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Thursday miscellanyChristiania 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. Sue Archer writes: Christiania loses a wheel.... ...but it's ok, they meant to. Christiania's UK importers Velorution report that the Danish company, known for their child carrying trike, have taken on the Dutch Bakfiets bike with their own two-wheeled Christiania child carrier. GB rider retains Recumbent World Championship title and records tumble in Michigan Reigning champion Steven Slade has retained his title at the 2009 Recumbent World Championship races held earlier this month at Tilburg in the Netherlands. Slade held off the challenge from nearest competitor, Belgian Erik Marynissen. In the women's races, the 2007 winner Barbara Buatois took back the crown won last year by British rider Claire King. In total, around 200 racers took part. The World Championships were taking place in Tilburg, alongside the annual Cycle Vision event, as part of the city's 200th anniversary. You can read a report and see video of the racing here. Meanwhile at the Ford Motor Proving Ground, Michigan USA last week, records tumbled in the Ford Human Powered Speed Challenge, with Barbara Buatois capping her Worlds victory with a new record in the Women's Hour event. Many other human-powered speed records were also set. You can see a synopsis of the initial results here on the Recumbent Blog and pictures here and here (thanks to ligfiets.net for the links) Velomobile Updates: Glyde and Aerorider If you're inspired by all this racing, and feel the need for a speedy velomobile, there's an update on the Greenspeed Glyde's development blog, showing some tweaks to the hatch, ventilation and rear wheel inflation access. The blog shows just how much detail there is to take into consideration on a project like this. Meanwhile, if you'd like some power assistance, you might want to look at the Aerorider, in this article in The Examiner spotted by Jason Patient. Combining electric and human power, the Aerorider is capable of speeds up to 45km/h, and they say the removable windows give good all round vision and ventilation on sunny days. How to turn a signpost into a bike rack The designers of the award winning Cyclehoop have hit upon a way to turn ordinary street furniture into more secure bike racks. The double loop clamps around a standard signpost, using anti-tamper bolts, providing two anchoring points for locks. Bikes are less likely to fall over than if locked just to a single post and existing street signs can be used to provide extra bike parking without the need to drill or concrete in new racks. The loops will also prevent thieves lifting locked bikes up and off signs - a tactic Conservative Party leader David Cameron fell prey to last year when he locked his bike to a bollard. Cyclehoops are already installed in a number of London streets. Roll up and get your tickets for Cycle 2009 The Cycle Show will once again be held at Earl's Court this year, from 8 - 11 October, and you can book your tickets now online here. You can see our report from last year's show here. Velo Vision is a 'Media Partner' for the show this year, and we'll be there with a stand. See you there! Showing off the Swissbike David Cradduck sent us the link to this neat little time lapse video featuring the Swissbike folding mountain bike: Wallingford's bits and bobs A few snippets spotted on the eclectic website of Wallingford Bicycle Parts: Firstly, news of some rather lovely limited edition Brooks Saddles. Produced to celebrate the sponsorship of a number of events by Brooks, the saddles come in some new colours and each model is embossed with the logo of a specific event. Coloured saddles without embossing are expected in a year or so. Also available from Wallingford are Litebeam mounts, which allow you to fix a light half way down your fork, or at the hub, without risk of fouling the wheel. The mounts simply either screw into your front rack boss, or replacing the end of your QR skewer. A great way to carry some extra light - a combination of low and high lights could be more eyecatching than two lights mounted side by side on the bars. Finally, returning to Brooks saddles, scroll down a bit here to see the ultimate cyclists' couch. Personally, I'm not sure how comfortable it's going to be... Posted on 24 July 2009 Your comments ...
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