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Welcome to Velo Vision Issue Four, December 2001

ONE YEAR ON

Issue Four marks a year of Velo Vision. I�d like to thank the subscribers, advertisers, contributors and colleagues who have helped to make it possible. We�re proud of what has been achieved so far, and will try to make next year�s output even better.

As a company, Velo Vision has survived the dreaded first year without too many traumas. Subscription and advertising revenues are at a level which will sustain the magazine indefinitely. We could always use more subscribers, of course, and increased numbers will allow us to increase page numbers and colour content. Readership continues to grow in many countries, but word-of-mouth assistance from you, the readers, is always much appreciated.

The longer the magazine continues, the more I am convinced that it satisfies a definite need. One gap it fills is that of a showcase for all of the cool, interesting, sometimes esoteric, cycle technology which never really gets a chance in the mainstream press. For example, it�s astonishing that I�ve never read an article about the impressive Projekt L�ufer, even in German cycling magazines.

Velo Vision�s other function is to act as an information exchange, bringing together cycling ideas and experiences from around the world. With the bike still seen in many countries as very much marginal to the transport debate, articles about practical, successful bike projects can be of real value. Such articles are also, I hope, enjoyable and inspiring for any cyclist to read.

I hope it�s also interesting and informative for our predominately Western readership to read eye-opening pieces such as this issue�s article about the Boda-Boda riders on the Kenya-Uganda border. Not far from there, in Jinja, Uganda, the Pan-African Bicycle Conference (see Issue 2, page 5) is taking place as this issue goes to press. Delegates from across the continent will be trying to work out how to persuade African decision-makers that the bicycle is an effective, modern transport alternative rather than a backward, obsolete contraption. I hope we�ve given them some ammunition in Velo Vision.

PETER ELAND

Pages 34-35 of Issue 4

Cover Issue Four - click to enlarge (51k)

Issue Four contents

Velo Vision is a 52-page magazine, with each page 230mm (9") wide and 280mm (11") tall. All pages except 16 are in full colour. It has a nice heavyweight cover, too.

Some of the articles from are now available for you to download as PDF - if you don't already have the required (free) Acrobat Reader software for these you can get it here. Some of the colours look a bit vivid on some of these PDFs - it's better in print!

  • 3 Contents and Editor's letter (PDF, 204k)

  • 4 News
    VeloCity report, HPV speed records, a new handcycle tandem, and much more.

  • 10 Displacement activity
    York�s couriers replace 150 van journeys a day with pedal power: we hear how they�ve done it, check out their fleet and hear about some of their daftest deliveries.

  • 16 Adbikes
    A new, moving, medium.

  • 18 By rickshaw to Genoa
    Over the Alps on three speeds.

  • 22 Boda-Boda
    Claude Marthaler finds hard times on the Kenya/Uganda border.

  • 24 Mud, sweat and gears (PDF, 240k)
    Testing the da Vinci tandem and its unique drivetrain on a Rockies adventure.

  • 28 Bevo biking
    A practical recumbent from Germany gets a thorough review.

  • 32 Cables that glitter
    NOKON cables � are they worth it?

  • 33 Books
    HPV aerodynamics, and the trikes CD

  • 34 Projekt L�ufer (PDF, 140k)
    A most impressive project underway in Germany to develop perhaps the ultimate touring tandem

  • 37 Letters

  • 40 IFMA 2001
    Six pages of the latest technology from Europe�s largest bike show

  • 47 Advertising
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