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Issue 61 BHPC Newsletter - Issue 61 The British Human B H P C Power Club Nigel Sleigh’s Retirement From HPV Racing Proves To Be A Red Herring... Summer 2000 Issue 61 BHPC Newsletter - Issue 61 B H P C Front Cover: A Mad Scouser In A Pub Garden. Photo: Geoff Bird. Back Cover: Kicking Bishop Brennan. Or someone... Contents Events 3 The Editor’s Bit The Editor(!), and Dennis Turner 6 Correspondence Geoff Bird, Paul Davies, James Trimbee 10 Builders’ Corner Geoff Bird, Malcolm Veale 13 Steam Boat Willy UCLU Human Powered Flight Club 14 Racing News Dave Larrington 17 Dempsey-MacCready Prize Chet Kyle 28 Roubaix 2000 Steve and Sherri Donaldson 32 Late News The Editor And His Spies 38 Suppliers & Wants 40 Back Page Tina Larrington 44 Objectives: The British Human Power Club was formed to foster all aspects of human-powered vehicles - air, land & water - for competitive, recreational and utility activities, to stimulate innovation in design and development in all spheres of HPV's, and to promote and to advertise the use of HPV's in a wide range of activities. Et le singe est dans l’arbre... OFFICERS Chairman & Press Officer Membership & Distribution Dave Cormie Dennis Turner 143 East Trinity Road 7 West Bank, Edinburgh, EH5 3PP Abbot's Park ! Home 0131 552 3148 Chester, CH1 4BD e-mail: [email protected] ! Home 01244 376665 Secretary & Touring Secretary e-mail: [email protected] Steve & Sherri Donaldson Librarian 15 Station Road Pete Cox Dyce, Aberdeen 11a Lorne St AB21 7BA Chester, CH1 4AE ! Home 01224 772164 ! Home 01244 376776 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: broken... Competition Secretary Newsletter Manglers gNick Green Dave & Tina Larrington ... is unlikely to stay at his current 166 Higham Hill Road address for long... London E17 6EJ e-mail: [email protected] ! Home 0208 531 4496 Treasurer (after 19:00 weekdays...) Fiona Grove e-mail: [email protected] 7 Salmon Close or: [email protected] Bloxham, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 4PJ BHPC on the Web: ! Home 01295 721860 http://www.bhpc.org.uk/ e-mail: [email protected] Issue 62 closes: 1st Sep 2000. Or there’ll be Trouble! Letters, articles, pictures, the head of Alfredo Garcia, etc. are always welcome - please send to the Editor at the address opposite. Technology being what it is these days, we can cope with most file formats readable by a PC (text in ASCII, Lotus WordPro/AmiPro or MS Word easiest to cope with), but if you haven't got one, items on paper are just as acceptable. To reduce cheesiness, electronically- transmitted photos should be at a resolution of 300 dpi (or greater if you can afford the bandwidth). A Day At The Races BHPC Race Events August 5th/6th Salt Ayre circuit, Lancaster August 26th Ingliston, Edinburgh (start 11:00 for races on the circuit) August 27th Kirkliston, Edinburgh. Ten-mile TT starting at 08:00, followed by: Meadowbank velodrome, from 11:00 September 17th Curborough, near Lichfield, Staffordshire October 8th Eastway circuit, London E15 (AGM) Notes: 1. The AGM meeting will again be a points event 2. The British champs will again be at Edinburgh as they were in ’99 with points being allocated for the park race, the time trial AND for the velodrome. 3. In an effort to get things a little more organised, I am assured that everywhere bar Edinburgh, the first race will get underway at 11:00 sharp, so ensure you’ve set your alarm clocks Specially-Selected Other People’s Events July 30th Handcycle racing, Sefton Park, Liverpool - contact Jonathan Woolrich - phone: 01784 436796 or e-mail: [email protected] August 5th/6th 24 Hours World Cycle Race, Schötz, Switzerland e-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.go-in.ch/Sectors/Bike/biker_zone.html September 10th Rotterdam Wheels Marathon - Handcycle racing - contact Jonathan Woolrich - phone: 01784 436796 or e-mail: [email protected] December 1st -3rd HPRA/HPVA North American Championships, Disneyworld[3], Orlando, Florida. Contact: Garrie Hill, 220 Vill-Edge Drive, Granville, Ohio 43023, USA. Web: http://www.recumbents.com/hpra/ 1. The chance of this issue being in general circulation before the Worlds are slim, hence its omission. 2. If anyone not net-enabled would like any further details of any of the above events, please give the Editor a shout. 3. Under no circumstances is anyone to refer to this venue as “Mauschwitz”. Or “Duckau” According to a Disney internal memo anyway... 3 A Night At The Opera Unrace Events July 28th-31st Spokesfest, Leicester. See centre pages for further details. Additionally, Roger Lovell writes: “We’ve arranged to close down Leicester Aerodrome for a few hours on the Saturday evening. Obviously this is to allow Peer Frank to fly Velair, but we also have a cunning plan. The aeroplane and hovercraft will generate the most media attention, but with the runways free for three hours, we will have time for other demos to take place. Together with those awfully nice people at Leicester Promotions, we will be inviting local and national media, TV and potential sponsors for a preview of next year’s events.(including Brighton). We’d like to include some fully enclosed racers and hand cycles. Any offers or ideas?” August 2nd-8 th CycleFest 2000, Lancaster. See elsewhere in this issue for full details. August 3rd-8 th EcoTrip 2000, Finland. Tomas Linden writes: “A tour in the Archipelago for Alternative Vehicles. Ride your HPV / electric or solar vehicle in Europe’s biggest archipelago, from island to island over 17 bridges using 9 ferries. Spend four days at a leisurely pace to cover 250 km landway and 40 km waterway over the islands in the beautiful south-western part of Finland. You can make the tour also by an electric/solar boat. During the Archipelago tour you can: • ENJOY the beauty of a unique nature, the company of nice people using ecologically sound vehi- cles/boats. • DEMONSTRATE ecologically sustainable transportation • AVOID pollution • PROMOTE proper tourism The tour is aimed as a positive demonstration of an alternative way of transportation but also a nice way of collecting people with ecological interests. It is not a speed competition. An important part is to increase the knowledge and usage of these vehicles / boats. See Bike Culture Quaterly 19, p. 12-13 for an article about the 1999 Eco-Trip, online at http://bikeculture.com/bcq/19/bcq19-1.html. 4 Contact address for further information: Olli Kuusisto tel. +358 2 4110871 fax +358 2 2434066 e-mail: [email protected] http://www.abo.fi/~agustavs/echo/ (including on-line registration) Address: PB 22, 20781 Kaarina, Finland.” August 5th-12th Open Road week, Escrick, near York August 12th-13th Human Powered Weekend 2000, based on Aalborg, Denmark Contact: Thorkild Nielsen, Langbrokrovej 18, DK-9310 Vodskov tel: (+45) 9829 3262 e-mail: [email protected] August 12th Vale Of York Social Ride. Approximately 40 miles; may include some inclines ". Pub lunch, start from York at 10:00 a.m. Contact Anne & Jon Coulson, 01904 411655 for details or e-mail: [email protected] September 22nd European Car-Free Day CycleFest 2000 Wednesday 2nd August until Tuesday 8th, based at S.Martin’s College, Lancaster, UK Quirky maybe, fun certainly. The enthusiastic international event that complements others that merely cater for diamond frames.* At CycleFest you can be sure to see just about every sort of cycling enthusiast, historian, inventor, engineer, and yes, even eccentric; and all sorts of machine, including recumbent racers, tourers, commuters and load-luggers, folders & separables, tandems of all sorts, sociables, veterans, quadracycles, tricycles both high & low, bicycles of all types - and unicycles. Each year there is something new and astonishing to be seen and ridden. CycleFest has also become a focal point for enthusiasts’ groups, so there will again be gatherings of Pedersens and Moultons of all ages, Bike-Fridays, Bromptons, Birdys, and of course HPVs of every configuration - who knows what else? We will be back at S.Martin’s College with its green campus on top of the hill overlooking Morecambe Bay. There will be plenty of choice of accommodation, including B&B in the student halls or inexpensive campus camping with a great view, well away from public roads, with secure and dry cycle storage. There are also plenty of guesthouses and hotels and campsites nearby. 5 This year’s theme for the talks is “Transmissions”, for which we have some great speakers booked. Social Rides will include day tours of a variety of lengths & terrains in the beautiful and varied landscape of North Lancashire, the South Lakes, the Fylde Plain and the Forest of Bowland, plus some ‘different’ rides….. There will be 50m Sprints along Morecambe Promenade, as well as racing on the local 1500m cycle track including both the BHPC Championship Races and the traditional Fun Events. We hope to include at least one event for veteran High Wheelers this year. We are planning a Torchlight Parade followed by a midnight feast. There will be music, dancing, films, cream teas and real ale, but not necessarily in that order. The Trade Show is expanding and there will be a separate free Cycle-Jumble throughout the event. Bigger isn’t always better, but it will be in this case! See you in Lancaster, first weekend in August. CF2K website is at: www.cyclefest.ucsm.ac.uk Info Pack and Booking Forms from the Conference Office, S.M.C., Lancaster LA1 3JD Helmets must be worn... Photo: Pat Strachan SMC Conf. Officer: Sarah Fisher 01524 384460 [email protected] Organisers: John Bradshaw 01524 384474 [email protected] Pat Strachan 01253 887265 [email protected] Trade Show: Robert Poole 01524 384458 [email protected] * We are delighted to see that CycleFest has inspired a number of events with remarkably similar names.
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