Story Archive

• 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.
  Posted on 21 December 2000
  
 

• 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.
  Posted on 19 December 2000
  
 

• 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.
  Posted on 21 December 2000
  
 

• 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.
  Posted on 19 December 2000
  
 

• 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.
  Posted on 17 December 2000
  
 

• 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.
  Posted on 17 December 2000
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• 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.
  Posted on 17 December 2000
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• 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.
  Posted on 14 December 2000
  
 

• 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.
  Posted on 14 December 2000
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