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Charlie Jr. Fails To Prove That He Is Not A Servant Of Stan Spring 2004 Issue 76 BHPC Newsletter - Issue 76 http://www.bhpc.org.uk/ Front Cover: Charlie Ollinger Jr. Photo: Jonathan Woolrich Back Cover: 2003 Unfaired champ Neil Fleming at the AGM Photo: Dave Larrington Contents Event Calendar 3 The Editor’s Bit 7 Racing News 9 More Battle Mountain Jonathan Woolrich / Bill Cook / Larry Lem 15 Suppliers And Wants 26 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. Trout, when heated correctly, make perfect under arm warmers. OFFICERS Chairman & Press Officer Membership & Distribution Richard Ballantine Dennis Turner 30 Oppidans Road 7 West Bank, London NW3 3AG Abbot's Park ( 020 7722 6918 Chester, CH1 4BD e-mail: [email protected] ( Home 01244 376665 Competition Secretary e-mail: [email protected] gNick Green Librarian 79, Front Street, Pete Cox Pity Me, Belmont Cottage Durham, DH1 5DE Church Road ( Mobile 07971 519811 Saughall e-mail: [email protected] Chester, CH1 6EP Treasurer ( Home 01244 880574 Fiona Grove e-mail: [email protected] 7 Salmon Close Newsletter Mangler Bloxham, Banbury, Dave Larrington Oxon, OX15 4PJ 166 Higham Hill Road ( Home 01295 721860 London E17 6EJ e-mail: [email protected] ( Home 0208 531 4496 Secretary (after 19:00 weekdays Anne Tweddle please...) 1 Chipperfield Park Road e-mail: [email protected] Bloxham, Banbury or: [email protected] Oxon, OX15 4NX ( Home 01295 720615 e-mail: [email protected] Issue 77 closes June 1st 2004 Letters, articles, pictures, gainful employment, 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, anbarically- transmitted photos should be at a resolution of 300 dpi (or greater if you can afford the bandwidth). Race Events BHPC Events · April 24th Thruxton, near Andover, Hants · May 8th Eastway Cycle Circuit, London E15 · May 30th Hillingdon Cycle Circuit, Springfield Road, Hayes · July 4th Darley Moor, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire · July 25th Castle Combe circuit, near Chippenham, Wilts. Track available 14.30-17.00 · August 7 th Preston Arena, Preston · August 8 th Salt Ayre Circuit, Lancaster · August 28th Milton Keynes Bowl · September 12th Curborough, near Lichfield · September 26th Palmer Park velodrome, Reading · October 17th Eastway AGM Notes: 1. Change of date for the first Eastway meeting 2. Thruxton, Eastway #1, Preston and Milton Keynes are Saturdays 3. We will be enforcing Rule Number One, viz. machines must not have any sharp sticky-out bits, most notably at the front. This includes chainrings, which is another way of saying that any machine with its chainset out the front must have a chainguard, including those with a single chainring. Competitors who fail to equip their machinery thus will get a yellow card; a second yellow card will mean you will not be permitted to compete. As long as you don’t use ridiculously huge chainrings, suitable items are available from HPV-Heaven or your friendly neighbourhood HP Velotechnik dealer - Kinetics and Bikefix. 4. We will also be coming down hard on those committing the crime of Lack of Visible Numbers. You have been warned! 5. We also STRONGLY recommend that those on unfaired bikes use elbow guards, and that everyone has a rear-view mirror. Other People’s Events British Pedal Car Championship events for 2004 are as follows (check on the BPCC website - www.pedalcars.info/ - for confirmation) · April 18th Raynsway (Thurmaston, Leics), BPCC round 1; 100 mile race · June 5th & 6th Leicester City Football Club, BPCC rounds 2 & 3; Saturday 5th: 1+2+3 hour races; Sunday 6th: 6 hour race; BPCC rounds 2 and 3 will combine to form the 2004 European Pedal Car Championship · June 26th & 27th Swansea, BPCC round 4; 24 hour race; Margam Park · July 3rd Blackpool, Scoutcar Nationals (non BPCC) · July 4th Castle Combe, BAE Systems Charity Challenge (non BPCC); 6-hour charity race 3 · July 11 th Ringwood town centre, British Pedal Car Grand Prix (non BPCC) 2-hour charity race · July 17th Preston, BPCC round 5; 125 mile race (6 hour time limit) · July 28th & 29th South Berkshire, BPCC rounds 6 & 7; Saturday 28th: 4x 90 minute races; Sunday 29th: 5 hour race; venue TBC · September 18th Curborough, BPCC round 8; 5x 1 hour races International Events · April 24th Trike race at Spezi / Germersheim, Germany Trike Race, short gravel course, 4 rider two rounds, first goes into Semi-finals, second into losers run. The event will be held on the evening of the Spezi, the biggest special bike expo in Europe. All trikes / quads may enter. [email protected] www.hasebikes.com www.spezialradmesse.de · June 5th & 6th CycleVision, Lelystad, Netherlands. HPV World Championships, in conjunction with the world’s largest recumbent gathering Racing, trade tents, second-hand areas and much more. Camping nearby. www.ligfiets.net/cyclevision/ · August 14th The Gothenburg HPV event 2004, Gothenburg, Sweden Program (preliminary): 10.00: 200 meter Sprint 12.00: HPV ride around town, with lunch 14.00: HPV exhibit at the Slottskogen park 15.00: Afternoon tea, coffee etc. in the Slottskogen park 17.00: Ride to the Scout Garden 18.00: Dinner at the Scout Garden 19.00: Lectures and slideshows at the Scout Garden 21.00: Sleep, or the Gothenburg Party www.kalaset.goteborg.com/ (new info coming up, probably in May) [email protected] www.liggister.org/ · August 20th - 22nd European HPV Championships, Telfs-Tirol, Austria Mountain Race, Time Trial, 200m sprint, 80km race, overall ranking with European champion title given for categories: partly-faired recumbents, fully-faired recumbents and provided there is enough interest, for multi-track vehicles. www.futurebike.ch/em2004 · September 12th Belgian Open Rowingbike Championship (BORC), Antwerp, Belgium www.rowingbike.com · September World Human-Powered Speed Championships, Battle Mountain, Nevada, USA Dates TBC. The world’s fastest HPV’s in action on the world’s fastest course. Jonathan Woolrich and your Editor are hoping to attend again, though that depends on stuff like money and continued employment L · September 18th & 19th European Championships Rowingbike 2004, venue TBC. www.rowingbike.com Notes: 1. Loads more on the BHPC web site - far too many to list here. 2. Yes, this year there are both World and European Championships being held in Europe… Entry for the Worlds closes May 5 th, so get yer skates on… 3. At the time of writing, the classes at the Worlds are full-faired and not-fully-faired. The latter 4 basically means one can get in without moving any part of the fairing, and is proving rather unpopular with the hordes of tail-faired low racer owners that make up the majority of the entry of this event, and rightly so in my not-so-humble opinion. Otherwise one could take a machine like Dean Peterson’s Rotator Coyote (below), remove the side-screens and be in the same class as someone on an unfaired bike… Unrace Events BHPC Unrace Event · June 19th & 20th The Old Crown Challenge A gentle potter from Durham to Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria, returning the following day. The odd hill andmasses of scenery. Triff fun even when if it rains! Contact Mr. Competition Secretary Green Other Unrace Events · April 24th - 25th 9th SPEZI Special Bike Show, Germersheim, nr Karlsruhe, Germany. The definitive European show for the specialised cycling market: all sorts from recumbents to load-bikes to special-needs machines. www.spezialradmesse.de 5 · April 23rd Fifth European Velomobile Seminar, in conjunction with SPEZI. www.velomobile.de or contact Joachim Fuchs: [email protected]. · TBA Second folding recumbent design competition. www.faltlieger.de or contact Hanno Hirsch: [email protected]. · April 23rd - 25th The British Unicycle Convention, St Michaels RC School, Billingham, Teeside They say: Come along for a fun weekend of unicycle events - from absolute beginners to experts. Come along and have a go! www.unicycle.com or phone 0191 291 3051. · June 4th - 6th The ROUND*UP Small Wheel and Folder Fest, Philadelphia PA, USA. “Three days to explore the compact bicycle universe. Rides, rallies, demos, workshops, time trial, and much more. Same weekend as the USPRO CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIP race in Philly. www.trophybikes.com or email [email protected]. · June 12th - 20th National Bike Week, UK. Thousands of cycling events throughout the UK, this year with emphasis on encouraging regular cycle use. www.bikeweek.org.uk or tel 01243 527444 for all the details. · June 26th & 27th York Cycle Show, York, UK. “York Rally” is the biggest cycle festival in the UK. * Over Seventy Exhibitors and Traders * hundreds of HPVs, tandems, mtb, tourers, freight bikes, trailers to view/try out/buy * National Championship Races * Cycle rides for all abilities * National Emergency Services Cycling Conference * Bygone Bikes’ Display of Historical and Classic Cycles Vintage Bikes * Thousands of campsites on the showground * Entertainments * Free Arena Events * Large Covered Restaurant * Children’s Entertainments * Annual ‘Special Feature’ Exhibition * Huge Auction of Bikes & Equipment Great Bicycle Auction & Super Saddle Bag Sale.” www.yorkcycleshow.co.uk/ · July 17th - 24th Bike Culture Week, Pocklington, York, UK. Residential holiday organised by Company of Cyclists. Contact Jason Patient: [email protected] or see www.companyofcyclists.com (The Editor adds: I served a ten-year sentence in the skool where this event is based.