws connect rural India, a new HPV Hour record, Cycle Heritage Leicester and more...
View story - Issue 12 preview
It's out now - here's a preview of the contents.
View story - Proof that your editor does ride his bike...
...and how hub gears help you get value for money from your transmission.
View story - Bicycle taxis banned in Burundi
Bicycle taxis in the capital city Bujumbara have been banned, says the BBC, as they 'could be used by rebels to infiltrate the city'...
View story - BKN 19 and Greenspeed's latest newsletter both out now
Seamus King's latest Byke Kultuur Never, plus recent news from the Australian trike manufacturer
View story - 1934 UCI 'recumbent ban' documents uncovered
The archives open and explain how the UCI voted to ban recumbents for being too fast...
View story - Crossing Canada by couch
We don't normally cover tour reports but this one's a bit special...
View story - CTC offers free training to be a cycle trainer
They've got funding to train up 100 instructors...
View story - 2004 Events update
Dates now confirmed for Cyclefest, York Rally, Round-up folder event, Oz HPV Challenge, CycleVision, Bike Right 9.5, Bike Right 10 and Ireland's new Go Cycling 2004 event. Any more?
View story - UK Pedalcar organisers announce 2004 race dates...
The UK also hosts the inaugural European pedalcar championships this year. If you want see some hot pedalcar racing action - or to join in - read on...
View story - Special needs cycling guide
Our guide to special needs cycling resources in the UK and beyond...
View story - Another multi-story update
KMX prices lower than we said last issue (and they win another prize), Interbike coverage, EUSTAFF Euro relay race completed, CTC launch insurance for cycling events, World Solar Challenge...
View story - Issue 1 really is sold out...
...but the good news is that it's now available in full in PDF format via our online shop.
View story - News roundup
ICE website temporarily off air, the recumbent minibike, Belleville Rendez-Vous, history links, Pedalcar news, a paper velomobile and last but not least, PBP on a scooter!
View story - Folding recumbent design competition calls for entries...
The 2004 SPEZI show in Germany (24-25th April) will host the second staging of this event, which hopes to encourage the design and development of easily-portable recumbents...
View story - George Longstaff passes away
The renowned tandem, tricycle and special needs cycle engineer dies while out cycling, aged 58.
View story - Off to Cycle 2003
Hope to see many readers at the show in London. The office is now closed until my return on Monday 29th September.
View story - Where will you be next weekend?
Make plans to visit the Cycle show at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London, from Friday the 26th to Sunday the 28th September...
View story - First day's racing at Battle Mountain - results in
Whittingham's Varna is fastest so far, at 75-odd mph...
View story - IFMA report
September's second major European trade show finished a few days ago - Ben Cooper of Kinetics reports on some of the highlights from IFMA in Cologne.
View story - Triple trike news
Greenspeed's latest developments in their newsletter, a UK distributor for the Catrike Speed, and a new tandem TerraTrike launched in the USA...
View story - Electric bikes for the military, says General Wesley Clark...
An interesting article about how a retired US General, and possible Presidential candidate, is promoting a new range of electric bikes for battlefield use...
View story - Livingstone is serious about the Tour...
He's committing to closing main roads and taking the Tour de France past the city's most famous landmarks in a powerful bid to attract it to London...
View story - Two tantalising trikes from Australia
A sneak preview of an neat composite-framed 'next-generation' Hotmover recumbent trike - and an exciting 26kg fully-faired velomobile from Trisled...
View story - Issue 11 is out
...and is being posted now
View story - Eurobike report
A brief taste of our full report, coming up in Issue 12. Highlights include new recumbents from Burley, HP Velotechnik, the new Shimano 8-speed hub gear and much more...
View story - Back from Eurobike
Perhaps Europe's biggest and best trade show, and the HPV World Champs, took place in Germany last week. Velo Vision was there...
View story - Issue 11 preview
It's out now. Here's a look at what's inside...
View story - First pics of new Windcheetah
The recumbent trike classic gets a revamp - we have first 'spy' images a week before its official launch...
View story - Dahon protests Smirnoff slur
An ad campaign denigrating folding bikes uses a Dahon image - and they're up in arms about it...
View story - Links roundup
Bamboo bicycles, Beijing's SARS bicycle boom, another velomobile review, FlugTag human-powered flight, and the Eco-Trip in Finland...
View story - Wanna buy a bike sign?
Bid quickly then, before ebay pull this rather amusing spoof auction...
View story - KMX in the running for business award
The kids' recumbent trike makers beat off nearly 600 competing enterprises to reach the semi-finals of the HSBC Start-Up Stars Awards....
View story - Is Sinclair attempting another recumbent trike?
The BBC has a rumour of a 'C6' under development...
View story - First Versatile test-ride report
A Dutch mailing list reports a ride in the eagerly-awaited 'next-generation' velomobile from Flevobike...
View story - Interesting bikes roundup
Lever continuously-variable drive, very long ones, three-wheeled tented ones, wooden ones...
View story - Interested in velomobiles?
Then plan well in advance to attend the Fifth European Seminar on Velomobile Design at the SPEZI in Germany in April 2004...
View story - Dahon has a record year
And their press release contains some interesting observations about the folding bike market around the world...
View story - New UK Women's HPV record set
Commuting cyclist Claire King beats Boardman and sets a new benchmark for the UK
View story - Back from Spokesfest - report and pictures
A new Penny Stack record, racing aplenty, special needs and a good time had by all... updated with new pics.
View story - Off to Spokesfest
..and what's up with the website
View story - A world of bicycle portraits
French photographer Bruce Sananes puts his lifetime collection online...
View story - Weekend roundup
Latest BKN is up, more on the disk-brake-and-quick-release problem, Bicycle Design Comp last call, backwards cycling and the BBC's cycling music documentary...
View story - Spokesfest final call
Here's the pre-event press release describing all sorts of exciting things happening at Leicester's cycling festival next weekend...
View story - Is this the best rowing bike yet?
The French Aviroute looks like it offers a very realistic rowing action, and effective steering and brakes...
View story - Bikes-to-Africa charity forges ahead
Over 1000 bikes shipped this year already, and a new office for Essex-based Re~cycle...
View story - New Windcheetah on the way
Lighter, with ceramic-lined drum brakes...and out in September.
View story - Build your own recumbent - the wooden way
How to get yourself a low racer from wood offcuts and a few bits of aluminium...
View story - UK ECO-Trip 2004 opens for bookings
The rolling alternative transport event in Northumberland will accept only 40 participants...
View story - Bridgestone Moulton released in UK
The F-frame is back...
View story - When marketing and bikes mix
Recumbent trikes in a car mag, and subversive advertising of beer via cycle couriers and bike polo...
View story - Time trip
A fascinating website for a cycle tour across the generation gap...
View story - Hase link their way to a record
The longest tandem ever as tons of trikes make a snake...
View story - York Rally illustrated report
All the fun of the show...
View story - Mitka moves on
Concept machine now rideable...
View story - Do you feel like a fish out of water on your bike?
If so, what you need is a human-powered submarine...
View story - London courier champs report up
Great photography, seems like a good time was had by all...
View story - BBC reports 12kg 'stratoplane'.
Looks like a close cousin of human-powered aircraft...
View story - Easily offended? Don't read this...
We're praying no such photographic blunders ever get past the Velo Vision proofreaders...
View story - Ready for the Rally
Back in the office, and will see some of you this weekend...
View story - Issue 10 is out
It's being mailed now....
View story - Off to CycleVision
I'm away to Lelystad, Holland - and the office is now closed until I return on 3rd June - just in time to post out Issue 10.
View story - Issue 10 preview
Here's a preview...
View story - Who is cycling to CycleVision?
The huge Dutch recumbent event is an easy day's ride from the ferry ports that connect to the UK...
View story - Trek USA to investigate the QR/disc-brake wheel pop-out theory
First industry reaction from a major manufacturer...
View story - Chain suck sorted
While you're in a technical mood after the story below, check out this detailed analysis of chain suck...
View story - Disk brakes and quick-release: a dangerous combination?
A rider's research shows that braking forces can eject wheels from the dropouts. Read this and check your setup...
View story - Conferencebike recovered
Reports suggest that the addict who stole it even managed to make some money from it...
View story - Does your dog travel by trailer?
If you transport your canine companion by bike, we'd love to hear from you for a future article...
View story - 'Cycle commuting is sexy' TV advert airs in Scotland
It's modern, healthy, fast... and impresses the opposite sex :-)
View story - Hundreds wish Steve Donaldson farewell
Around 450 people attend the funeral of a much-loved member of the HPV community. Also, news of two UK HPV events looking for riders...
View story - London bike show gains a day
At September's Cycle 2003 in Islington, the trade-only preview starts a day early - and there's after-work entry for the public on the Thursday evening...
View story - Steve Donaldson 1964 - 2003
Steve Donaldson, a stalwart of the British Human Power Club, died on Wednesday.
View story - Back from the Bike Show
Not my favourite event ever...
View story - The 2003 show season hots up...
The Bike Show at the NEC in Birmingham is on this weekend - and the Velo Vision stand will be looking for helpers. We're also looking for reporters from the SPEZI Special Bike Show in Germersheim, on this same weekend...
View story - Persistence rewarded
Other manufacturers take note: keeping me informed with press releases about new products - and sending nice pictures - does get results! Here's some free publicity for the latest offerings from Shimano, Selle Italia and Dahon/Ritchey's new portable road bike...
View story - Bike Right report
Velo Vision was at Bike Right 8.5 in Northumberland this weekend - here's an illustrated report.
View story - Frasier goes cycling on UK TV tonight
Tune in to Channel 4 at 10:35 PM tonight (Monday 14th April)...
View story - Dutch Perfect for Bromptons?
The German Brompton fanclub appeals for expressions of interest to convince the manufacturer of these very puncture-resistant tyres to make them in the appropriate size...
View story - April roundup 2
Another monster roundup including: Byke Kultuur Never 17 is out, Campag's electronic gear-shifting (perhaps), testimonials page update, DIY mudguards and a Bike Ecology Centre in Malaysia, an exciting new recumbent trike from Thorax, HPV T-Shirt competition at SPEZI, amputee cycle couriers in Afghanistan, and a Yorkshire Dales Bike Bus service...
View story - April roundup
Sheldon's latest April Fool, updates on various events including the Ecotrip, CycleVision and London HPV racing this Sunday, and my continuing struggle with broadband...
View story - Strange thefts part II: ConferenceBike stolen in USA
This one really will be hard for them to turn into dollars...
View story - 2003 Shimano prize goes to Belgian cycle-shopping scheme
Incentive scheme to get shoppers on two wheels could be rolled out Europe-wide...
View story - Birdy manufacturers boycott US components
Riese und Muller in Germany say they won't be buying any more US-made components for their machines, as a response to the US attack on Iraq...
View story - 'Theft to order': cover Trice taken
The Trice recumbent trike featured on our Issue 7 cover has been stolen from North Shields owner Ken Davison in what police say appears to be a 'theft to order'...
View story - New Shimano stuff...
Latest info shows, amongst other things, a very intelligent redesign for the rear derailleur attachment...
View story - Off to the FietsRAI
The Velo Vision office will be closed on Monday and Tuesday as we attend the Amsterdam cycle show...
View story - Issue 9 is out
It arrived this afternoon and is being posted now...
View story - Issue 8 Competition Winners
Here's who won the lighting products from Basta UK...
View story - Livingstone launches LCC All-Abilities cycling group
London Cycle Campaign promote a high-profile launch for their new group, part of plans 'to make London a world-class cycling city...'
View story - High-capacity 'Cargo' Schlumpf drives on the way
Heavy-duty versions for 'the most extreme' loads are under development...
View story - Are you an expert bike-builder?
And fancy a job in Indonesia making a better becak? If so, apply now...
View story - Issue 9 preview
Here's a first look at the contents...
View story - Lance on recumbents...
He says he'll be on one, just as soon as they're UCI-legal...
View story - Round-up
Cycling prevents breast cancer; US folding bike event update; Jack Lauterwasser passes away, and Byke Kultuur Never 16 is out...
View story - Own a Moulton? Join the ride...
Over 150 Moultons are expected to cycle in convoy into London 11th May, recreating a historic journey...
View story - Velo Vision Issue 1 sell-out situation update page
We've sold pretty much all of the 3000 Issue 1s we printed - this page updates you on the latest stock situation.
View story - York initiatives gather pace
The police cycle squad is declared a success, and child cycle training is rolled out to all ten-year-olds...
View story - Penny owners called to Leicester
High-wheelers, pennyfarthings, ordinaries - whatever you call them, if you own one your help is requested to help set a new world record...
View story - Cycle use falls, government needs to act
The trends aren't looking good, according to a recent government report.
View story - Links page goes live
I've just added a rudimentary links page to this site...
View story - Event update miscellany
BHPC 2003 events, Eco-Trips in Finland and the Netherlands, CycleVision update, and a Swedish Recumbent Rendezvouz...
View story - Cycling to the South Pole...
An adventurer called Doug Stoup is preparing for an Antarctic expedition - on a serious ice-bike!
View story - New Sturmey 'Phoenix' 8-speed hub gear details revealed
It's being tested now, and production hubs are expected later this year - but for now, see the pictures and read the specs...
View story - This should probably have waited for Friday...
but if you're bored, check out this fun road safety film spoof.
View story - Small recumbents resource online
Children, are you sitting comfortably? You could be...
View story - Velorution blog begins...
The founder of workbike.org is back with 'A daily chronicle on how arrogance, stupidity and violence is being eradicated by peaceful, friendly and fun wheels.'...
View story - US folding bike event kicks off
The 'ROUND*UP USA Small Wheel and Folder Bike Fest' will take place in Philadelphia on May 16-18, 2003...
View story - Careful how you go...
An icy patch puts Velo Vision's Peter Eland off his bike - and his arm into a sling...
View story - Rowing trike from Italy does it with style
An ingenious three-wheel design for whole-body exercise...
View story - Hurry along for the 2003 Ice HPV World Championship
Short notice I'm afraid, but if you can make it to South Center Lake, Lindstrom, Minnesota USA on Saturday January 25th, there's only one place to be...
View story - Courier news roundup
An award for Copenhagen's CMWC organisers, dates and websites for 2003 events, and on a sadder note, a memorial to fallen cycle messengers...
View story - Jet power takes bike to over 80km/h...
More model aircraft jet engine craziness, this time from the Netherlands...
View story - Re-cycle celebrate another cracking year
The recycled-bikes-to-Africa charity reports on bumper shipments, funding and partnership successes, and more...
View story - German HPV club mourns chairman's death
The suicide of Ralf Wellmann, chairman of the German HPV Club, has shocked all who knew him.
View story - HP aircraft lecture in London next month...
Go along (it's free) and hear John McIntyre describe the ups and downs of building a human powered aircraft...
View story - Join the Minibike madness!
The last few issues of Velo Vision have been packed with readers' modified Onza Minibikes - now a scoop purchase of warranty return bikes and frames means it's cheap as chips to join the fun...
View story - Human-powered airship on the telly tonight
Tune in to BBC2, 9pm tonight for the 'Building the Impossible' show...also Seamus King's guide to cycling films.
View story - Longest bike revisited
Record is stretched to 90 feet by Dutch students...
View story - Congestion charge Christmas cracker
Londoners can get a head start on congestion charge avoidance with an event organised by urban transport advocates AgotoB...
View story - Colombia calling
Talk bikes and buses in Bogota...at the International Seminar on Human Mobility
View story - Issue 8 is in the building
It turns up a day early - again - and the first copies are going out today :-)
View story - Cyclemagic comes to Belvoir
News of the upcoming Belvoir (pronounced 'Beaver') Castle Alternative Transport Weekend, 30th/31st August 2003
View story - Next year's BPCC schedule announced
The 2003 British Pedal Car Championship schedule has been released
View story - US pass electric bike law
Senate allows a generous one horsepower and 20mph before you get classed as a motorbike...
View story - Give Eurovelo a push!
A call for help to get the trans-European cycle route network recognised as a Trans-European Transport Network. May sound silly, but there's a lot riding on it...
View story - Issue 8 preview
It's an extra 16 pages long, packed with good stuff, and is at the printers now. Copies will be posted to subscribers on December 4th 2002. Here's what to expect...
View story - Byke Kultuur Never 15 out now!
Another spellbindingly amusing online edition from Seamus King...
View story - Weekend silliness
A collection of rather interesting links...
View story - Fancy a full fairing?
Geoff Bird of HPV Heaven needs expressions of interest now if he's to build a good-value faired racer...
View story - Spokesfest 2003 - first details
The organisers have already lined up some interesting events...
View story - GEM reborn as 2-Can
A side-by-side recumbent tandem trike, with independent drives and special-needs friendly...
View story - Trikes CD second edition out as Barcroft launches Battle Mountain 2002 DVD
A revised CD about recumbent trikes from Westcountry Recumbents, and from the USA, a 50 minute speedbikes documentary on DVD...
View story - Stites lean-steer urban recumbent trike goes into production
Plenty of interesting design features on the 'Chameleon ECO'...
View story - Bizarre recumbent erotica...
Amazons on recumbents in a fantasy art website...
View story - Karbon Kinetics release FoxEFolder update
Development continues, and there's a cheaper, aluminium £495 'Commute' version in the works too..
View story - Vote for the velo
BBC Radio 4's flagship news program offers you a chance to boost bicycles by offering your vote...
View story - Velo Vision magazine nominated for 2002 Utne Independent Press Award
Utne, the USA's leading magazine of alternative ideas, announces the nomination of Velo Vision for an Utne Independent Press Award in the 'New Paradigm Culture Coverage' category.
View story - Taiwan design competition calls for entrants
Plenty of time to get thinking for next year's contest...
View story - Scrapheap Challenge: stored human power
Did anyone else catch yesterday's program - featuring notables from the BHPC?
View story - Recycling schemes get together
There must be hundreds of organisations in the UK doing bike recycling, youth training and related activities - now there's a move to bring them together...
View story - Shimano's cycling award rides again
Got an idea to promote everyday cycling? You could win 12500 Euros (around £8000) to make it happen...
View story - Help solve the classroom recumbent mystery
Educational software goes laid-back - but what's the bike?
View story - Underwaterbike wows inventors show
More interesting than a plastic bag carrying handle...
View story - Bromptons and Broxes...
Two interesting websites from Germany...
View story - Interbike 2002
The Vegas bike show is in full swing...
View story - Join the Eco-trip!
Fancy some gentle touring with other eco-transport enthusiasts?
View story - ICE release 20" tyre test data.
MIRA test results put the Schwalbe Stelvios out in front...
View story - Whittingham's new record; Womens' records tumble; Mango's 70mph crash...
Exciting times in the concluding days of racing at Battle Mountain
View story - Cycle 2002 report
The best bike show the UK has seen for years! Plenty of images in this report, may take a while to load...
View story - It's showtime!
We'll be at the Cycle 2002 show in London from now until Sunday...
View story - Two sites of note...
Byke Kultuur Never 14 is out, and a 'GNAT preview' website is launched...
View story - Can you get to London next weekend?
If so, do! Velo Vision is exhibiting at the brand-new Cycle 2002 show at the Business Design Centre, Islington, along with a fair chunk of the UK bike trade...
View story - All set for Battle Mountain
This year's speed contest kicks off in ten days' time...
View story - London to host European Cycle Messenger Champs
It'll be held in May 2003, and the courier World Champs will be in Seattle...
View story - Sub-sea cycling record set by submerged cyclist
"A couple of fish came along for the ride..."
View story - Issue 7 is in the building
It arrives a day early, and is being mailed out now.
View story - Bikefix offers tyre recycling service
Old Schwalbe rubber is recycled into new ones...
View story - Pedal-powered wireless internet in Laos
Old and new technologies combine to deliver the web to off-the-grid villages...
View story - As BikeE exits unexpectedly, Giant joins the (semi-)recumbent business...
US recumbent makers BikeE go belly up - just as Giant enter the market: we have first pictures of their machine.
View story - Birdy manufacturers unleash new, smaller folder - the Frog
It looks absolutely tiny - we have some 'spy' shots and basic details for now, but should see it in the flesh at Eurobike.
View story - Back from Mildenhall... and off to Friedrichshafen!
A brief report on last weekend's Mildenhall Rally - and from later today Velo Vision will be out of the office at the Eurobike show in Germany until Monday the 2nd September.
View story - News and links roundup
Australian ferry appeal, call for HPV help for Camden car-free day, a useful website for speed and power calculations, the sideways bike, cycling pre-lycra, mountain unicycling, ITDP newsletter, news of an auction, 349 Stelvios, a new trike in the works, a tour for minority languages...
View story - You think we have it bad over here...
...take a look at the roads that Kansas City cyclists have to negotiate!
View story - Spokesfest announce 'major new cycling centre' for Leicester
Initial European funding has already been secured...
View story - Issue 7 preview
Issue 7 was posted to subscribers on September 4th 2002. Until the full contents go online, here's the preview...
View story - Human powered flight competition sponsored by RedBull
That's a fizzy drink by the way. It seems that this competition isn't to be taken too seriously.
View story - Schlumpf announces new High Speed Drive
The maker of bottom-bracket gearboxes comes out with a new model: this one gears up by a factor of 1:2.5, so the 26-tooth ring becomes a 65...UPDATED with an important correction.
View story - Another cracking Cyclefest...
First pictures and a brief report on this just-finished event, held every two years in Lancaster, UK...
View story - Shimano groupset for small-wheeled bikes is the 'Capreo'
Highlights include a 9-tooth sprocket, matching rear derailleur, and chainring with double chainguards...
View story - Greenspeed website defaced
...but this doesn't stop the Australian recumbent trike manufacturer making some interesting product announcements, including news of a new Shimano groupset specifically for small-wheeled bikes.
View story - Spokesfest - report
First pictures from the Leicester event...
View story - Cycling paramedics spread to London
Up to six will be using bikes - three paramedics and three ambulance technicians...
View story - AVD beat Ford, Jaguar, but miss out on BMW, McLaren...
Big automotive bucks win out at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Soapbox Derby...
View story - More Cyclefest news
With the 2002 event just weeks away, an update on what to expect
View story - Velo Vision Issues Five and Six online
Full versions are now up, with a few sample stories to download...
View story - A clutch of stories
Four fascinating links: from naked ladies to China Bicycle, by way of Nigeria and Canada...
View story - Latest Shimano MTB kit combines brake and gear levers...
..and includes an innovative crankset too. Some of these ideas will be of interest to all cyclists, not just MTBers.
View story - HPV News: see what you're missing
Check out the magazine which Velo Vision produces for the HPVA - and find out how to join...
View story - VeloCity 2003 takes place in Paris
The cycle campaigner meeting is expected to attract over 600 participants from 40 countries...
View story - Cycling on camera
Here's news of a new film about cycling, all the way from Finland...
View story - Commuters club together
Cycle commuters in Hillsborough County, USA, have been joining forces - and together, they've set up some interesting services to make life easier...
View story - Wheelbuilding stand now on web
The PK Lie wheelbuilding apparatus, built by clockmakers, is now available... at a price
View story - Dahon sponsors speed skaters
and we have the pictures to prove it!
View story - Go-one velomobile ready for the off
They're taking deposits now on this gorgeous-looking carbon monocoque machine...
View story - Child's recumbent trike launched in UK
The KMX trike looks like a lot of fun for 5-11 year olds - and comes in at under 400 pounds...
View story - CycleVision is this weekend
This (mostly) recumbent gathering in Lelystad, Holland is also the venue for the Euro HPV championships. Velo Vision will be there, so out of the office from tomorrow (Thursday) until Tuesday 2nd July...
View story - Chainless bicycle in action...
If you've got a decent connection, you can now see some video of the 'electronic bike'...
View story - ICE make disk brakes standard
...and have made their own hubs to suit...
View story - York Rally - report with pics...
See the famous Velo Vision 'Punch and Judy' stand, and more...
View story - Birdy meeting - a belated report
The first international meeting for Birdy enthusiasts attracted over 70 participants...
View story - New website layout
What do you think?
View story - Index updated
The full subject and author index for Velo Vision now includes Issue 6...
View story - Versatile prototype hits the road
Flevobike unveil the prototype of their long-awaited next-generation velomobile...
View story - Is a 16-speed Sturmey on its way?
Various European websites seem to think so...
View story - Cycling at 60mph across America?
A cyclist proposes what has got to be one of the more hazardous ways to raise money for charity - crossing the USA in the slipstream of a large truck...
View story - ITDP trails mystery 'Legway' wonder-vehicle...
...in a nice spoof of the hype that surrounded the launch of a certain other personal transportation device...
View story - Hetchins valuable enough to fake
Apparently, these curvy-stayed icons of British craftmanship have been attracting such high prices on auction sites that they're worth faking...
View story - Up-down recumbent builder seeks feedback on new model
A new website for the 'Velolution': it converts on the fly between upright to recumbent...
View story - Clarkson on bike on telly
Will the famous motormouth get a rocketing? Tune in and find out...
View story - News round-up
Pedalcars go 1000 miles; Spokesfest forge NHS partnership and offer a seminar; a tough amphibious tour; Euro HPV Boats champs; Scottish Borders festival; cyclists fight back; Byke Kultuur Never 13 is out
View story - Issue 6 is here...
...delivered unexpectedly, five days early! I'll start mailing out tomorrow.
View story - Harrogate show: hub-gear headlines
The Sunrace-Sturmey eight-speed is on the way, and a few other bits and bobs...
View story - Channel crossings: mixed fortunes
Days after Bycoo abort their attempt in difficult conditions, another rider crosses there and back in an Escapade...
View story - Issue 6 preview
Here's what's in our sixth edition.
View story - New human-powered round-the-world trip sets off
An investment banker has decided that pedalling across the world's oceans might be rather more fun...
View story - Let there be human-powered light
A new project to provide reading light for developing countries, using pedal generators and white LEDs...
View story - Fun races for recumbents at Herne Hill
Recumbent riders in London will get a chance at 'no-pressure' local HPV racing with a mini race series...
View story - Television heads-up
Spokesfest on Ceefex, and Pedal for the Planet (aka Expedition 360) on Discovery Channel Europe this Sunday...
View story - Cycle medics in York Rally challenge
York's usually rather traditional June gathering of tens of thousands of cyclists is introducing a few media-friendly innovations this year, including a race involving all five of the UK's cycle paramedics...
View story - Pedersen website news
These clever bikes, with their comfy hammock saddles and imposing looks, have always had a cult following - now some news of a gathering, and a posh new website...
View story - Segway stirs up sidewalk sentiment in the States
Should these motorised 'personal transportation devices' be allowed to mix it with pedestrians - or traffic? It's a hot issue in the USA...
View story - SPEZI promises innovations in spades
I'm off to the SPEZI special bike show in Germersheim, Germany, this weekend. Looking at the exhibitor list, there should be plenty to report back on...
View story - Vegas gambles on transport alternatives
As part of their efforts to tackle pollution, Las Vegas authorities are running a monthly draw with 100-dollar prizes to reward those who don't use their car for commuting - cyclists, for example...
View story - Pedal powered channel crossing attempt imminent
The 'Bycoo' team intend to make an attempt in May...
View story - AVD knocks quads on the head
Advanced Vehicle Design have decided to discontinue manufacture of their four-wheeled load-carriers, so that they can concentrate on Windcheetah development...
View story - Dutch rider crushes women's HPV hour record
Ellen van der Horst covers over 68km in the (already) record-breaking 'WhiteHawk' HPV streamliner...
View story - Cyclefest programme firms up
With rides, trade show, sprint races for fun, evening talks and more...
View story - Velomobile info site nears completion
It's in three languages, and has all you ever wanted to know about these weatherproof vehicles...
View story - Testing 123...
Trying to work out how to get this page to display six stories not five...
View story - Norfolk cycling funeral raises a fist to convention
A cycle campaigner planned his own funeral, complete with a cycle coffin-trailer, Sid Vicious, Morticia, and more...
View story - BBC asks for comments on the 'cycling gamble'
An article on reducing the dangers for cyclists could end up scaring them off...
View story - Karbon Kinetics launches FoxEFolder - exclusive!
It's a carbon-fibre folder with 20" wheels, weighing around 10kg, and with optional electric-assist. It packs smaller than a Brompton. And it looks gorgeous...
View story - Special needs cycling groups get-together proposed
With special needs/cycling for the disabled projects springing up all over the country, an annual get-together seems like a good idea, propose the Spokesfest organisers...
View story - Taipei design competition winner announced
It'll never catch on...
View story - York ride next weekend anyone?
If you're in the York, UK, area and fancy a sociable shortish and slowish ride with lots of recumbents and interesting bikes...
View story - New UK stamps with cycling themes just launched...
...so just pop down your local post office and get'em.
View story - Birdy folding bike fans gather...
A UK 'Birdy special' takes place this weekend, for those who can't make the international Birdy gathering in Darmstadt, Germany...
View story - Some interesting background on the Xtracycle...
...can be found in a recent online article from the Sacramento Business Journal, which interviews the inventors of this workbike conversion kit.
View story - Recumbent photo competition
A Spanish recumbent specialist has launched a photo competition just for pictures taken from the seat of a recumbent...
View story - Pedal cars set 1000 mile record
Definitely a good effort :-)
View story - Blackstone Bicycle Works update
This US community bicycle workshop scheme suffered a setback last year when their building burnt down - but they're battling on until they can move back in...
View story - UK website kicks off with some good campaigning info
Want to know how cyclepaths are really designed? Or how they should be?
View story - Sheldon Brown trumps the lot of us
Most cycling websites managed a dismal zero when it came to 1st April stories...
View story - Rear-view helmet does it with mirrors
It's a periscope, but not as we know it...
View story - Kinetics launches disk-braked Brompton
The Glasgow-based bike builder can also give you an electric-assist version...
View story - News update
Here's a bumper crop of stories which have been gathering in my 'in-tray'...
View story - Velo Vision takes on HPV News
We are delighted to be producing this quarterly magazine on behalf of the HPVA...
View story - Dahon's new suspension technology unveiled...
...but observers are left scratching their heads tyring to work out how it works.
View story - Cyclefest 2002 details - at last!
All sorts of events and cycling machinery are expected...
View story - Dahon's new suspension technology unveiled...
...and it promises to be very budget-friendly, if a bit boingy. Updated Tuesday 19th.
View story - EU limits e-bikes to 250 Watts and 25 km/h
New regulations should soon be adopted by all member states, potentially stifling the scope of future electric-assist bikes in Europe...
View story - Cycle Vision website now up and running
You can now register online for races, or just fine out more in several languages...
View story - IHPVA announces new online CAD parts library
This should be a great help to anyone designing a bike using computer aided design (CAD) software. Contributions are requested...
View story - Exclusive online pics of the new Brompton six-speed
We have pics and details of the new gear-change mechanism, which puts two sprockets on the three-speed hub...
View story - Issue 5 is in the building...
...but not for long, as I'm mailing it out now.
View story - Bike paramedics patrol the Winter Olympics
A reader in Utah reports that the first line of medical response at the recent games was pedal-powered...
View story - Pedal power politics
A candidate for mayor in Tulsa, USA, took to the streets by bike to get his message across...
View story - Wales trials no-driver taxi scheme
The Cardiff Bay area is trialling ULTra, a driverless taxi scheme - which, amazingly, carries bikes!
View story - Huge BikeE recall
A good proportion of BikeE recumbents sold in the last few years are affected by a voluntary recall notice issued by the manufacturer. Luckily, it's easily fixed...
View story - Anyone watch daytime TV?
I am informed that one of Spokesfest's human-powered watercraft will be featured on tomorrow's (Friday's) 'Richard and Judy' show...
View story - Battle Mountain 2002 dates announced
The next opportunity for teams to try to beat speed records at the Nevada venue will be 30 September to 5 October 2002...
View story - Burrows' new folder to go into production
Velo Vision 5 will have exclusive first pictures and full details of the new folding bike from renowned designer Mike Burrows
View story - Issue 5 preview
Issue 5 is now out - but until I get the full version online you'll have to be content with this preview...
View story - 'Touring' Birdy goes grey
A new model of this German folding bike is unveiled, now with a Rohloff hub, proper rear rack and many other tweaks...
View story - If you thought recumbent trikes were a niche product...
...how about training rollers specially-designed for them?
View story - Twike in trouble?
The manufacturers of this groundbreaking human/electric hybrid trike are going into administrative receivership...
View story - Easy Racers snap up Weaver's vehicle
Easy Racers, the US recumbent builders whose founder 'Fast Freddy' Markham has broken several world speed records, have bought one of Matt Weaver's speedbikes...
View story - Issue 4 indexed
The Velo Vision online index has been updated with Issue 4
View story - Do you hanker to join the bicycle trade?
If you fancy a shot at making bikes, here's your chance...
View story - John Pinkerton passes away
The renowned cycle historian, publisher and collector died peacefully in hospital on Saturday...
View story - Jason Patient's photography goes on show at Bikefix
...in an exhibition flatteringly called, um, 'VeloVisions'. If you're in London between 20th April and 18th May 2002 go and see it - you can buy the pics, too.
View story - British Pedal Car Championship 2002 dates
It's a good spectator sport, even if you're not racing...
View story - PABIC calls for African planners to stop ignoring bikes
The first Pan-African Bicycling Conference put out a strong message to government...
View story - Kinetics take on Heinzmann
These well-regarded German electric-assist hub motors now have a new UK importer...
View story - 1000 mile challenge for pedal car masochists
Not content with their 'usual' six-hour and 24-hour races, British pedal car race team GCR are attempting a 72 hour, 1000-miler for charity...
View story - British Human Power Club announce preliminary 2002 meets schedule
So go along if you fancy trying your hand at racing, or even just watching...
View story - Bike Right 7.5 seeks participants
The 'Bike Right' events are congenial cycling gatherings in Northumberland, UK. The next one is in late March...
View story - World's smallest bicycle chain?
OK, not actually a bicycle chain, but pretty close... it's been developed at nanotech labs in America
View story - Could this be the 'Henry Ford' moment for velomobiles?
The considerable cost of producing a fully-enclosed lightweight body shell for weather-protecting HPVs has slowed their uptake: now a new technology could revolutionise all that...
View story - Birdy owners invited to Darmstadt bash
A weekend of folding fun is promised for all who attend this event, in the home town of the Birdy's manufacturer...
View story - Make a date for Mildenhall
This is a most pleasant weekend event not far from Cambridge, UK - the date is now confirmed as 24-26 August 2002...
View story - Battle Mountain revisited - and what exactly is a British Record?
The report in Velo Vision 4 about the HPV speed records set at Battle Mountain, USA, contained a few definite errors and some, well, controversial elements...
View story - Norwegian HPV Club go online
...but mostly in Norwegian. Still worth a look.
View story - BROL post Buyers' Guide 2002
The web magazine Bentrider Online has posted a overview of recumbents available (primarily in the USA market) this year. A CD version may be on the way...
View story - Birk Butterfly spreads its wings
Velomobile fans have eagerly anticipated this fully-faired trike from the Swiss manufacturer Birkenstock Bikes, who are known for their exquisite carbon-fibre HPV racers...
View story - Flevo fan club
A Dutch rider celebrates the (mostly) pivot-in-the-middle bikes from Holland with this new site - and in English, too!
View story - Issue 4 online
The online version, with some pages downloadable as PDF, is now up.
View story - Two daft things to do on bikes
Don't try road surfing or gravity biking at home, kids...
View story - Discussion forum back up...
New, improved version is ready to use. Also, a note about recent server difficulties...
View story - Leicester launches pedal car race team
Also, news of an extended city-centre racing circuit at Spokesfest in July...
View story - Cycle Vision 2002/Euro HPV Champs: fancy coming along?
If enough people are interested, there could be a group ride from the UK over to the event...
View story - Brazil's first recumbent maker?
Or maybe even the first South American recumbent manufacturer...
View story - Christmas break
Season's greetings... and the office will be closed for a few days
View story - Running a UK cycling event next year?
Time it right and you could get free publicity and public liability insurance...
View story - Folding recumbent design competition kicks off in Germany
The German HPV Club are organising it, and will lauch it at the 2002 SPEZI in Germersheim.
View story - Pedal Power Trio reach their goal
There they go again, corroding those lovely alu rims in the sea...
View story - Happy birthday!
velovision.co.uk is a year old today...
View story - Laufer prototype on show
The Projekt Laufer vehicle, which we showed in Issue 4, has leapt from CAD drawing to a real-life prototype...
View story - Spokesfest splash out
They've got more boats to play with (and fall out of). No submarines yet though...
View story - Schlumpf goes solar
Well, they've sent a press release about one of their drives being used on the World Solar Challenge...UPDATED 12 Dec
View story - Six-language cycling and recumbent dictionary online
The Dutch HPV club, with help from enthusiasts worldwide, has put together a fine resource...
View story - A very odd image
Can anyone work out what this is all about?
View story - Nude cyclist raises eyebrows in court
...wearing only a pair of red cowboy boots, apparently.
View story - Issue 4 in the post
... so should be with you in a few days
View story - For heaven's sake, just use a bicycle!
Dean Kamen's 'IT', a novel transportation device which aroused intense speculation when mooted earlier this year, is just a glorified electric scooter...
View story - Electronic bike wins Wall Street Journal award
Yes, that's electronic, not electric. That means no chain, just a wire between cranks and wheel...
View story - Reading by bicycle?
The impressive 'Veloquence' website shows how it's done...
View story - New look website and discussion board launch
As you may have noticed...
View story - Cyclevision/Euro HPV event details released
What's happening in Holland on the 28-20 June next year....
View story - Issue 4 at the printers
It's in the post...
View story - Issue 4 preview
It's off to the printers very shortly - and will be posted on December 4th. Here's what to expect...
View story - Load-carrying side-car hits the streets
It attaches to an MTB in under a minute, and has a claimed capacity of 240kg...
View story - Firefighters take to pedals
A "gratitude tour" across America to "personally say thank you to every person I can" says the organiser...
View story - A washing machine by human power
It's by no means the first, but a new human-powered washing machine has been launched in Australia...
View story - Bike messengers form disaster response team
In the aftermath of an earthquake or explosion, the fastest way to get around is by bike...
View story - Riese und Mueller move factory
The people who make the Birdy, Equinox and other bikes will be closing down for a week as they move to a new address...
View story - One-Off handcycle maker is 'Inventor of the Week'
The Lemelson-MIT Awards program is featuring Mike Augspurger of One-Off Titanium...
View story - Issue 3 indexed
The Velo Vision online index has been updated with Issue 3
View story - Blueyonder/Battle Mountain on the TV - Update
BBC times confirmed, and also UPDATED with link to videos on now.com...
View story - Windcheetah news
An owners' club website, and availability as framesets and kits...
View story - New UK cycle show launched
It's in London on the 26-29th September, and it's two days trade, two days public.
View story - First it was the Campy cork screw...
Then the pizza cutter, and now Park have another not-so-essential accessory for you all...
View story - New York's couriers feel the pinch of security
Time is money for these guys, and security checks are slowing them down...
View story - EU anti-dumping ruling could mean pricier hub gears...
They've imposed 11.3% duty on Shimano hub gear imports for the next five years, after a complaint from SRAM...
View story - New electric bike from France
Looks quite nice, if heavy, but it's hard to tell from just the pictures....
View story - BikeE recalls E2 tandems
Yes, that's the one we tested in Velo Vision Three. They're being recalled for fork replacements...
View story - Blueyonder and Battle Mountain on TV
A 30-minute documentary - but only in the North of England this time...
View story - The bike that glows in the dark
Yes, all of it...
View story - Kew Transport Museum, London, moves
...along with a strange 1930s semi-recumbent replica...
View story - Translation project seeks help
The Dutch HPV club is putting together a multi-lingual online 'dictionary' for cycling and HPV words and phrases: can you help?
View story - One more for the bad bike lane collection...
Brighton goes under the spotlight this time, with a lovely collection of bizarre 'facilities'...
View story - Issue 3 online
...with some sample articles to download
View story - 2002 Spokesfest is a week long - and free!
The event dates have been set: 20-29th July 2002 in Leicester, UK. Here's a preliminary schedule...
View story - Completed: the Euro recumbent relay race
All the way from Marseilles to Copenhagen by HPV - over 2600km in 87 hours...
View story - 2002 Cycle Vision/Euro HPV champs dates confirmed
It's the 28 to 30 June 2002 in Lelystad, Holland...
View story - Cyclist vindicated in legal battle
A young cyclist has been cleared of any 'contributory negligence' in an accident that left him brain-damaged - despite claims of 'bully-boy' tactics from insurers....
View story - Pedal for peace
Artist Eric Staller in Amsterdam describes his optimistic 'Peacetank': seven world leaders on a bicycle...
View story - 80mph by human power: Sam breaks the barrier!
The final day's racing sees Matt Weaver and the Varna team put in some spectacular performances...
View story - More crappy lanes
Another website commemorating mediocrity in bike lane design...
View story - HPVs in Battle Mountain UFO shocker
Are increased sightings in the area due to extraterrestrial interest in HPV activities...?
View story - World record finally falls at Battle Mountain
Sam Whittingham hits 77.03 mph on the penultimate day and so gains a new world record. Queally improves and Weaver still doesn't race...
View story - "Crappy Lanes" VeloCity update
A belated link to this splendid page, which highlights substandard cycle facilities in Glasgow, UK...
View story - Velo Vision's first sponsorship venture
Three siblings pedalling across America convinced me to lend them my tandem...
View story - Rain thwarts Queally as Battle Mountain gears up
Poor weather restricts Queally's practice time. Plus, real pictures of his vehicle.
View story - Rowingbike Euro-Champs attract a strong field
Half an Olympic gold-medal eight took part, according to this report from the event sponsors and rowbike manufacturers Thys.
View story - Velo-City 2001
Dr Paul Rosen, who researches social science aspects of transport issues at the University of York, reports from the cycle campaign conference, this year held in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland...
View story - Recumbent kit on the telly
A device to turn a child's bike into a recumbent gets some UK airtime on Wednesday...
View story - Away until Monday 24th
..and a 'catch-up' option for the online shop
View story - IFMA - Part Four
In which, the final episode, we get amongst other things some close-ups of the Cannondale recumbent
View story - IFMA - Part Three
In which there's some interesting trailer news, and much more besides. Also, some pictures!
View story - IFMA - Part Two
Covering among other things a few items from the inventor's area
View story - IFMA - Part One
A overview of what IFMA's all about
View story - IFMA - returned
Just back for one day...and a few words about the IFMA report
View story - Futurebike's new website
The Swiss HPV club, Futurebike, have relaunched their website, and there's some nice content, including an illustrated report from Eurobike...
View story - Raising the submarine stakes
A neat human-powered submarine from California uses some advanced technology...
View story - Inspiration from France
I've just received a copy of Velocite, the magazine of the French (utility) cycling campaign, FUBicy. It's packed with good campaigning ideas: here's a few stories from it...
View story - Spezi 2002 dates set
The dates for the next SPEZI (special bike show) in Germersheim, Southern Germany, have been confirmed: 27-28 April.
View story - Blueyonder HPV launched
The press launch in London yesterday was our first glimpse of the fairing...
View story - Issue 3 out
I'm stuffing envelopes now...
View story - NOT off to Eurobike
Updated Thursday...
View story - Blackstone Bikes back in action
In Issue 2 we reported that Blackstone Bicycle Works, a community/youth bike workshop in Chicago, had burned down. Now, they're back.
View story - FSN calls it a day
Folding Society News, the web newsletter run by Mike Hessey, has published its last issue...
View story - Mildenhall report
...in words and a few pictures
View story - Whittingham vehicle unveiled
Sam Whittingham, Team Varna's rider for the upcoming HPV speed record event at Battle Mountain, has pics on his website...
View story - Away again
A string of events coming up means stories will be a bit thin for a while...
View story - Issue 3 is at the printers
And a cracker it is too :-)
View story - Latest on the Cannondale recumbent rumour
...which seems to be more than just a rumour this time...
View story - Having a blast at Brighton
Here it is, the illustrated account of the World HPV speed Championships, which took place last weekend at various venues around Brighton, UK
View story - Next Euro HPV champs in Holland, Worlds in Canada
At a meeting at Brighton, the IHPVA confirmed the venues for next year...
View story - Back
I'm now back from the HPV event in Brighton...
View story - Rumble strip danger - US cyclists call for support
They might awaken sleeping motorists, but they can be deadly for cyclists...
View story - Helmets - do they work?
The New York Times has a well-researched and balanced article about the effectiveness of helmet-wearing for cyclists...
View story - Alaska mayor with recumbent fever
An article in yesterday's Anchorage Daily News tells the tale of the town mayor who has become a recumbent evangelist...
View story - Like-a-Bike lands a UK distributor
The Like-a-Bike, a wooden scooter from Germany which can help children as young as two learn to balance and ride, is now available in the UK. And there's a new 'MTB' model...
View story - PABIC registration opens
The Pan-African Bicycle conference in Jinja, Uganda, which takes place in November, is now ready to take bookings from delegates...
View story - Issue Three - Preview
What to expect in the September 4th issue of Velo Vision magazine...
View story - Spokesfest - a brief writeup
With pictures and all. Updated 1st August with more pics...
View story - Dutch bike motorway still on the cards
A report on ligfiets.net says that the construction of a long-mooted 'express bikeway' between Utrecht and Amsterdam could soon be pushed through, despite obstacles...
View story - Texas cyclists in double legislative victory
Belated celebration of some great news from the campaigning front line
View story - Index update
The online Velo Vision index, maintained by reader Stephen Bach, has now been updated to include Issue 2...
View story - Auction action in August
All sorts of bits of old bicycle go under the hammer shortly in London... including a £10000 trike
View story - Leicester and Brighton plans firm up
With Spokesfest coming up at the end of this week, and the IHPVA World Champs in Brighton a week later, it's a busy time in the UK...
View story - Hydraulic drive hits the road
Remember the story I did ages ago about the 'Powercurve' hydraulic drive? Well, the makers now have videos of a working prototype on their website....
View story - The Genoa experience - by rickshaw
A group of cyclists who pedalled a rickshaw from Leeds, UK, to the G8 summit in Genoa have sent back a graphic account of the experience.
View story - York's cycling paramedic gets permanent funding
and there's plans to roll out the service to other cities, too...
View story - Greenspeed leaks new trike info
Ian Sims of Greenspeed, the Australian recumbent trike manufacturer, has a few new products brewing...and will unveil a new model at Brighton
View story - Fencemaster ponders future
The 'Fencemaster' - a London cyclist who got riled at a 'no parking' sign - is pondering whether to continue his surreal protests after an accusation of harassment...
View story - Yak makes it back
Belated news that round-the-world cyclist Claude Marthaler, also known as the Yakman, whose writings from the road appear regularly in Velo Vision, has returned home to Geneva, Switzerland, after 122000km...
View story - We get the Dot com
Velovision.com now works too...
View story - Windcheetah with extra wheel wins Soapbox
A factory team from AVD, who make the Windcheetah trike, won the Soapbox Derby at the Goodwood Festival of Speed outright, soundly beating teams from Rolls-Royce, Ford and others...
View story - AS Engineering morphs into URAN-1
The Moscow-based manufacturer of recumbent trikes changes name and hopes to reassure customers... and announces a new electric-assist two-wheeler.
View story - Hadland expands hub gear resource
Hub gear and Moulton authority Tony Hadland has expanded his website to include detailed Sturmey-Archer reference archives...
View story - Rickshaw tragedy in Edinburgh
A student's windpipe was crushed when her scarf got caught in a wheel, reports the BBC. UPDATED Monday 10AM
View story - Thijs's Tour ends in triumph
Derk Thijs successfully finished his Rowingbike Tour de France in Paris yesterday, after 3500km in three weeks...
View story - Channel crossing the not-quite-so-hard way
It may be marginally less traumatic than swimming, but Scott Bonnar's attempt to cross the English Channel by human-powered boat is certainly a Good Effort. He has some 'launch windows' in August...
View story - Latest on the World Human Powered Speed Challenge
That's what the Battle Mountain shoot-out between the various teams aiming to break the HPV speed record is now being called...
View story - Issue 2 online
...in case you hadn't noticed. Also, various bits of the site updated.
View story - O'Reilly revisited
The editor-in-chief of this US publisher of programming books has written an amusing account of his bike-to-work day...
View story - Linux fans rejoice
For now there is a human-powered web server..
View story - What you've all been waiting for...
...a picture of the Velo Vision stand at the York Rally ;-)
View story - Three little stories
Titanium price to plunge, Queally won't be at the Worlds in Brighton, and an impressive 16-year-old's site.
View story - Server shenanigans
Apologies to anyone who had problems accessing the site earlier today. Our hosts had a few problems...
View story - Spokesfest gains a helicopter
The Leicester, UK, Spokesfest crew have obtained a human-powered helicopter to add to the attractions at their event at the end of July...
View story - Mow your lawn the bicycle way
A US gardening supplies website has a clearance price on a widget that converts their 'classic' reel mower to be towed behind a bicycle...
View story - RUK returns
Yes, it's been a while, but it appears finally that Recumbent UK, who published their last issue so long ago that many had given up hope, have come back to life.
View story - An LA airport goes human-power
...it's asking for bidders to operate a pedicab service from car parking areas to the terminals - on a three-year contract
View story - See you at the York Rally? UPDATED Friday morning
Will you be one of the 20,000+ cyclists attending this weekend? Here's the latest on what you'll find at the Velo Vision stand - including a free prize draw!
View story - Queally's bike looks really strange...
...according to a picture from a UK newspaper
View story - Thijs tackles the Tour
Derk Thijs, well-known rowbike manufacturer and athlete, is attempting to cover the Tour de France course a month before the pros try it...just as fast as they will!
View story - A splendid story of subversion
When a stuffy notice appeared banning bike parking on a London fence, one commuter took action...
View story - Cycle Vision - a brief report
Europe's biggest recumbent event showed the sheer scale and professionalism of the Dutch HPV scene...
View story - New voting widget online...
...at the bottom left of the front page of the website
View story - Another recumbent holiday operation launches
This one's in France, using BikeE and Rans machines...
View story - High Bicycle business up for sale
With the owner retiring due to ill health, a manufacturer of replica high bicycles is looking for a new owner....
View story - I'm off to CycleVision in Holland...
...and won't be back until Monday.
View story - A diversion into dog-power
Recent correspondence on the HPV mailing list has investigated the potential for dog-assisted cycling...
View story - In case you were wondering...
...Issue 2 turned up at 5:30 PM today. A fair few caught the last post, but most will be posted tomorrow.
View story - A dual-position recumbent - with a difference
A very unusual trike from Germany...
View story - Spokesfest shenanigans
A quick update from the Leicester lot
View story - Cartoon cynicism
A sceptical take on the Bush administration's environmental policy...
View story - Birdy recumbent conversion kit - at last!
It was only a matter of time before someone made a kit to turn their Birdy folding bike into a recumbent, just like folks have done with Bromptons and Moultons...
View story - Euro recumbent riders plan spectacular relay ride
The 'EUSTAFF 2001' will cross Europe in under three days, from Marseilles to Copenhagen...
View story - Bike Right 007 dates fixed
The seventh of these friendly winter events in Northumberland is to be held on the 26-28 October...
View story - Blackstone Bikes bounce back
A fire devastated the headquarters of Blackstone Bike, a youth project bicycle workshop in Chicago, in April - now they're back!
View story - Velo Vision Two off to print
UPDATED 29 May - We got the files there early, but they can't deliver until the 4th...
View story - Two splendid stories from California
Berkeley City Council seems to be in an innovative mood. First, they issue flags to help pedestrians cross busy roads, and then they give council delivery business to workbikes...
View story - Want to book a railbike?
Cycling on railways, railbiking, is illegal in many parts of the world. But in Germany, you can book your trip online...
View story - Small ad system up and running
In case anyone missed the comment in the story below, this website now has a 'small ads' section...
View story - TV show looking for UK waterbikers
Carlton TV, one of the UK's major channels, want to feature a human-powered boat and owner each week for a new series...
View story - Bike Friday go Open Source
Just spotted an article about how folding bike makers Bike Friday from Eugene, Oregon, are turning to Open Source software...
View story - Bike shop evangelist site sets beginners right
Here's an excellent website for anyone who needs educating about the benefits of a good bike dealer...
View story - Anyone want to put a small ad in next issue?
I've just been asked to put a (free) small ad in next issue. Late notice I know - but anyone else interested? If I get five in the next couple of days I'll create a small ads section...
View story - Taiwan stages sixth design competition
Register by the 31st July 2001 for this competition, which is open to anyone from anywhere, free of charge...
View story - New site celebrates rickshaw art
I've just been told about a website by an American anthropologist, dedicated to the Bangaldeshi rickshaw and their amazing decorations...
View story - Issue 2 - contents preview
You might have noticed an erratic flow of stories on the website -that's because Issue 2 of Velo Vision magazine goes to the printers in a few weeks. Here's a draft contents list and cover...
View story - Left side drive - for real!
Did you know that some bicycles are made with their tranmission on the left-hand side? Find out why...
View story - Municipal survey blitz by bike
An Australian local authority replaced its motor-vehicle survey teams with GPS-equipped mountain bikes and completed their work in record time...
View story - BBC's take on cycling royals
Here's how the BBC's website defines "bicycling monarchy"...
View story - All-in-one bike to work facility launched
A prefabricated structure which includes safe bike storage, changing, drying and shower facilities is designed to be placed in company car parks for instant greening of commuter transport...
View story - UK's cycling cities show the way
As York's first cycling paramedic pedals into action, Cambridge has set up its first 'Park and Bike' scheme.
View story - Wind-up power pack aims to replace batteries
Another British inventor is hoping to use human power to replace batteries for small electronic devices. But Howard Atkin hopes to go one better than Trevor 'wind up radio' Bayliss...
View story - Queally's HPV gets an outing on telly
Jason Queally's 'Blueyonder Challenge' HPV, with which he intends to attempt the HPV world speed record, will be featured in the UK's 'Tomorrow's World' TV show at the end of June. And it's confirmed for Spokesfest.
View story - Feast for fixed gear fans
Plenty of couriers used fixies for round-town use. How many use them to tour Asia?
View story - SPEZI - image roundup and a few impressions
Here's a roundup of SPEZI reports on the web, and some of my own show impressions...
View story - Windcheetah launch 'low-cost' version as first Stein trike arrives in UK
Advanced Vehicle Design have introduced a 'more affordable' version of their recumbent trike, as the first customer takes delivery of a 'made in Yugoslavia' Stein Road Shark...
View story - Barbie ditches her bike
According to a reliable source, the children's toy Barbie no longer has a bicycle in her official range of accessories...
View story - HPVs at the Breakout festival in Friedrichshaven
I was told at the SPEZI about this event coming up in Southern Germany. It's a huge outdoor festival, which includes HPV activity on land and water...
View story - Birk Butterfly - first pics
The first pictures I've seen of the new velomobile trike from Birkenstock Bikes (a Swiss manufacturer best-known for beautiful carbon-fibre fairings for racing HPVs) are now online...
View story - Back from the SPEZI
My first time at this special bike gathering in Germany - and it was great...
View story - Going to the SPEZI
I'm off later today to the SPEZI special bike show in Southern Germany, so expect a brief pause in stories - and a show report in Issue 2...
View story - Swiss cyclists go vertical
Running a cycling event? Check out this amazing vertical cycle from Switzerland...
View story - Vaetternrundan allows recumbents...grudgingly
The organisers of the Vaetternrundan, a large non-competitive ride around Lake Vaettern in Sweden, have this year allowed a limited number of recumbents to take part in the 180km event, after a complete ban for several years...
View story - Folding bike online bonanza
A bumper edition of Folding Society News, what looks like a new folding bike webzine, and a new web address for A to B magazine...
View story - Put a spring in your step
...with a funky new 'assisted walking' device from Germany called the 'Powerskip'.
View story - Sturmey hubs reborn - first shipments in June
The first shipments of Sun Race Taiwanese Sturmey Archer hubs will be ready by June, according to today's report on the Bikebiz website...
View story - Spokesfest go into ideas overdrive
The latest update from the Leicester, UK-based Spokesfest crew has news of some exciting plans - not just building a human-powered aircraft, but gate-crashing Henley Royal Regatta in pedal-boats...
View story - UK gains new online recumbent mag
A new, non-commercial website for the UK recumbent bike community has been launched by recumbent enthusiast Paul Lowing...
View story - Goodies at the Taipei Show
The first report I've seen on the Taipei Bicycle Show is now up at Cycle Press of Japan's website. Nothing too stunning really, but a few nice bits and pieces.
View story - Pedal those fairways
ZAP, the electric-assist people, have recently launched a power-assisted pedal golf cart, with "specially designed wheels for zero turf damage"...
View story - Concept trike wows the FietsRAI
A leaning recumbent(ish) trike was introduced at the Dutch cycling show, the FietsRAI - it looks like a concept, but has a formidable array of industry names behind it...
View story - Pete's email fixed!
UPDATE 6 April, 2 PM. All email is now going via our new hosts, 2020Media, and is working fine.
View story - Potty about pennies?
Check out this interesting Austrian website (partly in English) about a bunch of folks who like riding high wheelers...
View story - Swiss army to phase out the Bicycle Corps
The Swiss army has used cycling soldiers since 1891. Now, "there isn't a place for us in a modern army" says a disappointed officer. The defence minister wants to phase out the cycling squad by 2003...
View story - New Giant folding bike
The latest Folding Society News has news of a new folding racer from Giant...
View story - Sheldon gets a grip
Every Real Cyclist needs a torque wrench - this new development could be just the thing...
View story - Special Needs free-for-all
A 'Come and Try' special needs cycling event is planned for Leicester, UK on the 21st June. It's funded by the city council so participation for visitors, manufacturers and dealers is free of charge!
View story - It had to happen
Yes, banner adverts have appeared on the Velo Vision website...
View story - German distribution gets a kick start
Kalle Kalkhoff of KGB in Oldenburg now has copies of Velo Vision to distribute to German-speaking countries. To kick-start the market, he's giving Issue 1 away free...
View story - Ceramic rims for small-wheel bikes
Recent discussions on the HPV mailing list turned up an interesting source for those wanting ceramic-coated rims on recumbents, folders etc with small wheels...
View story - Onion takes on cycling
Satirical online magazine The Onion has a page on bicycle safety...
View story - Just when you think you've seen it all...
...along comes a truly boggling bike. Check this story for the amazing 'Uebereinandem' tandem. Forget in-line or side-by-side - this places the riders one on top of the other!
View story - Dark forces defeat Bicycle Colorado
An attempt to pass legislation which would have improved safety for cyclists has failed at the final hurdle, but offers a good example of how good political lobbying can work
View story - More on the Queally record attempt
Olympic medallist Jason Queally (UK) is making some progress in his plans to take the world human-power speed record, according to articles in the mainstream press
View story - Velo Vision index now online
Thanks to the kind efforts of Velo Vision reader Stephen Bach, a comprehensive index for Issue One is now online
View story - Wheel Alternatives win Big Difference Award
Wheel Alternatives, York's cycle delivery company who share an office with Velo Vision, have won a prestigious business award organised by the UK's magazine for the homeless, the Big Issue
View story - Comments system up and running
As you will have realised by now, you can now add your comments and feedback to any of the stories on the website.
View story - More on the Leicester aircraft
Further details just in about the new human-powered aircraft project being launched in Leicester - and the possibility of series production!
View story - We all get them...
Everyone in the bike business will have received a letter like this - a well-meaning but clueless inventor with a 'revolutionary' idea. Bill Laine of Wallingford Bicycle Parts shares his with us on his website...
View story - New human powered aircraft project takes wing in the UK
A team from Leicester has started work building a new human powered aircraft, which will apparently be similar to the existing (German) Velair craft...
View story - Website work, and other news
News has been a bit slow this week, but I've been taking the chance to make a few changes to the site... and progress on other fronts
View story - Two mega-link collections
I've recently stumbled across two seriously impressive collections of HPV links - one covers all sorts, one's a specialist recumbent tandem page...
View story - Internet cycling club fosters worldwide racing
An interesting 'international cycling club' based on the internet is entering riders into races all over the world - of little interest to the Velo Vision readership perhaps, but there's also free recreational and touring memberships on offer. It's part of an organisation fostering cycle racing in 'non-traditional' countries
View story - Recumbent trike newcomer will be tested next issue
Among the bits 'n bobs on test in Issue Two of Velo Vision will be a new recumbent trike, due for public launch in August. The Redmount Roller is designed and built in the UK from gussetted aluminium...
View story - Car-free competition offers tasty prizes
A competition run by the web magazine BentRider Online aims to reward valiant or spectacular efforts to go car-free with a tantalising selection of prizes...
View story - Quantums across Australia
No, this hasn't turned into the particle physics homepage, it's a nice tour report on a Trans-Oz crossing by Quantum recumbents...
View story - Hague goes free
Rob Hague, who was charged with criminal damage after, he says, he was 'run over', walked away from court after the prosecution dropped all charges.
View story - First-ever pan-African cycle congress calls for papers
The conference, hosted in Jinja, Uganda on November 21st - 25th 2001, aims to strengthen links between organisations campaigning for cycling and non-motorised mobility in Africa.
View story - Six Escapade pedal boats cross the Atlantic
..by ship. These nicely-styled and functional pedal craft were on display at last year's Spokesfest in Leicester, UK, and one rider was so impressed he has started to import them.
View story - Plans firm up for Cycle Vision 2001
Cycle Vision 2001, the annual recumbent gathering in Lelystadt, Holland, is one of Europe's largest recumbent events. A website has just been launched in both Dutch and English.
View story - Vision power their way into the press spotlight with jet bike
A jet-powered bike has generated plenty of good publicity for Vision recumbents...
View story - A recumbent trike for $650? It appears so...
Recently, participants on the [email protected] mailing list uncovered an aluminium recumbent trike which sells for just $650 (around £400, DM 1100) with basic equipment. We have a picture...
View story - First issue of Velo Vision in the post
Wednesday update - Issue One mailed...
View story - Delivery imminent - last chance at advance subscription rates!
The magazine comes back from the printers on Tuesday the 6th of March - so get yourself subscribed now to take advantage of the pre-publication rates. Also, Velo Vision German distribution details.
View story - Foot and mouth grounds UK cyclists
Cyclists in the UK are asked not to travel through rural areas, as part of an effort to halt the spread of foot and mouth disease through Britain's livestock.
View story - McGurn buys Open Road's assets
Back issues and the rest of Open Road's assets have been bought up as a job lot by Jim McGurn and his new 'Company of Cyclists'.
View story - Langley writes again
Jim Langley, former long-time Technical Editor of the giant American magazine Bicycling, has set up a neat website reflecting his passion for, among other things, historic bicycle art.
View story - See the light with Hokey Spokes
Here's a great way to enhance your visibility, thanks to the wonders of electronics - but it's not for the shy and retiring!
View story - White Dwarf flies again!
White Dwarf, the human-powered airship built in the 80s by Bill Watson and Colleagues, has flown again in the hands of an enthusiastic team who plan on building a successor.
View story - Monday miscellany
A mixed bag of news and updates today... and a bizarre railbike
View story - Whitelegg's transport journal available free online
Prof. John Whitelegg is well-known as an eloquent advocate of sustainable transport: he also produces a quarterly journal covering transport issues. It's now freely available as PDF.
View story - Moz's trike recovered
Chris Moseley's trike, stolen from Marricksville, NSW, Australia, has been found.
View story - Rob's court appearance - case adjourned
Rob Hague's appearance in court was a bit of an anticlimax - the case was adjourned for two weeks
View story - Velo Vision Issue One at the printers
Well, last night I posted Issue One to the printers. Normal news service will resume shortly, just as soon as I catch up on a few things...and here's a sneak preview of some of the pages from issue 1
View story - Anyone for solar cycling?
I occasionally keep an eye on the ZZZ online technology column - this week they cover solar-powered electric-assist bikes - as if they're something new.
View story - Rob Hague charged
After another trip to the police station, Westcountry Recumbents' proprietor Rob Hague has been formally charged with criminal damage to a car which, he says, "ran him over".
View story - Spokesfest update
The Spokesfest website has been updated to include a provisional programme - and also news of their special-needs cycling project
View story - Another trike stolen in Australia
Chris Moseley, aka Moz, a frequent contributor to the trikes internet mailing list, has had his home-built recumbent trike stolen from near his home in Marrickville, NSW, Australia.
View story - News drought - and a few links
Velo Vision Issue 1 is in final production panic just now, so here's just a few links to keep you all amused until normal news service resumes shortly...
View story - News drought - and a few links
Velo Vision Issue 1 is in final production panic just now, so here's just a few links to keep you all amused until normal news service resumes shortly...
View story - Chain falling off? This might help...
Gaerlan Custom Cycles have a web page showing a neat roller which stops chains falling off single chainrings.
View story - Utopia take on the Scooterbike
A classy urban recumbent from Germany, the Scooterbike, is the latest addition to the Utopia stable. German manufacturers Utopia are best-known for their semi-custom, long-lived upright machines.
View story - SPEZI 2001 gets separate 'Reha' area
This year, special-needs cycles will have a hall to themselves at the Special Bike Show in Southern Germany. There are other innovations, too...
View story - Bike messengers get UPS moving
Back in December, CNN did an article about UPS rediscovering cycle messengers. Turns out the whole company started out on bikes in 1907.
View story - Events listing 2001
This is a round-up of events in the coming year. Please email if you know of any more, or have corrections...
View story - Rohloff hub impresses the MTB crowd
Contributors to the on the mountain-bike review website mtbr.com seem to be pretty impressed with the 14-speed Rohloff hub. There are four reviews up there so far...
View story - Thought upright trikes were dead? Think again...
Just came across a fantastic carbon-fibre upright trike made for a competitor at the Sydney Paralympics in 2000, where it won two silver medals.
View story - Events listing for Issue 1 - help make it complete
Here's a first draft of an events list for issue 1 - I'd like to have a complete list of events of national and international significance. Help me finish the list.
View story - Josie Dew hits the road again
Josie Dew, famous for her travel books and extreme hair, is setting off on a new trip.
View story - Velo Vision Issue 1 nearing completion
Here's a preview of what'll be in the first issue of Velo Vision - out around the 5th March.
View story - More cycling music hits the web
'Simon the Cyclist' joins 'bicycle' and the Songcycles crew from Toronto in offering a CD of cycling-inspired songs.
View story - Schmidt tests 12V hub dynamo prototype
Schmidt's hub dynamo is pretty much universally regarded as the best you can buy. Now, he's taking advantage of new German lighting regulations to develop a 12 V version.
View story - German HPV Champs 2001 in Leer, Ostfriesland
Leer, a small and bike-friendly town in the north-west of Germany, near the border with Holland, is the location for the 2001 German HPV championships, from 14th to 17th June. The location should encourage a good international turnout. UPDATED Sunday 4 Jan - it's in June, not July like I wrote earlier!
View story - Human powered landmine detector scoops award
The detector is powered by the user swinging it to and fro over the ground - ideal for developing countries where there's often no electricity supply available. It's hoped the award may help bring it closer to full production.
View story - Rob Hague arrested 'for being run over'
Rob Hague, genial proprietor of trike specialists Westcountry Recumbents, was arrested yesterday following an incident in which he says he was run over. The car driver involved is apparently now claiming against him for criminal damage to the car...
View story - Longest bicycle in the world?
Now I don't know if this really is the longest bike in the world, but check out this story for a rather amazing picture...
View story - Cycling to work - a view from the outside
An interesting article appears on the website of the well-known publishers of programming books, O'Reilly. The writer, who cycled 12 miles to and from work for a week, makes some good points from a 'non-cyclist' perspective.
View story - Open Road assets go under the hammer
Hurry if you want to get your hands on back issues of Open Road's publications. The closing date for offers to the liquidator is Monday 5 February. But - bulk orders (hundreds of copies) only are welcome.
View story - bicycle the band seek roadies for new tour
Kurt Liebert's rock band 'bicycle' (no, they don't like capital letters) is setting off on a new tour in May, the "Utopian 660". Roadies who want to join them get an Airborne frame - but also plenty of hard work....
View story - Patterson's bike handling book now on the web
Professor Bill Patterson of CALPOLY has developed equations that describe cycle handling and can be excellent design aids for the builders of unconventional bikes. Now, parts of his latest third edition are also available on the web.
View story - Burrows breaks (another) arm
Mike Burrows broke his right arm on Saturday when he took a tumble mountain-biking. It's healing nicely, but Mike says he's forever renouncing mountain-biking and will now stick to the road...
View story - Any underemployed hub gear engineers out there? SRAM have a job going...
Unfortunately, it's in Schweinfurt, Germany, so any ex-Sturmey employees who might be interested are looking at a big move... and as the job advert is in German, speaking the language would be a good idea, too.
View story - From Windcheetahs to motorbikes: AVD diversify
Advanced Vehicle Design, the UK manufacturer of Windcheetah recumbents and load-carrying quad bikes, tell Velo Vision that they are moving into motorcycle manufacture and doubling quad production space.
View story - Child's tandem - new to me
I've just been poking around the Longbikes website and came across an interesting child-sized tandem - yes, that's two children...
View story - Bike Right 6 1/2 - late news of a fun event
It may sound like a particularly bad sequel film, but Bike Right 6 1/2 is actually a weekend event in Northumberland, UK...
View story - Hydraulic drive - another one tries its luck
The idea of replacing the bike chain with a hydraulic system has been around almost as long as the bicycle - here's a new incarnation.
View story - Innovative events from Chicago's Bikewinter
An evening of 'Pedalin' Poetry' and the Santa Cycle Rampage - just two of the innovative cycle happenings during Chicago's 'Bike Winter'. Could your cycle group pick up some ideas?
View story - Looking for a job in cycle path planning?
You too could work in cycling - if you're a qualified urban planner. A transport consultancy in San Rafael, California, is looking for a cycle and pedestrian designer and planner, with 'top pay and benefits'.
View story - Misguided Montana law threatens obligatory wrong-way cycling
In a misguided attempt to make the roads safer, a Montana congressman is proposing changes to the which, amongst other things, would oblige cyclists to ride against the flow of traffic on rural roads. Opposition is mobilising...
View story - Join an HPV odyssey: UK to SPEZI
A spectacular convoy of Broxes, Anthrotechs and other HPVs will be making its way from the UK through Holland and Germany to the Special Bike Show in Germersheim, Southern Germany, which takes place on the 21st and 22nd April 2001. Here's how to get in touch if you'd like to join them.
View story - Brox sells 50 Compacts to DHL
Brox, the load-carrying quad bike manufacturer, has sold 50 of its machines to logistics giant DHL. They'll be put into service in London - and other cities may follow.
View story - Cyclists called to lobby Euro parliament on car front legislation
Campaigners thought that EU legislation to force car manufacturers to make their vehicles less lethal was in the bag - now a 'voluntary' scheme is being mooted instead. Add your voice to the protests.
View story - Convergent evolution in off-road trailers
A designer in Germany has come up with a single-wheel off-road child trailer to rival the one from Gober Gear in the USA - the designs seem to have separately evolved similar features.
View story - Velo Vision and Velo-Vision
We didn't get there first with the name - a German bike shop called Velo-Vision has just sent friendly greetings.
View story - Mike Burrows calls for a 'sports class' for HPV racing
Mike Burrows, well-known designer and HPV inventor, is calling for a 'GT' or 'Sports' class to be defined for (British) HPV events, to allow owners of 'ordinary' road-worthy machines to race competitively. Also, it looks like his book 'Bicycle Design' will be reprinted in the next few months.
View story - HPV CD 2001 available - and reviewed
Since 1997 Oliver Zechlin in Germany has produced a CD-ROM compilation of all things interesting for HPV enthusiasts. His 2001 edition is now out, and we have a quick review.
View story - Room for two with the new Nihola
Nihola, Danish manufacturers of load-carrying trikes, have developed a new, larger-capacity version of their distinctive design.
View story - Cruiser bikes make a semi-recumbent splash
Are your friends put off recumbent cycling because of the image problem? A UK company has just started importing some semi-recumbent chopper bikes to ease them gently towards a recumbent position.
View story - Huge stockpile of Reynolds 531 available near York
Building your own bike - fancy having a go? Cost and availability of materials need not be a problem. Several tons of Reynolds 531 tubing, ranging in diameter from 5/16 to 1 inch, is available for not much money from a fabrication engineer based near York, UK. He bought it as a job lot a while ago, and would like to see it used.
View story - Swamped!
After I put out the 'update' email (see the story below this) late last night, I've been swamped today with emails. Just answered the last one now. Luckily there's a bumper crop of stories waiting to be written tomorrow...
View story - Online shop finally... online!
It took longer than we thought, but the online shop is finally up and running. We hope this will be an easy and efficient way for overseas readers to subscribe to Velo Vision. Also, an extended 'update'.
View story - Could this amazing new invention be...a bicycle?
Check out the bizarre story of Dean Kamen and his invention that impressed Steve Jobs (head of Apple) so much he said "If enough people see the machine you won’t have to convince them to architect cities around it. It’ll just happen." Maybe he's hit on a really efficient form of personal transport...?
View story - Flight sim for human-powered aircraft
A human-powered-aircraft flight-simulator will be a key attraction at an event put on the by Royal Aeronautical Society Human Powered Aircraft Group on the 25 January in London.
View story - Spokesfest plans for 2001 firm up
The organisers of Spokesfest, the annual cycling and human power event held in Leicester, UK, have updated their website with news of this year's plans - and they've given a kind mention to Velo Vision. Also, check out the pedal-powered radio station.
View story - Velo Vision gets VAT registration, online shop delayed
Velo Vision is now a VAT registered company - this should only affect advertisers, for whom full advertising info should be available in the next couple of days. The online shop is in the process of being activated, but it seems to be taking a while.
View story - Will HPV racing get the Queally effect?
Jason Queally, one of the surprise stars of British cycling after he won gold in the Sydney Olympics, is set to launch an attempt on the HPV land speed (sprint) record, currently set at 115km/h (72.24mph). His success had helped revitalise British track cycling: will it do the same for HPV racing?
View story - Bicycle images live and kicking in UK cinemas
I took a rare break from the Velo Vision grindstone on Friday and went to see 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'. Top film. Before the film started, though, there were some nice adverts featuring bicycles.
View story - Claude Marthaler joins the Velo Vision team
I'm delighted to announce that Claude Marthaler, world cyclist and velo-philosopher, will be a key contributor to Velo Vision.
View story - New load-carrying business model takes root in London
Workbikes are increasingly seen by logistics companies and operators as an efficient way to move packages round crowded town centres. A new way of working, the Pick-Up, Drop-Off point (PUDO) looks like the way of the future.
View story - No space for bike parking? Let's go underground!
Underground cycle storage facilities have been around for a while in Japan. Now comes news of a system commercially available in Spain, the Biceberg.
View story - 2000th British post office bike recycled in Africa
Over 2000 'retired' post office delivery bicycles have now been recycled and sent from the UK by the charity Re-Cycle for a new lease of life in South Africa.
View story - Credit card machine working - at last!
The long-awaited credit card terminal is now up and running.
View story - Progress report
The credit card machine finally arrived yesterday afternoon...but not, unfortunately, the supervisor swipe card you need to operate the thing. Also, more news of progress.
View story - New load-carrying business model takes root in London
Workbikes are increasingly seen by logistics companies and operators as an efficient way to move packages round crowded town centres. A new way of working, the Pick-Up, Drop-Off point (PUDO) looks like the way of the future.
View story - Winter greetings from Germany - and some seasonal ideas
Click this story for a nice picture illustrating the advantages of a full fairing in winter :-). And an idea for upright riders.
View story - Here goes 2001
Happy New Year, everybody, and welcome back. Apologies for the downtime - we got hit by a server outage on our host as well as the extended Christmas/New Year break. Latest news on credit cards...
View story - Latest VV news - last before Xmas
We've finally got confirmation from Worldpay, so the online shop should be active straight after Christmas. But the 'normal' credit card machine still hasn't turned up. Also - answers to guestbook comments.
View story - Momentum picks up the Spoke'n'Word baton
Vancouver's Spoke'n'Word was, until its demise earlier this year, one of the wittiest, sharpest and generally best campaigning magazines I've read. Now, the team behind it have come up with a new magazine, Momentum, to be launched in April. It'll be distributed free in Vancouver, but will be available everywhere, and the publishers are seeking 'founder' subscriptions.
View story - Sun Race save the Sturmey name: eight-speed still on the cards
Intellectual property rights and quite a bit of the machinery belonging to Sturmey Archer have been bought up by the Taiwanese company Sun Race Industries. They apparently plan to revive Sturmey's plans for a new eight-speed hub gear.
View story - Interesting new folding bike from Gaerlan
Well, it's new to me. Gaerlan Custom Cycles are a USA framebuilder who also import Dahon and other folders, and their gt20 is their own 20"-wheeled travel bike.
View story - Velo Vision progress report - credit cards, online shop
Well, we got the website launched on time, but still can't take credit card orders as yet.
View story - Velo Vision website launches - and latest update
Welcome to the Velo Vision website. This site aims to fill a 'news gap' for cyclists who are interested in cycle culture - cool things you can do with bikes, the positive place for cycling in today's transport, and their global potential. And for everyone who appreciates the odd corners of cycle design, specialised bikes of all descriptions, and what they can do.
View story - An HPV hotbed in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has a flourishing HPV racing scene, as subscribers to the HPV mailing list discovered recently. Simon Boyde of the HKHPVA described their activities in response to a query on the list.
View story - Forgotton Russian HPV ideas see light of day
Designs by an HPV enthusiast from Ulyanovsk, Russia, have been uncovered by the Moscow-based manufacturers of the AS Engineering FWD recumbent trike.
View story - Stolen Greenspeed sparks worldwide alert
A 'tall, well-built man' failed to return with a Greenspeed recumbent trike after he took it for a test ride. An appeal by the manufacturer, Ian Sims of Greenspeed, put HPV enthusiasts worldwide on the lookout.
View story - Heard the one about the bionic shoe?
OK, it's not cycling, but it is human power. A shoe capable of generating useful amounts of electricity from the normal impacts of walking is being developed by the inventor of the clockwork radio, Trevor Bayliss.
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