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Winter 2002 Issue 71 BHPC Newsletter - Issue 71 http://www.bhpc.org.uk/

Front Cover: The serious side of HPV Racing - Guido Mertens, Jan van Eijden and Sam Whittingham big it up. Back Cover: RTTC approved... Contents Event Calendar 3 Editorial Stuff 7 Letters 12 The Return Of The Legendary Paul Davies Column 16 Racing News The Editor 19 AGM 26 Not Battle Mountain 36 The Great Rules Debate 40 Late News 43 Suppliers And Wants 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. Hey! Mackie!! 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 Secretary e-mail: [email protected] Steve Donaldson Librarian 15 Station Road Pete Cox Dyce, Aberdeen Belmont Cottage AB21 7BA Church Road ( Home 01224 772164 Saughall e-mail: [email protected] Chester, CH1 6EP Competition Secretary ( Home 01244 880574 gNick Green e-mail: [email protected] 79, Front Street, Newsletter Mangler Pity Me, Dave Larrington Durham, 166 Higham Hill Road DH1 5DE London E17 6EJ ( Mobile 07971 519811 ( Home 0208 531 4496 e-mail: [email protected] (after 19:00 weekdays Treasurer please...) Fiona Grove e-mail: [email protected] 7 Salmon Close or: [email protected] Bloxham, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 4PJ ( Home 01295 721860 e-mail: [email protected]

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A Day At The Races BHPC Race Events · March 2nd Manchester Velodrome, 12.00-13.00 and 14.00-17.00 · April 13th Eastway · April 27th Thruxton, near Andover · June 1st Hayes · June 15th Castle Combe · July 6th Darley Moor · July 27th Abbey Park, Leicester (with Spokesfest) · August 16th Lancaster · September 7th Herne Hill velodrome · September 27th Milton Keynes · October 19th AGM, Eastway

Some words from gNick

We have a bigger season than last year despite losing two tracks, Curborough is getting more popular with the car-types so less chance for us; Kimbolton is off again due to Parish Council jobsworths. They (the kart club) got a letter from the district council complaining that there had been an extra event over their allotted number which apparently had a “swarm” of people. The spanner obviously drove past and didn’t stop to notice the incredible noise levels generated by gears whirring!

· Manchester – We had a few spills last year and it would be best to avoid this again. Some pointers to help avoid slipping on the track and keep the Velodrome staff happy:- Don’t use brand new tyres on the track – there will still be release agent on the surface and they will be less grippy, do a few miles to bed them in. Clean your tyres before going on the track to avoid any road debris. Clean your bike, especially the transmission, coz we don’t want oil on the track! There will be a one hour slot for the fettling of machines and getting used to the track. We will probably also do some kind of short sprints like flying 1 laps etc depending on the numbers. The afternoon slot will comprise of more normal races – I will endeavour to get race start sheets done in the interval so we can get going ASAP with as little fuss as possible. If we can, we will run two sets of races though this will depend on people jumping when they are told to – so be warned. · Thruxton - the exact timing of this is not yet sorted so watch this space (he says pointing at a page of his diary). Unfortunately this event got moved after the calendar was more or less permanent so there is a big gap between Thruxton and Hillingdon and rather than adding another extra event I have decided to resurrect… The Old Crown Challenge – That wonderful pub-ride with altitude. Runs from Durham to Hesket Newmarket, home of the Old Crown via Alston. Hilly with big scenery (Pennines, Lake District) industrial history/dereliction (Weardale, Nenthead) and a jolly nice pub at the end. Will take a weekend and requires low gears and GOOD BRAKES. Current opinion favours either May 10th /11 th or May 17th /18 th . Contact me if you’re interested. · Helpers – this means all of you. YOU WILL offer your services. YOU WILL rush up to ensure that there are plenty of timers available. YOU WILL help to clear up afterwards. Otherwise I will baffle you with cabbages and rhinoceroses and incessant quotations from “Now We Are Six” through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty’s giant poisoned electric head. So there.

3 · Timing systems. At the request of a few members I have had another look at these and they are still ferociously expensive - £6k-£10k. I am looking at simpler ways of doing it wot doesn’t entail standing around in the rain as per Eastway but time and the appropriate experience is not on my side. Andrew Sidwell is investigating the data logging side of things but we are not too sure about the transpondery Stull. If anyone can contribute ideas, technical expertise, time, bus tickets autographed by the Pope, it would benefit the general happiness of the world. Failing that the helpful donation of part of your lottery winnings would mean we could go and buy one.

Other People’s Race Events

· August 29th-31st European Championships, Friedrichshafen, Germany. Still nothing concrete from HPV Deutschland, but I believe the event is still set to coincide with the big trade show wot they have there at that time of year. Given that Friedrichshafen is about as near to Switzerland one can get while still being in Germany, there may be scope for a Joint Effort in transporting people and machinery there – watch this space for details, · September 29th-October 4th International Human-Powered Speed Championships, Battle Mountain, Nevada, USA. The fastest bikes on the planet going for a new world record, and hopefully the $25000+ .deciMach prize for exceeding 82 mph. Only being eaten by a dangerous wild animal will prevent me from returning...

Unrace Events (Mostly Stolen From Velovision) BHPC Unrace Events

· Geoff Bird writes:

Some of you will remember the very successful Oxfordshire Social Tour in 1999. We have just about recovered from the stress and trauma of organis- ing it and are planning a similar, less structured, event in 2003. It will be on the weekend of the 28th and 29th of June. Make a note in your new diary now! The event will most probably be based around an excellent cycling- friendly campsite just south of Chipping Norton. The schedule will be along the lines of a choice of two routes on Saturday of about 50 and 20 miles, meeting at a pub for lunch, followed by a 20 or so mile ride on Sunday morning. We will not be organising a formal gathering on the Saturday Night but there are a number of options nearby for hosting the almost inevitable ad hoc beanfeast. I will post further details, including contact details for the campsite and other local accomodation, in the next newsletter. In the meantime expressions of interest or enquiries are welcomed by me, Geoff Bird, at [email protected] or (01295) 721860.

Other Unrace Events

· 24-26th February: 14th International Cycle History Conference. The Australian Cycle History Resource Centre in conjunction with the Canberra Bicycle Museum invites you to attend the 14th International Cycle History Conference. Join us to examine the theme “…an Australian perspective”. However, papers on other cycling topics are also welcome. More http://info at: HistoricCyclesDownunder.info

· 8th-12nd March: FietsRAI, Amsterdam. The Netherlands’ national bike show

4 · 25th-27th April: The Bike Show - NEC, Birmingham. They say “The largest cycle show in the UK is becoming even bigger with more area dedicated to road and specialised bikes - including Spokes Room and large component manufacturer area.” See: www.thebikeshow.com

· 27th April: The Bike Show RIDE. They say “Join thousands of people taking part in a new national charity bike ride on the 27th April. With six start points and distances from 45 to 120 miles you can match the route to your fitness and ability. In aid of the British Heart Founda- tion.” All routes end at the Bike Show, NEC Birmingham as above. See: www.thebikeshow.com

· 26th-27th April: 8th 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. See past reports in Velo Vision issues 2 and 6. More info at: www.spezialradmesse.de

· 24th-26th May: The London Bicycle Messenger Association is pleased to announce that its bid to host the International Federation of Bicycle Messenger Association’s event the European Cycle Messenger Championships 2003 has been accepted. The LBMA looks forward to hosting the best messengers from Europe and beyond on the weekend of 24th - 26th May at Eastway Cycle Circuit, London. A variety of events demonstrating & celebrating bicycle messenger culture is planned, including all the usual fixed gear competitions (skids, backwards circles, track stand), sprints, cargo, and a brand new competition for this year, the rickshaw team challenge. Contact or messengers.org

· 30th May - 1st June (to be confirmed) CycleVision 2003, Lelystad, Netherlands Huge recumbent event. See past reports in Velo Vision. More info at: www.ligfiets.net/ cyclevision

· 14th-22nd June: Uk National Bike Week Thousands of events of all sorts across the UK. More info at: www.bikeweek.org.uk

· 21st-22nd June: CTC York Rally Thousands of cyclists on York’s Knavesmire: Email [email protected] I am told that they would like to see a BIG recumbent presence this year.

· 24th-27th July: Spokesfest, Leicester Leicester’s cycling festival: www.spokesfest.freeserve.co.uk Roger The Hilldodger writes:

Simon and I now have two hats to wear. With the exception of the festival, which we’ll continue to manage on an entirely voluntary basis, we have changed our name to Cyclemagic. This means we can develop our other projects and commercial activities without jeopardising grant funding and sponsorship opportunities for the festival, which we want to be open to other organizastions to get involved with. New websites will appear soon but, as you see from the news below, web master Sprocketbender has been a little busy just recently.

We’ve started moving into our new premises in the city centre and have begun to realise just how much stuff we actually have! In the process of emptying out some of the garages and lock-ups we’ve been using around the city we’ve found forgotten about recumbents, bikes and (probably best forgotten) home-made machines. The first two projects we’ll be concen- trating on are the special needs and bike re-cycling, but others will follow when funding and space allow.

5 Spokesfest 2003 will run from 24 - 27 July and will include the following events.

Thursday 24th from 7pm: A repeat of the cyclists BBQ hosted by Leicestershire Museum Service at the Abbey Pumping Station, but with more real ale.

Friday 25th: Several bike rides of varying lengths including an urban ride by Simon around some of Leicester’s hidden attractions.

Saturday 26th: Bike rides of varying lengths around the Leicestershire countryside, including the ‘History of Flight’ ride with Roger and the Hilldodgers.

Sunday 27th: We’ve taken over all 100 acres of the picturesque Abbey Park for the day to host a cycling spectacular! Some of the diverse range of events confirmed so far include: a) British Human Power Club racing on the oval. b) Grand Old Ordinary One Mile Championship - a race for Penny Farthings held every year since 1910. c) Parade of very early and unusual machines. d) An attempt by the Desford Lane Pedallers veteran cycle club to regain the Guinness world record for a ‘Penny Stack’ - a formation of 100 Penny Farthings and riders. e) With the help of our friends from BikeAbility in Ipswich, Cyclemagic will be hosting the UK’s largest special needs ‘come-and-try’ event. f) The local CTC DA will be organising cycling treasure hunts for kids and families. g) John Jermy of XnTRICK cycles will be providing some very silly bikes and wearing equally silly trousers.

And it’s all FREE!....we must be mad, mad, mad. We’re keen for other cycling groups / organisations / clubs / manufacturers / inventors to become involved and help to turn Spokesfest into the UK’s largest public cycling festival.”

· 2nd-9th August: CTC Birthday Rides 125th annual rides meet, Warmwell, Dorset: see www.ctcbirthdayrides.org

· 23rd-25th August: Mildenhall Rally Weekend event near Cambridge, UK: see www.mildenhallrally.org

· 28th-31st August: Eurobike, Friedrichshafen, Germany Huge trade show; some days trade- only. See: www.messe-fn.de/messen/eurobike/index.php3

· Late August (to be confirmed): Fifth European velomobile Seminar, Friedrichshafen, Germany. “Towards commercial velomobiles”. Takes place during the HPV World Champs. More info at www.velomobile.de/news or contact Joachim Fuchs: [email protected].

· 11th-14th September: IFMA, Cologne, Germany Huge trade show; some days trade-only. See: www.koelnmesse.de

6 · 23rd-26th September: VeloCity 2003, Paris, France. Cycle campaign conference; last year had over 600 participants from 40 countries.

· 25th-28th September: Cycle 2003, London UK cycle show in Islington. See: www.cycleshow.co.uk

· 12th-14th October: Interbike, Las Vegas Big USA trade show. See: www.interbike.com

This listing has been shamelessly lifted from Velovision, with additional information from the Spokesfest / Cyclemagic gang! Stull!

The Editor Helps Popularise The Word “Stull” Hello From Southern California to Canada, product mangers are sensitive about a new category of

I thought I had tons of STULL for this section, but reclined-position bikes. on re-examining the contents of the electronic in-tray, I realise that I have less than antici- “It’s not a recumbent! Don’t call it that,” pated. Oh well. demanded Giant’s Russ Okawa, only somewhat in jest, referring to Giant’s new EZB Revive. You’re All Very Naughty Laird Greenshield, CCM’s marketing manager, was similarly protective of the company’s laid- Look, when I published that Thing from the York back Evox. “It’s not a recumbent! It’s totally Rally on the back of Issue 70, about the RTTC different.” allowing any kind of bike, I didn’t expect any of you goons to take it seriously. I have had to To some extent, they are right about these grovel apologetically to a man from the RTTC…

Next Year’s Model?

Following the announcement of that Giant device, I came across the following recently:

BICYCLE RETAILER AND INDUSTRY NEWS 1st October 2002

BIKE MAKERS EASE BACK WITH NEW FRAME GEOMETRY. (‘IT’S NOT A RECUM- The CCM Evox BENT!’). machines, which both companies think will appeal to older, comfort-minded, recreational riders.

Next season Giant, CCM and Vision will offer new bikes with these features: · a low center of gravity · upright torso positioning · cranks well in front of the seat · a lower back brace, and · handlebars high in the rider’s line of vision

Sounds like a recumbent, right? According to the companies, what differentiates these bikes The Giant EXB Revive

7 from their reclining cousins is the seat-to-bottom bracket-to-ground geometry. By positioning the bottom bracket low on the bike - more akin to a traditional bike’s bottom bracket height - the bikes feel more stable to first-time riders.

The low seat height allows riders to put both feet on the ground while seated. And the long distance between the seat and bottom bracket - adjustable on the Giant and. CCM via a telescoping seat beam that extends backwards - ensures proper leg extension for efficient pedaling. Vision Thoroughbred

Giant’s engineers built the Revive, the first in degrees to this position and built the bike the EZB category, around two principles: around that” said Rick Comar, Vision’s market- relieving pain and reducing the instability some ing director. “You sit upright with the handlebars people associate with traditional bikes. “We right in front of you and you can plant both feet started years ago on this bike. With some on the ground. Our dealers, though skeptical at market research we found many people feel first, are selling them like hot cakes,” he said. unsafe on an upright bike with the saddle at the The Thoroughbred comes in two models that proper height. And many complained of pain in cost $650 and $850. the lower back, wrists and shoulders,” said Mark Langton, Giant’s marketing coordinator. As with most things in cycling, these designs aren’t new. The specialty bike maker Trailmate “So like a recumbent, the Revive’s upright has been selling versions of these machines for position eliminates stress on the back, neck and almost 50 years. Many of Trailmate’s designs shoulders while providing a wide range of view. have the same low seat height and laid-back The low saddle allows the rider’s feet to easily geometry, but have three wheels. “They have touch the ground.” Langton said. evolved over time, but it’s basically the same comfortable design,” said Harry Baker, CCM’s Evox - marketed in Canada under the Trailmate’s owner and chief executive officer. Quetzal name - comes in three sizes and 18 and 21- speed models. The $299 bike adjusts And all these companies are targeting the same with a telescoping stem and seatpost. CCM’s demographic. “The idea is to get that group of Greenshield said the bike is “not a recumbent at people who haven’t ridden for a while’ Giant’s all, but part of the new easy-ride category.” Like Langton said. “We have a study based on the Giant’s bike, the Evox has a backrest cushion NBDA’s Cycling Consumer of the New Millen- for extra stability and added pedaling leverage. nium. There is this segment of boomers who want to get in shape, but want something that Another bike to use the same geometry is makes sense for them - not just a beach Vision’s Thoroughbred, introduced last year. cruiser.” Although more baby boomers are Unlike the Revive and Evox - recumbent- participating in physical activities they aren’t looking bikes made by upright bike makers - the riding bikes. A recent National Sporting Goods Thoroughbred is an upright-looking machine Association (NGSA) Sports Participation study from a recumbent manufacturer. The Thor- of adults 45 to 54 showed 90 to 138 percent oughbred achieves the same laid-back growth in backpacking, target shooting and geometry with a diamond frame by positioning working out at a club. Cycling, on the other the seat tube 8 inches behind the bottom hand, declined 22 percent in 2001 compared to bracket. On the front is a foot-long headtube the year before. that puts the top headset cup well above the seat clamp. Such studies reinforce Langton’s theory: boomers are eager to exercise, but they aren’t “You are always seeing people with their necessarily keen on the industry’s mainstream saddles way down on the top tube and the offerings. handlebars turned up. Our engineer took the standard geometry and rotated it back 22 8 COPYRIGHT 2002 VNU Business Media the demands likely to be imposed through continual use by a number of different riders. A Several of years ago, I received an article Nevertheless, it has lost none of the style or from Gunnar Fehlau which, for reasons now lost performance that makes the standard 2-Can in the mists of time, I never did get round to one of the most attractive and versatile sociable translating. In it, though, he predicted the recumbents on the world market. direction the recumbent bike industry would take. He felt the trend would be towards bikes The 2Can range was developed by Toucan just like those in the Bicycle Retailer article, and Engineering from a design by Peter Ross - an was not at all happy about the prospect… ex-Lotus Cars and aeronautical engineer with an international reputation as an innovator in Being A Further Announcement Of recumbent design. Fast, attractive and aerody- Matters Related To The Trice namic, it is ideal for touring, a practical alterna- tive to the car for commuting or shopping trips and an exhilarating leisure vehicle. An integral I am informed by Neil Selwood that: mounting allows a range of carriers - for luggage, shopping, children etc - to be fitted “We have just put the results of a tyre rolling behind the rear seats. resistance test up on our web site. The tests were carried out by MIRA (an independent UK Further information is available from John company) and are quite interesting. Please Halliwell of Toucan Engineering: take a look at the “Updates News & Events” page on our site at www.ice.hpv.co.uk” Toucan Engineering Limited, Aurora Court, Loosely related, in that both were originally the brainchildren of Peter Ross, comes news on the Machine Formerly Known As The GEM:

“GEM reborn as 2-Can

A ‘sociable recumbent’ with a range of innova- tive features that make all the pleasures of cycling accessible to many people who are unable to ride a conventional bicycle, has been launched by Toucan Engineering Limited of Middlesbrough.

A three-wheeled cycle with side-by-side car- Barton Rd, Riverside Park, Middlesbrough, style seating that allows the two riders to TS21RY, UK converse naturally in comfort (hence the term Tel: 01642 881881, Fax: 01642 896999 ‘sociable’), the 2Can-i has been specifically www.2cancycle.co.uk developed from the standard 2Can model to [email protected]” meet the needs of organisations who aim to make cycling an inclusive activity. Watch Out, There Are Loonies… The three wheels provide great stability, while th other key features include independent drives On or near October 27 , most sensible people and gearing which allow each rider - young or cowered in their beds and hoped that the wind old, fit or unfit - to contribute according to his or was not about to remove their roof. Well, I did. her ability. One rider steers via a centrally- On the other side of the North Sea, though, they mounted joystick, so a blind or partially sighted are clearly made of Sterner Stull: rider accompanied by a sighted person can enjoy the full sensation of cycling. “During the very severe storm that struck western Europe on October 27, Bram Moens The 2Can-i meets the needs of a wide range of dared to take his Low Racer on the Veerse Gat riders and has an extra-strong frame to meet all dam and reached a speed of 79.8 km/h !! When pedalling against the wind his speed was still 40 9 “Hi from www.hpv-heaven.com, the UK based supplier of GRP mouldings, tubes and framebuilding components to help you build the recumbent bike of your dreams.

Just a quick note to tell you that we have now completed the moulds for our long promised A nutter, yesterday seat and tailbox. Production components will be km/h. Striking detail was the drop in speed to available very soon. We are also urgently just 18 km/h when the wind hit him from an looking for sufficient interested parties to justify angle of app. 70 degrees. It proves again that a production run of Racing Speedbikes at a very the frontal area of a cyclist is a very important affordable price. factor. When the wind blows against the side of the bike and rider, the aerodynamical proper- Find out more at www.hpv-heaven.com now or ties of the bike are much less ideal. That is to contact Geoff on 01295 721860 / say: when riding under extreme conditions like [email protected] the mentioned storm. Under more or less normal circumstances, even when a rather strong wind is blowing, the vector of the air flow is more or less frontal, as a result of the speed of the bike itself.”

Trike-It

A recent communiqué from James Tobin says:

“We have finished our Beijing to London Ride. We arrived in London on the 19 November and finished at Trafalgar Square. Many beers were consumed afterwards. A big thank you to everyone we met through our HPV Heaven Club Racer concept journey. You were all great and helped us out in Bike Week 2003 so many ways. To all you cyclists out there we say ‘keep pedalling’. We are off to France in “Five promotional themes have been an- January for three months to write the book. nounced for next year’s UK-wide Bike Week Keep in touch and have a great Christmas and (14th-22nd June): New Year. a) Buying or hiring a bike - getting a bike James and Carolyn” back on the road b) Learning to ride - cycling with a ‘buddy’ - Return Of The King(cycle) where to ride? c) Family fun and fitness - encouraging more Now this was a secret, but since it’s available women to cycle for public consumption on Rob English’s web d) Bike2Work - individually or as part of an site, it is unlikely to be one any more. Anyway, organised ride Rob tells us that: “Kingcycle have taken me on e) Get off the beaten track - go cycling in the to develop a new production bike”. The form countryside and function of the said bike, however, remain on the classified list. Said national co-ordinator Nick Harvey, “We started with 11 options and settled on five that News From Uncle Geoffrey stand the best chance of getting more people cycling more often. I am expecting to register

10 more than one thousand local events and rides Agency, Forestry Commission, National Byway, in 2003, most of which will be eligible for free Ordnance Survey and the Youth Hostels public liability insurance, website publicity and a Association (England & Wales) are new wide range of promotional materials. members of the Bike Week Steering Group.

Bike2Work will run for the whole week, with For a free Bike Week Event Organisers’ Guide participants requested to donate the money email [email protected] or phone Nick they save (eg: fuel and parking or fares) to Harvey on 01243 543888.” Cancer Research UK (Registered Charity No. 1089464). 500 major employers are being Ralf Wellman encouraged to promote cycling to work and existing workplace bicycle user groups (BUGs) It is sad to have to report the death of Ralf will be helped to recruit new members. Wellman, the chairman of HPV-Deutschland, on December 8th 2002. And more so to report that Bike Week’s main funder is the Department for he died by his own hand. Our condolences to Transport, where transport minister John Spellar his family and friends. has requested more events that appeal to novice cyclists, especially women and families. Tailpiece In 2002, approximately 50% of the estimated 200,000 participants in Bike Week events were Right, I’m off to spend the festive season being new or returning cyclists. Of the 20+ million festive, and the New Year hoping that 2003 will bikes owned in the UK, less than a third are be an improvement on 2002, which was, as my used regularly. friend “GOD[1]” would put it, gash. Here’s hoping you all had a stullin’ time of it. More countryside rides will be promoted in 2003, including in rural areas that are still 1. Not his real name… recovering from the effects of the foot and mouth epidemic last year. The Countryside

11 It’s Your Letters, It’s Your Letters!

As I filled in my race notebook I noticed my BikeFix for donating the prizes for the champi- ODO readings for Kimbolton and Eastway, i.e. onship. Stuart forgot to hand them out during 396 vs 710 miles (please note that the compu- the meeting, but came up to me in the car park ter has only been on the bike since EK2002 and so I am now the proud owner of an Air when I lost the original, I have actually covered Zound horn and bright yellow MET helmet. The thousands of road miles on the machine, mostly horn will hopefully be appreciated by other commuting). This meant that between the two people in the races as they still appear to be races I had actually covered 296 miles commut- caught by surprise when the front of the fairing ing to work in Equus, including picking up my appears pushing past under their elbow as they weekly groceries on one occasion. Does this are going round a corner (Sorry Patrick, et al). put us into the sports class? The horn is so loud that it hurts your ears when set off at arms length pointing away from you, I would also like to say a big THANK YOU to all so I will only be using it when wearing my ear the committee and organisers for this year’s defenders inside the fairing. events. TIP OF THE DAY. Look out for Brent Meredith1 next year sporting a new Paul Davies bike and fairing, with nerves of steel and youth on his side.

Cheers,

Ian Chattington

1. “I agree” – William The Concurrer

Educational sofware producer New Media have a new unit as part of their Multimedia Science School package. The unit, entitled, “Terminal Velocity,” allows pupils to examine how moving objects reach a constant speed when the forces acting on them come into balance. Not very exciting, you might imagine, but the objects used in the simula- tion are cyclists riding a mountain bike, a racer and a recumbent!

Of course, the real question is “what recumbent is it?”

Seamus King

1. Sports Class

The name of this should be changed

Mr Chattington’s feet... In addition an equally big THANK YOU to 12 to the “Touring Class”. A link would then be As for technical rules eveything about the made between the thriving racing side of club machine should be practical for road use. The activities and the less than thriving touring rider height described at the AGM is a good activities that are always subject of AGM start point as low machines can be dodgy on discussions without a conclusive result. We are the roads. Rear bodywork must include tailbox then at least taking the first step toward as at present, racks, lights mudguards should acknowledging and catering for this side of the all be encouraged unless there is a crash safety scene at our most public interface. This class is issue. I also see nothing wrong with a Kingcycle the logical way into racing for a non-racer who type open front fairing but it must incorporate is most likely to own a road going machine that lighting as a Kingcycle does (needn’t work) as a will probably fit the parameters of this class. going to work bike may very well be so equipped. Controversial? Maybe. However, no “Touring class” is a less daunting title to a new bags or other enclosures or cowling over rider’s competitor than “Sports Class” and suggests head - must be completely road practical. that a road going machine will not be automati- cally outclassed within it. Sports insinuates racy Any comments? with the subliminal message that a machine with rack, lights etc needn’t even bother trying, 2. Points Scoring thereby discouraging that “have a go” mentality. As Mike said it is a good place to race for Two points scoring races per meeting makes obsolete equipment such as Kingcycles. It also sense for a number of reasons. Racers get allows those without the budget / commitment / more value for their money with two chances to competitive ambition to race on a level playing score points for one entry fee and one set of field without the need to resort to lo-racers or travelling costs to the event itself. Also if one fully faireds. Some might simply want to have race is a blowout for a competitor because of fun on their every day machine and have no mechanical / crash / etc they have more than desire (or space) to own a racer. Some simply one chance to get something for their efforts. want to have fun. For the club we get better venue utilisation for the often not inconsiderable hire fee. I would

13 prefer this to a sometimes poorly supported “fun” race that is a sort of afterthought to make use of leftover time. I am planning to cycle in Norway from Bergen to the North Cape in 2004. Carolyn has ex- Obviously the race format would (and should for pressed a preference that I do not go on my variety) vary from event to event depending on own... Therefore is anyone interested in the venue time availability, weather conditions, accompanying me on all or part of this journey? rider enthusiasm and any other outside factors. It is to be an unsupported ride so you must be Two equal length or one shorter (“sprint”) and prepared to carry everything on your bike over another longer race are options but the venue approx 1600+ miles. I am negotiating at work to may well dictate this depending if the race is carry over some holiday from 2003 and take it split fast / slow, or fast / medium / slow at in a big lump. I am currently budgetting 6 narrow tracks so we are running 4 or 6 races at weeks including travelling time there and back a meeting. I think, for simplicity and to avoid by boat. Trip will be made May - June. Please arguments, it is very important that each contact me on [email protected] championship round whether a “short” race or a “longer” race should carry the same points It has been suggested that Rob English has set regardless. That way everything is simple and a new world record for falling off a bicycle, doing straightforward and everyone understands the his bit for British pride by crashing at 70mph points system. It will avoid the nightmare beating the previous record held by Fast Freddy scenario of a longer race being shortened for Markham by 5 mph. external reasons and people arguing that, therefore, the points should be reduced as well. However there are a couple things that I believe Just imagine if that were to change the bar Rob from claiming this prestigious record. championship results for the year - not a road I would want to go down! a) To be an official IHPVA record there has to be a repeat run within 5% of the fastest Some events would have to remain single speed. Clearly Rob did not do this (neither points rounds such as the AGM meeting and I did Freddy) so this cannot be claimed as suspect Manchester. The only trickier one is the an official record. enduro at Castle Combe. I think double points recognises the achievement of keeping it going b) Since it is clear for (a) above that it must for two hours but some might see that as unfair. be an unofficial record I must therefore Suppose positions could be taken after one point out that this record rightfully belongs hour to form the first set of results and allowing to the Frenchman Jose Meiffert (1913- those so inclined to gracefully retire after that 1983) a motor pacing cyclist, or as they time and the second set of points awarded on are more commonly known, a raving the final positions, but it could be complicated. looney. Another option is the two rider one machine format seen in enduro motorsport. Each rider In 1952 trying to increase his record of 109.1 does an hour and gets one set of points based mph on a dilapidated track he crashed at almost on the bike’s final position at 2 hours. Those 90 mph, tumbling and skidding for over 115 who want to do the whole race on their own meters and came to rest “a quivering mass of and not pair up can then get the double points flesh”. He survived the five fractures in his skull they deserve for “double stinting” whilst those and what must have been a very severe case of who who don’t fancy 2 hours of fun won’t loose gravel rash by recuperating for 10 years in a too many championship points for wimping out Trappist Monastery. He resumed his record early. I don’t think that too much time would be breaking career in 1962 riding behind a lost in the rider change as the new rider would Mercedes-Benz race car to attain 127.243 mph likley make up the lost time on the double on an upright bike equiped with a 225 inch gear. stinters by being fresh and that adrenalin rush In his pocket he carried the following note: that comes with starting a race. Food for thought and comment anyway. “In case of fatal accident, I beg of the spectators not to feel sorry for me. I am a poor man, an Phil Wray

14 about diamond-frame bicycles claiming they’re made out of sticks! Such frames are actually made out of tubes since they are hollow whereas sticks are as solid as Morecambe, Cromer*, Great Yarmouth* rock all the way through. Whilst suffering some delirium whilst suffering from my recent illness I devised an experiment to get this point over to him once and for all.

Apparatus

· 1 hollow cardboard tube (the sort of thing cooking foil comes wrapped around). · Lots of paper the same length as the cardboard tube. · Self-adhesive tape, eg. Sellotape. · 2 volunteers (one of whom should be the almost god-like, cycling design genius).

Preparation

The paper should be tightly rolled into a cylindrical shape until it matches the diameter of the cardboard tube then bound with the self- adhesive tape. In the interests of a ‘fair test’ the cardboard tube should also be bound with tape.

Method

Volunteer 1 (the almost god-like, cycling design genius) is given the cardboard tube. Volunteer 2 is given the paper ‘stick’. Taking alternate goes the two volunteers should hit one another orphan since the age of eleven, and I have on the top of their opponent’s head as hard as suffered much. Death holds no terror for me. they can. This record attempt is my way of expressing myself. If the doctor’s can do no more for me, Prediction please bury me by the side of the road where I have fallen.” I predict that within a few blows the cardboard tube will be badly damaged but nothing like as I have shamelessly stolen some pictures from badly damaged as the cycling design genius Bike Cult of the rightful record holder. I can only who like as not will be unconscious suffering commiserate with Rob and express my hopes from concussion and probable skull fracture. that this is one record that will for ever elude him. *Scooby-Clue

Paul Lowing Seamus King (again)

There’s a certain, almost god-like, cycling 6 Bugbrooke Road, Gayton, Northampton, design genius that (who, for fear of litigation, I NN73EU won’t name) we all know and respect who is 20th October 02 nonetheless getting on my nerves with an irritating habit of his whenever he talks or writes I am presently a student at Northampton High School and I am going into my last year of A 15 Levels. As part of my Design and Technology A- level course I have to do a product study. This is an Essay of around 3000 words about a certain · Environmental issues and social influ- product. ences. · Future designs and future materials. I have chosen to do my product study on leisure bikes and settled on the title/question below: I am trying to get as much information as I can WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT to help me answer the question above and I HAVE INFLUENCED THE DEVELOPMENT OF would be grateful for any information you can LEISURE BIKES AND TO WHAT EXTENT send me on the above objectives. WILL THEY CONTINUE TO DO SO IN THE FUTURE? I look forward to your reply. I hope you can help. Please contact me by the address above or my My main objectives for this product study are: email [email protected]

· Find out about the history of leisure bikes Yours sincerely and the types/designs of leisure bikes that have come and gone over the past 60 Helen Robinson years. · Find out about social influences e.g. disposable income. · Find out about environmental issues e.g. pollution, increase in accidents. · Look into materials, manufacturing processes and modern designs. · Find out about leisure bike sales. · Find information for the future of leisure bikes: The Return Of The Legendary Paul Davies Column! Shell Mileage Marathon management. Back in the pits the team have the banks of computers, rolling roads, catering Ian and I were invited to this event at the equipment etc. To do well in an economy Rockingham Motor Speedway back in July to competition, it seems you need a very small car demonstrate real economy! Paul Andrews who with a very small driver and to bring lots of was competing (he also races pedal cars and heavy kit with you in a big van... was at Lancaster) had a word with the organiser who was keen for us to attend. I’d also Rockingham Motor Speedway is an ideal place contacted Rockingham Wheelers who use the for HPV racing with good security and friendly track for road races. They had an event the management, surely a future Worlds venue! A evening before the Shell event and they were 1.5 mile oval with a longer bendy track in the happy for me to use the oval while they raced centre with a variety of links between the two. on the bendy track in the centre. I claim first It’s brand new and slightly unreal, an American HPV at R.M.S. speedway transported to Northamptonshire. Vast stands to seat 52,000! Left hand drive During the Shell event we did about an hour Chevy marshals’ trucks and even Gulf petrol on and created moderate interest amongst the sale in the pits. How on earth did they get rather preoccupied competitors. The Japanese planning permission? It must be the only team who won with a fantastic 9000+ miles per purpose built motor racing track since gallon were impressed by our speed, but were Brooklands. Still I suppose it was either that, or totally amazed by gravity assisted string turn the remains of the Corby steelworks, which operated bomb doors! School teams take part apparently the track replaces, into another with rather simple machines, but the leading heritage centre... cars are very sophisticated and expensively built from carbon and are stuffed with electron- The nice Michelin lady gave us some of their ics, radio links and telemetry to assist fuel low rolling resistance tyres designed for the mileage cars. They weigh just over half as

16 much as the same size 406 S’licks at about 219 it very clear he was there to win and would grams. They go very well. I’ve done about 350 stand no nonsense from anyone! The car is miles with them on the front of my trike mainly fitted with one of my front fairings and a slower round Castle Combe and not even worn the car soon managed to bend it with its rear end, centre mould line off yet! Ian has some on his forcing Ian to stop and disentangle the fibre- Alleweder. I will report on their performance glass from the steering. In fact all four of us in and durability and whether they are any good the team assaulted the same car during the going round corners fast, on a bike, in the rain... day, that one driver braking in the most unexpected places... I was disappointed with the low turn out of road going economy cars. Three Danish City E During the junior races Ian visited the ladies’ single seater trikes. Originally electric, now lingerie department in Marks and Spencers so diesel, they had the Reliant and C5 layout with many times, suspicions were voiced, especially no doubt similar crap handling. They were as he seemed obsessed with the damping doing an impressive 500 mpg. I couldn’t help properties of sports underwear, after watching suggesting they would probably handle better the Guides’ team in their very nice handling car, and be more aerodynamic going backwards. (which also has one of my fronts). It seems the The top, also the door, glider style, was a big lingerie dept. has the only toilet in the city perspex moulding for a real greenhouse effect... centre. I only went once - I couldn’t help thinking about Father Ted... Why is it that the motor industry has several multi million pound design and development At the start of the main 1 hour 45 minute race companies in this country alone and the world (we’d already raced for well over an hour) we economy record is over 10,000mpg and the were equal first with the Italian Karbyk team. It best I can get out of my van is about 70. What seems results are based on the number of laps exactly do they do? a team completes throughout the day. Karbyk racing is apparently quite big in Italy (where the The mileage cars have to do individual runs of machines are made commercially) and this, it about 10 miles (the mpg is calculated) and turns out, is the factory team supported by the spend most of the time using their good company boss and others! They were very well aerodynamics and low rolling resistance and practised and put their sprinter in first. He took coasting with engine off - coast and burn. Rob a two-lap lead which the team held till the finish. Mather suggested this approach might be worth We had the satisfaction of giving everyone else trying in a faired HPV. I’ll let you know when a good thrashing. Including Great Central I’ve tried it. It sounds suspiciously like interval Racing who normally win, who built their training to me! bodywork in my workshop, who raced at Castle Combe, and who take their name from the ill- Spokefest, Pedal Cars And Boats fated railway...

Spokefest in Leicester had a human powered The best pedal car race ever, so they say! It boat day on a nice country park lake on a nice was great fun, lots of kids taking part, good hot day. Mine was the only non production atmosphere, very competitive, and yet everyone machine, the others being American, an very friendly. Our junior team of Paul Andrew’s Escapade being the best, this belonging to the son and two mates won a £100 gift voucher organiser. Dont be misled, turnout was not from the city centre shop Allders, for winning great, four boats. their race. The Italians in their matching red kit were gracious in victory and very appreciative The following day Ian and I had another of our effort. Paul was well pleased to get his invitation. To join a pedal car team! Paul best result and a trophy so soon in his first Andrews, team boss and car builder (he of the season. We all got lots of riding with continuous Mileage Marathon) qualified the car in a short racing from 10.30 till 5.30. Why can’t BHPC practice session for the fast races, on the very events be like that! And why don’t people get short (200 metres approx.) track in a barriered- such a good impression at BHPC events. Paul off area in a busy pedestrian precinct right in the and his regular team went on to win at city centre. Ian started our first race and made Curborough, some weeks later, without our help! Four hours of racing, makes 40 minutes

17 plus a lap look a bit pathetic... HPB event at the same venue on the same day or weekend. (Having land and water events Boat hundreds of miles apart, as was the plan at the ill fated worlds would be daft!). Does anyone I like to build ‘quick and dirty’ without worrying know of a park or motor racing circuit with a about theory or design, and then let a machine suitable lake. Is anyone familiar with Oulton or evolve in use. That way I get a feel for what’s Mallory Parks, they both have lakes, are they going on and have fun trying things out. After overgrown, or filled with piranhas or what? all ‘there is nothing - absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in Giant boats’. Consequently, I’ve made some very bad propellors. When one of the blades on my best I had a go on the bike pictured in the last issue, prop broke off, the unexpected effect was to during a Cycling+ photo shoot recently. Bob the continue just as fast but with less effort! I would snapper thought it was great, but he’s not one never have ‘designed’ a single bladed prop but to let function get in the way of style! I’m just a nice one has now been built. On a two (or afraid that some unsuspecting mug will buy one more) bladed prop each blade is operating in thinking it’s a recumbent... the wake of the preceding one. A single blade is working in undisturbed water, so gets a better Track Time grip. The swept area is the same and the drag is halved! Apparently counter balanced single Being Manchester boys, Ian and I thought it bladed props can work well on some model seemed a good idea to ask for some track time, aircraft, and on wind turbines. Vibration isn’t a coaching and general encouragement at the problem with my prop, it only does about 200 velodrome. Ian wrote saying he was current revs and I suppose water tends to damp it out. HPV world champion, so how about it. A good At the moment there is a slight clonk felt story too ‘local lad strikes gold’, ‘old geezer from through the transmission every rotation, which I Hulme designs world beating bike’ etc. Andrea, think happens when the blade passes through the coach wrote back saying we could book the wake of the drive unit fairing. This will some time, and pay for it. (I bet Jason and his possibly be eliminated with a prop which has pals don’t have to hire the track) And, why not the blade angled back slightly, but is otherwise get a decent rider like Richard Grigsby to ride similar. the bike for you! Richard hasn’t raced a recumbent in years, and admits to ‘carrying When the boat is moving with the side of one of excess muscle’! Perhaps I’m being charitable in the floats less than about 50 cm from a vertical assuming the insult was not intentional... canalside wall the effort needed to maintain speed noticeably rises. The same obviously “Human Power: The Forgotten happens in shallow water. Faired bikes are similarly affected of course, but it’s less Energy” noticeable as you can’t vary your height from the road, not deliberately anyway! I remember The book by Arnfried Schmitz with lots of nice Ian Willett once telling me that purpose built historic detail and photographs of recumbents, rowing lakes have more than a certain depth to pedal cars and HPV’s , but mostly disappoint- avoid this effect. ing, self indulgent reminiscences of lots of crashes with unreliable not very good machines Having now done several 4-5 hour trips, it at disorganised events, of people met, and of seems that boating is harder work than cycling. driving thousands of miles for a few hundred You don’t get any help, no downhills or metres of racing. freewheeling, a bit like riding up a slight hill all the time! Mind you, if there’s a tail wind a big Chronologically I found it confusing, and there umbrella can be useful... seem to be a lot of words in it which perform no useful function. Condensed it would have made The organiser of Leicester’s Spokefest is keen a good magazine article. Human power the to encourage human powered boating and there must be the possibility of an HPV and

18 forgotten book. reports a time of 19.10 in his club ‘10’ champi- onship, near Abergavenny. The winner took 23 Why is it that people who write about HPV’s minutes! Andrew’s machine should perhaps be take themselves so seriously and treat the referred to as Willmott/Davies, or does that machines as though they are clever or special sound too much like a firm of solicitors... or worse, about to save the world? They’re just bloody bikes... Chris Cox who recently fitted one of my trike shells to his Speedy claims a just under 30 mph It’s worth looking at the cover picture, which ‘victory’ in his local ‘10’ on a rolling course. He includes a well known ex editor but is meaning- also reports, presumably on a different occa- lessly bizarre, it looks as though it was assem- sion, a feeling of serenity and well being after bled using garden shears and sellotape and passing through the transonic shock waves on should be used for a caption competition... his way to 68 mph...

Rule Costin

HPV racing should be restricted to those Following reference to Mike Costin in a recent competitors whose eyes are less than 105 issue, his brother Frank is probably more millimetres apart. This should be checked by a interesting to HPV enthusiasts. Mike is one half qualified optician before each race. This will of Cosworth with Keith Duckworth. Frank was obviously ensure fair and exciting racing. one half of Marcos with Jem Marsh. Their first cars were built like light aircraft, entirely of Coincidence plywood. One was apparently used to good effect by a young Jackie Stewart. Being an Is it coincidence, that very soon after the Blue aerodynamicist, Frank also designed the Yonder fiasco, Reynard Motorsport who built the bodywork for the famous Vanwall, several thing, went bust. I wonder who’s got the Lotus’ and in the 70’s had something to do with moulds, and why? My guess is, the snotty mods to the Viva. Things like a flat floor which bloke who made the excuses in Cycling + has helped speed and economy. Something them in his garden as his and hers swimming manufacturers still don’t do. Before his death pools. Tony Shingler reckons they could be some years ago he helped design a car familiar used for producing streamlined four berth to many in the BHPC, built by member Friend caravans. Suggestions on a stuck down Wood. Very light, aerodynamic, fast, extremely envelope... economical and made entirely of plywood. Read the biography ‘Flying On Four Wheels’ Satisfied Customers and find out what the Costin Shoddy and Bashy Company was really called... Andrew Willmott, who has one of my shells round a bike he designed and built himself,

Racing News Kimbolton - September 15th 2002 The Prologue

It was a Long Time since we were last at arrived. Twed, seasoned veterans will recall, Kimbolton, and Lo! It has come to pass that likes corners. Lots of corners. And finding a big much has changed, including the addition of pile of cones, he proceeded to lay out a course much more circuit. We early arrivals had a nice of fiendish fiendosity. And yea, and verily, we one worked out, with a lovely straight downwind were downcast. Especially those of us who’ve run to the double-apex right-hander at the far been known to exceed 25 mph from time to end, but then Organisator of the Day Twed time.

19 Race 1

Was the handcyclists, whom I am afeared I Paul Lowing’s dual-26 version, with Bob K know not so well, but I do remember a cunning fourth – and multi-track victor, having aban- amalgam of tattoos, muscles and West-country- doned fellow Windcheetah pilot Roger English style swearing otherwise known as Mike Bishop early in the race. This also gave Bob the Multi- from a few years back. Andrew Clanahan Track championship for the third year in stayed with Mike for a few laps, but was unable succession. to stick it and ended up nearly two minutes down. Much cunning slipstreaming of Geoff Race 4 Marshall going on, as his machine is basically a wheelchair with add-on bits. Ergo he sits very Having had some extra practice, it came as little upright and provides an excellent windbreak. surprise that Rob English took the lead off the I’m told he has a new machine lined up for next line and remained there to the end. Yep, an year. outright win on an unfaired bike – not even a tail fairing – and including an unscheduled attack Race 2 on terra firma, which alas cost the lad but twenty seconds and the odd scrape. For a It looked like being a Rat Race, with Denise while your Editor made it two Barons at the Wilson on the RatRacer and newcomer Paul front, but then Tim Costen’s Wasp and Ian Strickland on his Ratcatcher running together Chattington – running the Equus with nose, tail for the first few laps, before Denise pulled away and belly-pan only – got past. Then Brent to take an untroubled win. This put her level on Meredith, running his Kingcycle just with the tall points with Fiona Grove, who was having a very correx tailbox, passed me. And Ian. Surely this bad day on the Tchaikowski, but the advantage couldn’t last? No, it couldn’t, as Brent became is with Denise, as she’s run in fewer races. the track’s third victim. Ian had to anchor up Fiona doesn’t do corners, but we were reliably sharply, allowing Tim to make good his escape, informed that Anne Coulson does. Close and allowing your Humble Scribe and a observation of turn three showed that this was pursuing Mike Burrows to catch up too. Into the indeed the case, as Anne attacked the corner last lap, and Ian made a total horlicks of the first with gusto sufficient to draw gasps of admiration corner, thereby permitting me to get by, while from those there gathered, until, alas, she Mike muscled his way through a few corners attempted the corner in top gear at a truly later. This ensured Sport Class success for unbelievable angle. Her Kingcycle was unable Mike, and Unfaired for Rob, chiz. So only the to suspend disbelief, though, and ouch! Ladies remaining to be settled at the AGM… However, she remounted and ran the remainder of the race, before hiding behind a pile of tyres New Stuff with Fiona and the first-aid kit. Been there, done that. Etc. At this stage of the season? Nyet, though Derrick brought the Fast Donkey out for a spin Race 3 and Dennis Turner was back on his Aerobike Sprint after its lengthy sojourn with the Criminal Rob English, etc. etc. Following the untimely Classes. Star of the day was definitely the demise of the Hachi, he’s back on the Baron, on newly-painted Kingcycle Mango, which which he lacks a certain amount of stick time. appeared briefly prior to heading off for a trial After two laps, there was a cry of “I don’t like run at Millbrook, as reported in Issue 70. this”, and we competitors slated for race 4 Someone is bound to have photographed it – I smiled at each other. Sadly, a few laps later, know Geoff did. there was a cry of “I’m enjoying this!”, and we were downcast once more. Though Neil Quote Of The Day Fleming and I had great fun criticising every- one’s cornering lines at turn 3, not to mention “I’m not stupid!” – Derrick Tweddle. Yeah, right trying to calculate the cost of the front tyre ☺ rubber Bob Knight was losing per lap… Moral victor here was David Hembrow’s Ross, from

20 Kimbolton Race 1 Pos Name Vehicle Class Laps Min Sec Km/h MPH 1 Mike Bishop O/U/M/A 11 27 33 24.9 15.5 2 Andrew Clanahan O/U/M/A 11 29 21 23.4 14.5 3 Anthony Southam O/U/M/A 11 29 55 22.9 14.3 4 Geoff Marshall Bromakin O/U/M/A 10 27 49 22.4 13.9 5 David Abrutat O/U/M/A 10 28 17 22.1 13.7 6 Eddie Smith Bromakin O/U/M/A 9 28 03 20.0 12.4 7 Kevin Lewis O/U/M/A 9 30 24 18.5 11.5 8 Matthew Lindley O/U/M/A 8 28 40 17.4 10.8 9 Pete Carruthers Bromakin O/U/M/A 8 30 00 16.6 10.3

Kimbolton Race 2 Pos Name Vehicle Class Laps Min Sec Km/h MPH 1 Denise Wilson RatRacer O/U/L 15 28 05 33.3 20.7 2 Paul Strickland Ratcatcher 9 O/U/S 15 29 25 31.8 19.8 3 Dennis Adcock Piglet O/U 13 28 20 28.6 17.8 4 Anne Coulson Kingcycle O/L 13 28 30 28.5 17.7 5 Anna Jenkins Kingcycle O/U/L/S 13 28 41 28.3 17.6 6 Tony Whitehead Kingcycle O/U/S 13 28 47 28.2 17.5 7 Chris Featherstone Pedal Car O 13 29 31 27.5 17.1 8 Dennis Turner Aerobike Sprint O/U/S 12 28 17 26.5 16.5 9 Fiona Grove Tchaikowski O/U/L 12 28 18 26.5 16.4 10 Carolyn Lowing Blue Bike O/U/L/S 12 28 24 26.4 16.4 11 Katherine Sidwell Snow Leopard II O/U/L/S/J 11 29 28 23.3 14.5

Kimbolton Race 3 Pos Name Vehicle Class Laps Min Sec Km/h MPH 1 Rob English Optima Baron O/U 15 27 19 34.3 21.3 2 David Hembrow Ross O/U/S 15 28 04 33.3 20.7 3 Paul Lowing Ross O/U/S 15 29 10 32.1 19.9 4 Bob Knight Windcheetah O/U/M 14 27 23 31.9 19.8 5 Andrew Sidwell Dilli-Dalli O/U/S 14 27 29 31.8 19.8 6 Vaughan Reed Optima Baron O/U 14 27 34 31.7 19.7 7 Mike Sleep Ross O/U/S 14 27 44 31.5 19.6 8 Roger English Windcheetah O/U/M 14 28 18 30.9 19.2 9 Rob Hague Greenspeed GLR O/U/M 14 28 52 30.3 18.8 10 Jon Coulson Toxy ZR O/U 14 29 17 29.8 18.5 11 Jonathan Woolrich Shopper O/U/S 13 27 52 29.1 18.1 12 Kevin Jenkins Windcheetah O/U/M 12 27 31 27.2 16.9

Kimbolton Race 4 Pos Name Vehicle Class Laps Min Sec Km/h MPH 1 Rob English Optima Baron O/U 16 27 31 36.3 22.6 2 Tim Costen Wasp II O 16 28 11 35.4 22.0 3 Dave Larrington Cosimo O/U 16 28 20 35.2 21.9 4 Mike Burrows Ratcatcher 9 O/U/S 16 28 20 35.2 21.9 5 Ian Chattington Equus Anonymous O 16 28 28 35.1 21.8 6 Paul Whitehead Optima Baron O/U 16 29 07 34.3 21.3 7 Brent Meredith Kingcycle O/U/S 15 27 32 34.0 21.1 8 Denise Wilson RatRacer O/U/L 15 27 36 33.9 21.1 9 Neil Fleming Speedmachine O/U 14 26 03 33.5 20.8 10 Don Rankin Kingcycle O/U/S 15 28 14 33.1 20.6 11 Clive Sleath Screech O/U/S 15 28 42 32.6 20.3 12 Paul London Falcon O 15 29 28 31.8 19.7 13 Derrick Tweddle Fast Donkey O/U/S 14 27 50 31.4 19.5 14 Richard Middleton Sir Alan O/U 14 28 41 30.5 18.9 21 22 BHPC AGM – October 13th 2002 I can recall very little of the racing from the Wilson’s performance in Race 1 was sufficient AGM, save that Anne Coulson crashed for the to Do A Beryl to the rest of the unfaired field. It second consecutive race, necessitating a swift was cold and miserable and I had a headache. trip to Whipps Cross Hostipal and that Denise That is all.

Eastway Race 1 Pos Name Vehicle Class Laps Min Sec Km/h MPH 1 Denise Wilson RatRacer O/U/L 16 43 52 35.9 22.3 2 Claire King Kingcycle O/L 16 46 26 33.9 21.1 3 Vaughan Reed Optima Baron O/U 15 44 55 32.9 20.4 4 Rob Hague Greenspeed GLR O/U/M 15 46 41 31.6 19.7 5 Duncan Coutts PDQ O/U/S 14 45 11 30.5 18.9 6 David Kingsbury Wasp O/U/J 14 45 40 30.2 18.8 7 gNick Green GLoP O/U 14 45 57 30.0 18.6 8 Dennis Adcock Piglet O/U 14 47 20 29.1 18.1 9 Phil Wray Optima Baron O/U 13 44 12 28.9 18.0 10 Dennis Turner Aerobike Sprint O/U/S 13 45 22 28.2 17.5 11 Rob Passmore The Twig O/U/S 13 46 59 27.2 16.9 12 Carolyn Lowing Blue Bike O/U/L/S 12 44 53 26.3 16.4 13 Joff Summerfield Ordinary O/U/S 11 46 40 23.2 14.4 14 Bob Knight Ordinary O/U/S 11 47 02 23.0 14.3 15 Geoff Marshall Bromakin O/U/M/A 11 48 18 22.4 13.9 16 Nicola Sidwell Velodynamics T5 O/U/L/S/J 10 45 15 21.7 13.5 17 Katherine Sidwell Snow Leopard II O/U/L/S/J 10 45 27 21.6 13.5 18 CJ Beckford Festina O/U/J 6 48 18 12.2 7.6 19 Fiona Grove Tchaikowski O/U/L 3 48 18 6.1 3.8 19 Anne Coulson Kingcycle O/L 3 48 18 6.1 3.8

Eastway Race 2 Pos Name Vehicle Class Laps Min Sec Km/h MPH 1 Ian Chattington Equus Anonymous O 19 43 45 42.7 26.6 2 Steve Donaldson Wasp II O 18 46 00 38.5 23.9 3 Brent Meredith Kingcycle O 17 44 12 37.8 23.5 4 Geoff Bird HPV Heaven O 17 44 33 37.5 23.3 5 Tim Costen Wasp II O 17 44 36 37.5 23.3 6 Ian Willett Ironing Board O 17 44 58 37.2 23.1 7 Dave Larrington Cosimo O/U 16 44 39 35.3 21.9 8 Neil Fleming RatRacer O/U 16 45 04 34.9 21.7 9 Adrian Setter Challenge Hurricane O/U 16 45 11 34.8 21.7 10 Stuart Dennison Ratcatcher 9 O/U/S 16 45 14 34.8 21.6 11 David Hembrow Ross O/U/S 16 45 44 34.4 21.4 12 Paul Whitehead Optima Baron O/U 16 45 50 34.3 21.3 13 Andy Harrington Challenge Hurricane O/U 16 46 01 34.2 21.3 14 Patrick Field Ratcatcher 9 O/U/S 16 46 14 34.0 21.2 15 Mike Burrows Ratcatcher 9 O/U/S 16 46 21 34.0 21.1 16 Don Rankin Kingcycle O/U/S 15 44 53 32.9 20.4 17 Derrick Tweddle Velodynamics O/U/S 15 44 57 32.8 20.4 18 J-P de Matos Ratcatcher 9 O/U/S 15 45 54 32.2 20.0 19 Douglas Carnall Challenge Taifun O/U 15 46 11 32.0 19.9 20 Andrew Sidwell Dilli-Dalli O/U/S 15 46 16 31.9 19.8 21 Paul London Falcon O 14 44 09 31.2 19.4 22 Philip Wright Challenge Hurricane O/U 14 44 30 31.0 19.2 23 Paul Lowing Ross O/U/S 6 46 21 12.7 7.9 23 24 Left: Do not feed the Comp. Sec.

Elegant front end of Douglas Carnall’s Challenge Taifun

Front hub of Joff Summerfield’s Ordinary

Joff Summerfield (back) and Bob Knight prepare to do battle...

25 BHPC Grizzled Veterans: Mike Burrows, Richard Ballantine, John Kingsbury so could people local to the tracks please pass This bit is of necessity rather shorter than might this information on to the Politburo. normally be the case, as the notebook in which my notes were scrawled spent the next Several of weeks concealed beneath a big pile of Stull. Treasurer Fortunately I found it. Very fortunately, actually, as it also contained my notes from Battle The Club is fairly healthy financially, with around Mountain. Since the AGM is now two months in eight thousand pounds in the bank before a few bills get paid. The “money-up-front” race entry the past, even the notes are not much of a help, fee system has worked well, and there have but here goes: been enough racers at the events to cover the cost of circuit hire. This year’s main expense Secretary has been topping up the First Aid kit, a fact for which your Editor is very grateful… This year, I are mostly answering e-mail queries. Membership & Distribution

Competition Secretary Membership is down yet again, which is a little worrying and is attributed to the general The insurance problems we suffered earlier in perception of the Club as being an organisation the year are now sorted, but there are problems for racers. Which is true to a certain extent, but with a few of the venues. Milton Keynes Bowl is it has been noted more than once that when apparently to be annexed by Wimbledon FC, unrace events have been put on, it has still while Curborough is seeing heavy car usage, so been mostly the racers who attend. “So You double-headers with other bike clubs are Want To Build An HPV” is selling well enough practically the only possibility, chiz. Especially that there are few copies left; the Revised given the messing-around we had this year. Edition masterminded by Rob English is almost See the race calendar for more information. complete, mostly requiring the addition of pictures. We still need volunteers to help with on-the-day Organisating – collecting money, allocating people to races, half-nelsoning racers onto the line, etc. etc. It would also be useful to have a record of the nearest A&E unit to each venue,

26 Dennis Adcock in a state of un-gripped-ness. Photo: Ian Chattington Rules Other Stuff An almost interminable amount of discussion about the rules of the “Sports Class” appears to · Richard Ballantine and Stuart have resulted in the decision to leave them as Dennison are collaborating on an is. We do need to republish the whole of the “HPV Annual”, to be published in the racing rules anyway. A move to remove the spring. need for front numbers was rejected as while · Although 2008 is still a long way off, they are not necessary for most of the race, we do need to start to consider the they are vital when getting the finish order, organisation of the next instance of especially when a bunch crosses the line mob- the European Championships – handed. including (though not limited to) where to hold it, who will organise it and how we will pay for it… Presentations Class Champion Arm-Powered Geoff Marshall Junior Katie Sidwell Ladies Denise Wilson Multi-Track Bob Knight Open Ian Chattington Sports Mike Burrows Unfaired Rob "The Wrecker" English 27 Miles Kingsbury

2002 Arm-Powered champion Geoff Marshall Award Presented By Presented To Homebuilders Dennis Adcock Ian Willett Newcomers Claire King Adrian Setter Unfortunate Scotsman Iain James & Geoff Bird Dave Larrington Unfortunate? You don’t know the half of it, mate!

Junior M C I D E M A C L A L K A A A S U T R A I S w D N T R O H L N M T T O J C L B N A E C B W O R H E O Pos Name Vehicle(s) Y T S E Y A R O A T K E S L Y A T O S C O E S M T T L T T O U Y O E O A 3 A E M G N O R N G L R B H E R M E S 1 Katie Sidwell Snow Leopard II 1921 1921 0 2000 2000 1921 2000 2000 1842 15605 3763 11842 2 Stuart Slade Kingcycle 2000 2000 2000 0 961 0 0 0 0 6961 0 6961 3 Nicola Sidwell Velodynamics T5 0 0 0 0 0 1763 1921 0 1921 5605 0 5605 3 Andrew Warnock Kettwiesel 1842 1842 0 1921 0 0 0 0 0 5605 0 5605 5 R. Martin Ross 0 0 0 0 0 2000 0 0 0 2000 0 2000 5 David Kingsbury Wasp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2000 2000 0 2000 7 Jody Sykes Snow Leopard 0 0 0 0 0 0 1842 0 0 1842 0 1842 7 Charles Andrews Pedalcar 2 0 0 0 0 0 1842 0 0 0 1842 0 1842 9 CJ Beckford Festina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1763 1763 0 1763

28 Ladies M C M I A D C E L A L K A A A S U T R A I S w D N T R H T O C O L L N B M T J N A E C B W O R H E O Pos Name Vehicle(s) Y Y A O A T S T E R E A T S K C S O L Y O E S M T T L T T O U Y O E O A 3 A E M G R N B O R H N G L E R M E S Festina 1 Denise Wilson BikeE 1684 2000 1842 1684 0 2000 2000 2000 2000 15210 3368 11842 RatRacer 2 Claire King Kingcycle 2000 1582 2000 0 2000 1921 1921 0 1921 13345 1582 11763 Velodynamics T5 3 Fiona Grove 1921 1921 1921 2000 1921 1842 1763 1763 1633 16685 5159 11526 Tchaikowski 4 Anne Coulson Kingcycle 1842 1842 0 0 1842 1429 1842 1921 1633 12351 1429 10922 5 Anna Jenkins Kingcycle 1763 1684 1684 1842 1763 1763 1684 1842 0 14025 3368 10657 6 Carolyn Lowing Blue Bike 1633 1763 1763 0 0 1684 1633 1684 1842 12002 1633 10369 7 Katie Sidwell Snow Leopard II 1582 1633 0 1763 1659 1633 1582 1633 1684 13169 3164 10005 8 Nicola Sidwell Velodynamics T5 0 0 0 0 0 1531 1531 0 1763 4825 0 4825 9 Heather Bradder Oke-Ja 1531 0 0 0 0 1480 0 0 0 3011 0 3011 10 Lorna Wray Moulton APB 0 1531 0 0 791 0 0 0 0 2322 0 2322 Poulidor 11 Hermione Brightwell Challenge Mistral 0 0 0 1921 0 0 0 0 0 1921 0 1921 12 Gail Aspden Trice Micro 0 0 0 0 0 1582 0 0 0 1582 0 1582 13 Jody Sykes Snow Leopard 0 0 0 0 0 0 1480 0 0 1480 0 1480 14 Heidi Mayer 0 0 0 0 842 0 0 0 0 842 0 842

Arm-Powered M C I D E M A C L A L K A A A S U T R A I S w D N T R O H L N M T T O J C L B N A E C B W O R H E O Pos Name Vehicle(s) Y Y A O A T S T E R K E S L Y A T O S C O E S M T T L T T O U Y O E O A 3 A E M G N O R N G L R B H E R M E S 1 Geoff Marshall Bromakin 0 0 0 0 1921 2000 2000 1763 2000 9684 0 9684 2 Eddie Smith Bromakin 0 0 0 0 1842 1921 0 1633 0 5396 0 5396 3 Al Johnson Varna Speedcycle 0 0 0 0 1684 1684 0 0 0 3368 0 3368 4 Matthew Lindley 0 0 0 0 1763 0 0 1531 0 3294 0 3294 5 Mike Bishop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2000 0 2000 0 2000 5 Dean Cavanagh 0 0 0 0 2000 0 0 0 0 2000 0 2000 7 Andrew Clanahan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1921 0 1921 0 1921 8 Marcus Asbury 0 0 0 0 0 1842 0 0 0 1842 0 1842 8 Anthony Southam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1842 0 1842 0 1842 10 Paul Robinson XLT 2000 Pro 0 0 0 0 0 1763 0 0 0 1763 0 1763 11 David Abrutat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1684 0 1684 0 1684 12 Kevin Lewis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1582 0 1582 0 1582 13 Pete Carruthers Bromakin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1480 0 1480 0 1480

29 Multi-Track M C I D E M A C L A L K A A A S U T R A I S w D N T R O H L N M T T O J C L B N A E C B W O R H E O Pos Name Vehicle(s) Y Y A O A T S T E R K E S L Y A T O S C O E S M T T L T T O U Y O E O A 3 A E M G N O R N G L R B H E R M E S 1 Bob Knight Windcheetah 2000 2000 2000 2000 0 0 2000 2000 0 12000 0 12000 2 Rob Hague Greenspeed GLR 1921 1921 1921 1921 1961 1842 1921 1842 2000 17250 5605 11645 3 Kevin Jenkins Windcheetah 1842 1763 1684 1842 1842 1763 1842 1763 0 14341 3447 10894 4 Geoff Marshall Bromakin 0 0 0 0 1506 1633 1763 1531 1921 8354 0 8354 5 Dave Warnock Road Shark 1763 1684 0 1763 0 0 0 0 0 5210 0 5210 6 Andrew Warnock Kettwiesel 1684 1582 0 1684 0 0 0 0 0 4950 0 4950 7 Eddie Smith Bromakin 0 0 0 0 1455 1582 0 1429 0 4466 0 4466 8 Roger English Windcheetah 0 0 0 0 1961 0 0 1921 0 3882 0 3882 9 Huw Traylor Windcheetah 0 0 1842 0 1803 0 0 0 0 3645 0 3645 10 Marcus Hunt Windcheetah 0 1842 1763 0 0 0 0 0 0 3605 0 3605 11 Brian Dalton Trice 0 1633 1633 0 0 0 0 0 0 3266 0 3266 12 Matthew Lindley 0 0 0 0 1414 0 0 1367 0 2781 0 2781 13 Al Johnson Varna Speedcycle 0 0 0 0 1383 1367 0 0 0 2750 0 2750 14 Neil Selwood Trice Monster 0 0 0 0 0 2000 0 0 0 2000 0 2000 15 Ben Dickenson Trice XXL 0 0 0 0 0 1921 0 0 0 1921 0 1921 16 Mike Bishop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1684 0 1684 0 1684 16 Matthew Chambers Windcheetah 0 0 0 0 1684 0 0 0 0 1684 0 1684 16 Gail Aspden Trice Micro 0 0 0 0 0 1684 0 0 0 1684 0 1684 19 Guy Greaves Windcheetah 0 0 0 0 1633 0 0 0 0 1633 0 1633 19 Andrew Clanahan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1633 0 1633 0 1633 21 Anthony Southam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1582 0 1582 0 1582 22 Dean Cavanagh 0 0 0 0 1557 0 0 0 0 1557 0 1557 23 Marcus Asbury Ford Focus! 0 0 0 0 0 1531 0 0 0 1531 0 1531 24 John Turvey Trice Micro 0 0 0 0 0 1480 0 0 0 1480 0 1480 24 David Abrutat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1480 0 1480 0 1480 26 Charles Andrews Pedalcar 2 0 0 0 0 0 1429 0 0 0 1429 0 1429 27 Paul Robinson XLT 2000 Pro 0 0 0 0 0 1398 0 0 0 1398 0 1398 27 Kevin Lewis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1398 0 1398 0 1398 29 Pete Carruthers Bromakin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1336 0 1336 0 1336 30 Heidi Mayer 0 0 0 0 791 0 0 0 0 791 0 791

30 Sports M C I D E M A C L A L K A A A S U T R A I S w D N T R O H L N M T T O J C L B N A E C B W O R H E O Pos Name Vehicle(s) Y Y A O A T S T E R K E S L Y A T O S C O E S M T T L T T O U Y O E O A 3 A E M G N O R N G L R B H E R M E S 1 Mike Burrows Ratcatcher 9 0 1842 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 1763 15605 3605 12000 2 Don Rankin Kingcycle 0 0 1763 1921 1921 0 1842 1763 1684 10894 0 10894 3 Paul Lowing Ross 1763 2000 1684 0 0 1842 1684 1633 1212 11818 1212 10606 4 Andrew Sidwell Dilli-Dalli 1921 0 0 1684 0 1684 1633 1531 1531 9984 0 9984 5 Clive Sleath Screech 2000 0 1842 0 1842 0 1921 1684 0 9289 0 9289 6 Jonathan Woolrich Shopper 0 0 1336 1531 1659 1763 1582 1398 0 9269 0 9269 7 Anna Jenkins Kingcycle 1582 1480 1398 1398 1582 1582 1480 1367 0 11869 2765 9104 PDQ 8 David Hembrow 0 1763 1633 1842 0 0 0 1842 1921 9001 0 9001 Ross 9 Carolyn Lowing Blue Bike 1531 1582 1531 0 0 1531 1429 1274 1367 10245 1274 8971 10 Katie Sidwell Snow Leopard II 1429 1398 0 1367 1506 1367 1367 1243 1243 10920 2486 8434 11 Patrick Field Ratcatcher 9 0 1921 1921 1763 0 0 0 0 1842 7447 0 7447 Aerobike 12 Dennis Turner 0 0 0 0 1506 1480 1336 1305 1429 7056 0 7056 Aerobike Sprint 13 J-P de Matos Ratcatcher 9 1842 1684 0 0 0 0 0 0 1582 5108 0 5108 14 Stuart Slade Kingcycle 1480 1429 1367 0 684 0 0 0 0 4960 0 4960 15 Derrick Tweddle Velodynamics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1763 1429 1633 4825 0 4825 16 Mike Sleep Ross 0 0 1582 1582 0 0 0 1480 0 4644 0 4644 17 Keith Rogers Kingcycle 1633 0 0 0 0 1336 1398 0 0 4367 0 4367 18 Rob Harris 0 1633 1480 0 791 0 0 0 0 3904 0 3904 19 Nicola Sidwell Velodynamics T5 0 0 0 0 0 1274 1305 0 1274 3853 0 3853 20 Stuart Dennison Ratcatcher 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1531 0 2000 3531 0 3531 21 Dan Cole Rob Mather Special 0 0 1429 1633 0 0 0 0 0 3062 0 3062 22 Brent Meredith Kingcycle 0 0 0 0 882 0 0 1921 0 2803 0 2803 23 Tony Whitehead Kingcycle 0 0 0 0 0 1429 0 1336 0 2765 0 2765 Street Machine GT 24 Nigel Bradder 1398 0 0 0 0 1305 0 0 0 2703 0 2703 Vision R40 25 Heather Bradder Oke-Ja 1367 0 0 0 0 1243 0 0 0 2610 0 2610 Moulton APB 26 Lorna Wray 0 1336 0 0 699 0 0 0 0 2035 0 2035 Poulidor 27 Richard Everett Kingcycle 0 0 0 0 0 1921 0 0 0 1921 0 1921 28 Dave Bridges 0 0 0 0 1724 0 0 0 0 1724 0 1724 29 Anne Coulson Kingcycle 1684 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1684 0 1684 30 Nick Martin Ross 0 0 0 0 0 1633 0 0 0 1633 0 1633 31 Paul Strickland Ratcatcher 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1582 0 1582 0 1582 32 Huw Traylor Vision 0 1531 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1531 0 1531 33 Hermione Brightwell Challenge Mistral 0 0 0 1480 0 0 0 0 0 1480 0 1480 33 Duncan Coutts PDQ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1480 1480 0 1480 35 Ian Miller Recumbrompton 0 0 0 1429 0 0 0 0 0 1429 0 1429 36 Rob Passmore The Twig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1398 1398 0 1398 36 R. Martin Ross 0 0 0 0 0 1398 0 0 0 1398 0 1398 38 Terry Clark Kingcycle 0 1367 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1367 0 1367 39 Joff Summerfield Ordinary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1336 1336 0 1336 39 Denise Wilson BikeE 0 0 0 1336 0 0 0 0 0 1336 0 1336 41 Bob Knight Ordinary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1305 1305 0 1305 42 Jody Sykes Snow Leopard 0 0 0 0 0 0 1274 0 0 1274 0 1274

31 Unfaired M C M I A D C E L A L K A A A S U T R A I S w D N T R H T O C O L L N B M T J N A E C B W O R H E O Pos Name Vehicle(s) Y Y A O A T S T E R E A T S K C S O L Y O E S M T T L T T O U Y O E O A 3 A E M G R N B O R H N G L E R M E S 1 Rob English Optima Baron 2000 2000 2000 2000 1961 0 1763 2000 0 13724 1763 11961 Hachi 2 Dave Larrington Cosimo 1921 1921 1921 1921 1961 2000 2000 1921 1921 17487 5763 11724 3 Mike Burrows Ratcatcher 9 0 1398 1763 1842 1698 1684 1842 1842 1429 13498 2827 10671 RatRacer 4 Adrian Setter Challenge Hurricane 1480 1633 1842 0 1803 1763 1684 0 1763 11968 1480 10488 5 Paul Whitehead Optima Baron 1336 1582 1480 0 1684 1842 1921 1763 1582 13190 2816 10374 Speedmachine 6 Neil Fleming 0 0 1181 1582 1429 1921 1480 1633 1842 11068 1181 9887 RatRacer 7 Bob Knight Windcheetah 1763 1763 1582 1684 0 0 1582 1367 967 10708 967 9741 Ordinary 8 Don Rankin Kingcycle 0 0 1398 1633 1608 0 1429 1480 1398 8946 0 8946 Festina 9 Denise Wilson BikeE 1119 1119 1212 1043 0 1480 1531 1531 2000 11035 2162 8873 RatRacer 10 Vaughan Reed Optima Baron 0 1100 1367 1243 1418 1531 1367 1274 1367 10667 2343 8324 11 Paul Lowing Ross 1367 1480 1336 0 0 1367 1336 1398 891 9175 891 8284 Dilli-Dalli 12 Andrew Sidwell 1531 1336 0 1398 0 1305 1305 1305 1243 9423 1243 8180 Tchaikowski 13 Rob Hague Greenspeed GLR 1305 1274 1274 1336 1383 1212 1274 1150 1212 11420 3574 7846 14 Clive Sleath Screech 1582 0 1429 0 1557 0 1633 1429 0 7630 0 7630 15 David Hembrow PDQ 0 1367 1305 1480 0 0 0 1582 1633 7367 0 7367 Ross 16 Jon Coulson Toxy ZR 1274 1243 0 0 1228 1150 1212 1119 0 7226 0 7226 17 Jonathan Woolrich Shopper 0 0 967 1212 1259 1336 1243 1100 0 7117 0 7117 18 Kevin Jenkins Windcheetah 1212 1024 1062 1150 1197 1181 1181 1024 0 9031 2048 6983 19 Dennis Adcock Piglet 0 1062 0 1274 1125 1081 0 1081 1081 6704 0 6704 20 Anna Jenkins Kingcycle 1150 948 1005 1081 1062 1119 1100 1062 0 8527 1953 6574 21 Carolyn Lowing Blue Bike 1081 1005 1150 0 0 1100 1081 967 1005 7389 967 6422 Speedmachine 22 Stuart Dennison 0 0 0 1763 0 1633 1119 0 1684 6199 0 6199 Ratcatcher 9 23 Katie Sidwell Snow Leopard II 1043 910 0 1062 1005 1024 1043 910 910 7907 1820 6087 24 Patrick Field Ratcatcher 9 0 1429 1531 1429 0 0 0 0 1480 5869 0 5869 25 Pete Cox Lune II 1684 1842 1633 0 0 0 0 0 0 5159 0 5159 26 Fiona Grove Tchaikowski 0 0 0 0 653 1243 1150 986 853 4885 0 4885 27 Geoff Marshall Bromakin 0 0 0 0 1005 948 1024 872 948 4797 0 4797 28 Dave Moreno Festina 1633 1531 0 1531 0 0 0 0 0 4695 0 4695 29 Derrick Tweddle Velodynamics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1398 1243 1336 3977 0 3977 30 J-P de Matos Ratcatcher 9 1398 1181 0 0 0 0 0 0 1305 3884 0 3884 31 Mike Sleep Ross 0 0 1243 1305 0 0 0 1274 0 3822 0 3822 32 Stuart Slade Kingcycle 1062 929 986 0 436 0 0 0 0 3413 0 3413 33 Chris Cox Wyre 0 1684 1684 0 0 0 0 0 0 3368 0 3368 34 Huw Traylor Vision 0 986 1119 0 1181 0 0 0 0 3286 0 3286 Windcheetah 35 Keith Rogers Kingcycle 1181 0 0 0 0 1005 1062 0 0 3248 0 3248 36 Dave Warnock Road Shark 1100 967 0 1100 0 0 0 0 0 3167 0 3167 37 Andrew Warnock Kettwiesel 986 853 0 1024 0 0 0 0 0 2863 0 2863 38 Phil Wray Optima Baron 0 1081 0 0 699 0 0 0 1062 2842 0 2842 39 Nicola Sidwell Velodynamics T5 0 0 0 0 0 853 1005 0 929 2787 0 2787 40 Tim Elsdale Prone 1842 0 0 0 921 0 0 0 0 2763 0 2763 41 Eddie Smith Bromakin 0 0 0 0 977 929 0 834 0 2740 0 2740 42 Ian Willett Ironing Board 1429 1305 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2734 0 2734 43 Rob Harris 0 1043 1081 0 531 0 0 0 0 2655 0 2655 44 Roger English Windcheetah 0 0 0 0 1424 0 0 1212 0 2636 0 2636 45 Brent Meredith Kingcycle 0 0 0 0 740 0 0 1684 0 2424 0 2424 46 Dan Cole Rob Mather Special 0 0 1043 1367 0 0 0 0 0 2410 0 2410 47 Marcus Hunt Windcheetah 0 1150 1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 2250 0 2250

32 Unfaired M C M I A D C E L A L K A A A S U T R A I S w D N T R H T O C O L L N B M T J N A E C B W O R H E O Pos Name Vehicle(s) Y Y A O A T S T E R K E S L Y A T O S C O E S M T T L T T O U Y O E O A 3 A E M G N O R N G L R B H E R M E S 48 Tony Whitehead Kingcycle 0 0 0 0 0 1062 0 1043 0 2105 0 2105 49 Dennis Turner Aerobike Sprint 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1005 1043 2048 0 2048 Street Machine GT 50 Nigel Bradder 1024 0 0 0 0 967 0 0 0 1991 0 1991 Vision R40 51 Brian Dalton Trice 0 891 1024 0 0 0 0 0 0 1915 0 1915 52 Richard Middleton Sir Alan 0 0 0 0 668 0 0 1181 0 1849 0 1849 53 Heather Bradder Oke-Ja 1005 0 0 0 0 815 0 0 0 1820 0 1820 54 Matthew Lindley 0 0 0 0 948 0 0 796 0 1744 0 1744 55 Al Johnson Varna Speedcycle 0 0 0 0 929 796 0 0 0 1725 0 1725 56 Richard Everett Kingcycle 0 0 0 0 0 1582 0 0 0 1582 0 1582 57 Andy Harrington Challenge Hurricane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1531 1531 0 1531 58 Neil Selwood Trice Monster 0 0 0 0 0 1429 0 0 0 1429 0 1429 59 Ben Dickenson Trice XXL 0 0 0 0 0 1398 0 0 0 1398 0 1398 60 Paul Strickland Ratcatcher 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1336 0 1336 0 1336 61 Dave Bridges 0 0 0 0 1305 0 0 0 0 1305 0 1305 62 Lorna Wray Moulton APB Poulidor 0 834 0 0 465 0 0 0 0 1299 0 1299 63 Nick Martin Ross 0 0 0 0 0 1274 0 0 0 1274 0 1274 63 Douglas Carnall Challenge Taifun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1274 1274 0 1274 65 Anne Coulson Kingcycle 1243 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1243 0 1243 66 Dave Redknap Quadras 0 1212 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1212 0 1212 67 Philip Wright Challenge Hurricane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1181 1181 0 1181 67 Hermione Brightwell Challenge Mistral 0 0 0 1181 0 0 0 0 0 1181 0 1181 69 Duncan Coutts PDQ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1150 1150 0 1150 70 Matthew Chambers Windcheetah 0 0 0 0 1119 0 0 0 0 1119 0 1119 70 Ian Miller Recumbrompton 0 0 0 1119 0 0 0 0 0 1119 0 1119 70 David Kingsbury Wasp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1119 1119 0 1119 73 gNick Green GLoP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1100 1100 0 1100 74 Guy Greaves Windcheetah 0 0 0 0 1091 0 0 0 0 1091 0 1091 75 R. Martin Ross 0 0 0 0 0 1043 0 0 0 1043 0 1043 76 Dean Cavanagh 0 0 0 0 1034 0 0 0 0 1034 0 1034 77 Rob Passmore The Twig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1024 1024 0 1024 78 Joff Summerfield Ordinary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 986 986 0 986 78 Jody Sykes Snow Leopard 0 0 0 0 0 0 986 0 0 986 0 986 78 Gail Aspden Trice Micro 0 0 0 0 0 986 0 0 0 986 0 986 81 Mike Bishop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 948 0 948 0 948 82 Andrew Clanahan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 929 0 929 0 929 83 Marcus Asbury Ford Focus! 0 0 0 0 0 910 0 0 0 910 0 910 84 John Turvey Trice Micro 0 0 0 0 0 891 0 0 0 891 0 891 84 Anthony Southam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 891 0 891 0 891 86 Terry Clark Kingcycle 0 872 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 872 0 872 86 CJ Beckford Festina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 872 872 0 872 86 Charles Andrews Pedalcar 2 0 0 0 0 0 872 0 0 0 872 0 872 89 David Abrutat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 853 0 853 0 853 90 Paul Robinson XLT 2000 Pro 0 0 0 0 0 834 0 0 0 834 0 834 91 Kevin Lewis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 815 0 815 0 815 92 Pete Carruthers Bromakin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 777 0 777 0 777 93 Heidi Mayer 0 0 0 0 512 0 0 0 0 512 0 512 94 Jeff Clements Red Streak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

33 Open M C M I A D C E L A L K A A A S U T R A I S w D N T R H T O C O L L N B M T J N A E C B W O R H E O Pos Name Vehicle(s) Y Y A O A T S T E R E A T S K C S O L Y O E S M T T L T T O U Y O E O A 3 A E M G R N B O R H N G L E R M E S 1 Ian Chattington Equus Anonymous 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 1684 2000 17684 5684 12000 Optima Baron 2 Rob English 1582 1763 1684 1684 1596 0 1480 2000 0 11789 1480 10309 Hachi 3 Dave Larrington Cosimo 1531 1633 1429 1531 1582 1684 1684 1842 1531 14447 4491 9956 4 Steve Slade Wasp II 1921 1921 1842 1921 1921 0 0 0 0 9526 0 9526 5 Paul Davies D6 1842 1842 1921 1842 0 1921 0 0 0 9368 0 9368 A Wooden Fish On Wheels 6 gNick Green Sir Henry Rawlinson 1763 0 1763 1633 1192 1842 0 0 948 9141 0 9141 GLoP 7 Mike Burrows Ratcatcher 9 0 1243 1367 1480 1383 1480 1531 1763 1243 11490 2486 9004 RatRacer 8 Paul Whitehead Optima Baron 1119 1398 1212 0 1383 1582 1582 1633 1336 11245 2331 8914 9 Tim Costen Wasp II 0 1684 1531 0 0 0 1921 1921 1684 8741 0 8741 10 Geoff Bird HPV Heaven 0 0 1081 1582 1724 1763 777 0 1763 8690 0 8690 11 Adrian Setter Challenge Hurricane 1243 1429 1398 0 1439 1531 1429 0 1429 9898 1243 8655 12 Andrew Willmott Davies 1633 0 1633 1763 1842 0 1763 0 0 8634 0 8634 Speedmachine 13 Neil Fleming 0 0 929 1336 1197 1633 1305 1531 1480 9411 929 8482 RatRacer 14 Bob Knight Windcheetah 1429 1531 1274 1398 0 0 1367 1305 815 9119 815 8304 Ordinary 15 Don Rankin Kingcycle 0 0 1150 1367 1336 0 1274 1398 1181 7706 0 7706 Festina 16 Denise Wilson BikeE 948 1005 948 891 0 1274 1336 1429 1582 9413 1839 7574 RatRacer 17 Paul London Falcon 1305 1119 0 1181 1259 1305 1150 1212 1024 9555 2143 7412 18 Paul Lowing Ross 1150 1336 1062 0 0 1150 1119 1336 739 7892 739 7153 19 Vaughan Reed Optima Baron 0 986 1100 1043 1181 1336 1181 1181 1150 9158 2029 7129 20 Andrew Sidwell Dilli-Dalli 1274 1181 0 1212 0 1100 1100 1243 1062 8172 1062 7110 Tchaikowski 21 Claire King Kingcycle 1081 700 1119 0 1110 1243 1243 0 1212 7708 700 7008 22 Brent Meredith Kingcycle 0 0 0 0 1403 0 1842 1582 1842 6669 0 6669 23 Rob Hague Greenspeed GLR 1100 1100 1005 1119 1147 1043 1081 1062 1043 9700 3091 6609 24 Clive Sleath Screech 1336 0 1181 0 1305 0 1398 1367 0 6587 0 6587 25 David Hembrow PDQ 0 1212 1024 1274 0 0 0 1480 1367 6357 0 6357 Ross 26 Jon Coulson Toxy ZR 1043 1081 0 0 1024 1005 1043 1043 0 6239 0 6239 27 Fiona Grove Velodynamics T5 1062 948 1043 1062 1034 1062 967 872 713 8763 2533 6230 Tchaikowski 28 Jonathan Woolrich Shopper 0 0 726 1024 1043 1119 1062 1024 0 5998 0 5998 29 Kevin Jenkins Windcheetah 1005 872 815 986 996 1024 1005 910 0 7613 1687 5926 Lune II 30 Pete Cox 1398 1582 1305 0 0 0 1633 0 0 5918 0 5918 Kingcycle 31 Dennis Adcock Piglet 0 929 0 1081 948 948 0 1005 929 5840 0 5840 32 Ian Willett Ironing Board 1212 1150 967 853 0 0 0 0 1633 5815 0 5815 33 Anna Jenkins Kingcycle 967 796 758 929 872 986 929 967 0 7204 1554 5650 34 Anne Coulson Kingcycle 1024 891 0 0 910 661 986 986 713 6171 661 5510 Wyre 35 Chris Cox 0 1480 1336 0 1633 0 1024 0 0 5473 0 5473 Windcheetah 36 Carolyn Lowing Blue Bike 910 853 891 0 0 967 910 853 853 6237 853 5384 37 Katie Sidwell Snow Leopard II 872 758 0 910 796 872 872 796 758 6634 1516 5118 38 Steve Donaldson Wasp II 1684 0 1480 0 0 0 0 0 1921 5085 0 5085 39 Patrick Field Ratcatcher 9 0 1305 1243 1243 0 0 0 0 1274 5065 0 5065 40 Mike Sleep Ross 0 1274 986 1100 0 0 0 1150 0 4510 0 4510 Aerobike 41 Dennis Turner 0 0 0 0 796 929 853 891 891 4360 0 4360 Aerobike Sprint Speedmachine 42 Stuart Dennison 0 0 0 1429 0 1429 0 0 1398 4256 0 4256 Ratcatcher 9

34 Open M C M I A D C E L A L K A A A S U T R A I S w D N T R H T O C O L L N B M T J N A E C B W O R H E O Pos Name Vehicle(s) Y Y A O A T S T E R E A T S K C S O L Y O E S M T T L T T O U Y O E O A 3 A E M G R N B O R H N G L E R M E S 43 Dave Moreno Festina 1367 1367 0 1305 0 0 0 0 0 4039 0 4039 44 Geoff Marshall Bromakin 0 0 0 0 796 796 834 758 796 3980 0 3980 45 Derrick Tweddle Velodynamics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1212 1119 1119 3450 0 3450 46 J-P de Matos Ratcatcher 9 1181 1043 0 0 0 0 0 0 1100 3324 0 3324 Optima Baron 47 Phil Wray 0 967 0 0 958 0 0 0 910 2835 0 2835 Velodynamics T5 48 Stuart Slade Kingcycle 891 777 739 0 331 0 0 0 0 2738 0 2738 49 Keith Rogers Kingcycle 986 0 0 0 0 853 891 0 0 2730 0 2730 Vision 50 Huw Traylor 0 834 872 0 986 0 0 0 0 2692 0 2692 Windcheetah 50 Dave Warnock Road Shark 929 815 0 948 0 0 0 0 0 2692 0 2692 52 Andrew Warnock Kettwiesel 815 713 0 872 0 0 0 0 0 2400 0 2400 53 Nicola Sidwell Velodynamics T5 0 0 0 0 0 700 815 0 777 2292 0 2292 54 Roger English Windcheetah 0 0 0 0 1181 0 0 1100 0 2281 0 2281 55 Eddie Smith Bromakin 0 0 0 0 758 777 0 726 0 2261 0 2261 56 Tim Elsdale Prone 1480 0 0 0 766 0 0 0 0 2246 0 2246 57 Rob Harris 0 910 834 0 446 0 0 0 0 2190 0 2190 58 Dan Cole Rob Mather Special 0 0 796 1150 0 0 0 0 0 1946 0 1946 59 Marcus Hunt Windcheetah 0 1024 853 0 0 0 0 0 0 1877 0 1877 60 Tony Whitehead Kingcycle 0 0 0 0 0 910 0 948 0 1858 0 1858 Street Machine GT 61 Nigel Bradder 853 0 0 0 0 815 0 0 0 1668 0 1668 Vision R40 62 Richard Middleton Sir Alan 0 0 0 0 575 0 0 1081 0 1656 0 1656 63 Rob Mather Davies Trike 0 0 1582 0 0 0 0 0 0 1582 0 1582 64 Brian Dalton Trice 0 739 777 0 0 0 0 0 0 1516 0 1516 65 Heather Bradder Oke-Ja 834 0 0 0 0 674 0 0 0 1508 0 1508 66 Matthew Lindley 0 0 0 0 736 0 0 700 0 1436 0 1436 67 Nigel Sleigh Plastic Maggot 0 0 0 0 0 1398 0 0 0 1398 0 1398 68 Richard Everett Kingcycle 0 0 0 0 0 1367 0 0 0 1367 0 1367 69 Al Johnson Varna Speedcycle 0 0 0 0 713 648 0 0 0 1361 0 1361 70 Andy Harrington Challenge Hurricane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1305 1305 0 1305 71 Paul Strickland Ratcatcher 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1274 0 1274 0 1274 72 Neil Selwood Trice Monster 0 0 0 0 0 1212 0 0 0 1212 0 1212 73 Ben Dickenson Trice XXL 0 0 0 0 0 1181 0 0 0 1181 0 1181 74 Nick Martin Ross 0 0 0 0 0 1081 0 0 0 1081 0 1081 74 Douglas Carnall Challenge Taifun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1081 1081 0 1081 76 Chris Willmott Davies 0 0 0 0 1077 0 0 0 0 1077 0 1077 77 Dave Bridges 0 0 0 0 1072 0 0 0 0 1072 0 1072 78 Dave Redknap Quadras 0 1062 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1062 0 1062 Moulton APB 79 Lorna Wray 0 687 0 0 363 0 0 0 0 1050 0 1050 Poulidor 80 Philip Wright Challenge Hurricane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1005 1005 0 1005 80 Hermione Brightwell Challenge Mistral 0 0 0 1005 0 0 0 0 0 1005 0 1005 82 Duncan Coutts PDQ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 986 986 0 986 83 Ian Miller Recumbrompton 0 0 0 967 0 0 0 0 0 967 0 967 83 David Kingsbury Wasp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 967 967 0 967 85 Matthew Chambers Windcheetah 0 0 0 0 948 0 0 0 0 948 0 948 86 Chris Featherstone Pedal Car 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 929 0 929 0 929 87 Mark Williams D Type 0 0 910 0 0 0 0 0 0 910 0 910 87 Guy Greaves Windcheetah 0 0 0 0 910 0 0 0 0 910 0 910 89 R. Martin Ross 0 0 0 0 0 891 0 0 0 891 0 891 90 Rob Passmore The Twig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 872 872 0 872 91 Dean Cavanagh 0 0 0 0 844 0 0 0 0 844 0 844 92 Mike Bishop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 834 0 834 0 834 92 Joff Summerfield Ordinary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 834 834 0 834 92 Gail Aspden Trice Micro 0 0 0 0 0 834 0 0 0 834 0 834

35 Open M C I D E M A C L A L K A A A S U T R A I S w D N T R O H L N M T T O J C L B N A E C B W O R H E O Pos Name Vehicle(s) Y Y A O A T S T E R K E S L Y A T O S C O E S M T T L T T O U 3 E Y M O E G O A A N O R N G L R B H E R M E S 95 Andrew Clanahan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 815 0 815 0 815 96 Jody Sykes Snow Leopard 0 0 0 0 0 0 796 0 0 796 0 796 97 Anthony Southam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 777 0 777 0 777 98 Paul Andrews Pedalcar 1 0 0 0 0 0 758 0 0 0 758 0 758 99 Marcus Asbury 0 0 0 0 0 739 0 0 0 739 0 739 99 David Abrutat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 739 0 739 0 739 101 Terry Clark Kingcycle 0 726 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 726 0 726 101 John Turvey Trice Micro 0 0 0 0 0 726 0 0 0 726 0 726 101 CJ Beckford Festina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 726 726 0 726 104 Kevin Lewis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 713 0 713 0 713 104 Charles Andrews Pedalcar 2 0 0 0 0 0 713 0 0 0 713 0 713 106 Pete Carruthers Bromakin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 687 0 687 0 687 106 Paul Robinson XLT 2000 Pro 0 0 0 0 0 687 0 0 0 687 0 687 108 Heidi Mayer 0 0 0 0 427 0 0 0 0 427 0 427 109 Jeff Clements Red Streak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Battle Mountain 2002

After some considerable thought, I have decided to hold over the report of Battle Mountain until the next issue, as there is insufficient space left in this issue to allow the lavishly-illustrated version I should like. We apologise for the inconvenience… However, here are some piccies to whet your collective appetite.

Bill Patterson’s licence plate...

36 The Mango outside the motel Standing: Larry Lem Seated L-R: Sam Whittingham, Rob English, Andrea Blasecki Photo: Jonathan Woolrich

37 Steve Delaire’s Big Gun Photo: Jonathan Woolrich 38 Rob English and Tanya Markham, streamered-up for the film crew Photo: Stolen from Rob’s web site

39 Your Editor aboard Garrie Hill’s Challenge Jester Photo: Jeff Wills In order to help keep the covers apart herewith recumbents for the racing is mildly off-putting, some of the lively debate triggered by Phil whereas a touring class would put me with Wray’s letter, printed earlier in this issue. Any people who use them to get from A to B or just further thoughts, opinions, rants and stull for the enjoyment or exercise - rather less gratefully accepted – Ed. daunting.

I can’t agree with low machines being “dodgy I also wonder how many people there might be on the roads” as I commuted 10,000 miles on now who have (semi?) recumbents but who London roads on my Kingcycle Wasp 2 with no don’t belong to / have never heard of the problems. In fact it was the best bike I’ve ever BHPC? Might some be attracted to a race used on the road as it never broke down or had meeting which included a session for “touring / a puncture. commuting / fun” machines. It would need advertising in non-specialist magazines. On my Personally I’d rather see the riders categorised (fairly limited) experience, recumbent riders by their speed in races, than the bikes by a set tend to be even more affable than other cyclists; of rules. I always found it was the speed any “lone wolves” out there might be encour- differential between riders that was the biggest aged to join in more. danger on the race track. Kind regards, Roy MacDonald Alan Donnelly. Sounds sensible to me. I ride my recumbent non-competitively; I guess the idea of compet- ing with people who seem mostly to ride

40 Hi All, Overall, though, I’m quite happy as it is. I don’t I’ve a few comments on some of the points think anyone is trying too hard to subvert the made by Phil. spirit of the regulations. The fewer regulations, the better IMO. The BHPC is a fairly informal 1. Sports Class group, does anyone really get upset over technicalities? I have no strong views on the name of this class, though I feel I should point out that, for If we need a simpler way of determining what instance, “Sports” cars are seldom raced, that a class bikes are in, another possible way of fairly quick look at the results reveals that those determining Sports/Touring class would be to of us in Sports class are slower. As such I’m not ask that people only enter it on bikes they’ve sure that it makes a lot of difference to other ridden either for commuting or for touring a people’s expectations. minimum of, say, 5 times in the last month. Transfer all the responsibility onto the individual Personally, I’d really like to have a low-racer, (who could cheat if they really wanted to) and and I’m sure I could find the money to buy one if avoid any admin at all. I wanted it. However, the problem for me is that I don’t think I’d ever be able to ride it except at I’m very aware that I’ve done very nearly the events. There is no cycle racing track near nothing whatsoever to help out in the club. I do here. The nearest event we’ve had to Cam- some timing, a bit of marshalling and fencing bridge yet was that at Kimbolton which was 30 last year. So, I don’t want to step heavily on miles away. I rode to that, but would have what anyone else does and don’t want to ask thought twice before riding a low racer along for more to be done. those roads. I don’t have much to say about the points. I usually commute on either my PDQ or Speed Overall I am perfectly happy with everything Ross. I do this along a road which was recently about the club already. described to me (by a planner employed by the council) as “a sewer for cars”. Most of my David Hembrow “training” takes place on my commute. One has the thought that this is still “racing” I’d be quite interested to know where those club though, the BHPC has a list of practical issues members who ride low racers use them. that determine the suitability and safety of recumbents these can be of use to assess the I question Phil’s acceptance of front fairings on suitability of a cycle / cyclist partnership. Why sports/touring class bikes. I own a Kingcycle not have a fun session that involves all the day front fairing copy which I have used on my to day practical occurrences that commuting or Ross. It’s not great for practical use, given that it urban cyclists experience: hides potholes remarkably well and makes the bike rather more cumbersome to park (I’ve · Carrying a set load, and delivering it in one ridden to work with it, but only a couple of piece - perhaps a fluid filled box and see times). I think whether a fairing has a hole in it what remains at the end? for a light is irrelevant. I’ve commuted on all my · Avoidance of obstacles such as the bikes, so they all tend to have lights, reflectors, lamppost slaloms that are typical of many mudguards etc. If I’d build a fairing myself, I cycle paths. would probably not have chosen to put the light · Emergency stops and starts. inside it. · Slow riding - parts of a course at a minimum speed, as if in traffic. If we are going to measure heights of riders as · Narrow gaps - slipping through obstacles a part of deciding whether a bike is “sports” such as restricted gaps between vehicles. class, I think seat height is more sensible than · Mount and dismount - as per the infamous eye height. Maybe it could be combined with “Cyclists Dismount” signs. seat back angle (which might mean that, for · Uneven surfaces and kerbs. instance, a Flevo Racer is legal in the more upright setting but not in the reclined setting).

41 The list is possibly endless and really only Speed’s the thing surely? I could have the needs imagination. Two benefits could arise. swankiest piece of kit, but would still get burnt Firstly it allows commuting and touring cyclists off by someone like M. Burrows esq. Call it what to utilise the skills and lessons learnt in the real you will, the “Not-the-Open” class should have environment. Secondly, some of the classic minimal rules to encourage easy entry, and touring and commuting machines such as the some sort of criterion based on speed & no of Trice are as low as some of the “low riders”, races completed that would transfer you into the where do you draw the line. Suitability for each Open class if you were good enough. event would soon even out the differences between designs as the practicalities of the M. Allen cycle for real life are demonstrated. How about trying to maintain control of your Finally a series of events showing recumbents machine while being passed at speed by an as practical everyday vehicles cannot be of any XR3 whose passenger suddenly shouts real harm to promoting the concept. something unintelligible right in your ear? I think the club’s funds could run to an early model Just an idea for discussion - any more sugges- XR3 for the purpose. Any volunteers for the tions - dodge the long dog lead etc? shouting role?

Dave Williams These tests have been tried before, most recently by Sherri at Castle Combe a few years There are two distinct issues here, firstly how to ago. We took part and enjoyed it but there organise the racing. Secondly how to offer up a weren’t many others who did. Maybe we could challenge and an incentive to those who are not do it at Spokesfest, as bigger audience = competitive as much due to their choice of greater humiliation... hardware as to their physical shortcomings. Geoff Bird The racers should (and unless things have changed generally have) been grouped in heats Obviously, Geoff and I think along the same roughly by speed. lines - these were the suggestions I considered:

Once the racing is complete then you worry · Limbo the lorry door. about awarding points to riders in each class · Hearing the inane comment at high speed (as is already done for Women and Trikes for (I was thinking the pedestrian version). example). · Track standing your bike whilst eating someone else’s chips (It’s an old Tweddle Murph story ..... and I wasn’t that drunk ....ok, so I was!). I’ve been a cyclist for getting on 40 years, and a BHPC member for quite a while. Had my first Derrick Tweddle recumbent for nearly two years now. In all that time I’ve never felt the need to race. I get my competitive kicks elsewhere. But I can see the problem. I use my PDQ for commuting and getting around my town. It’s got all the fixtures that go with that - lights, rack, panniers, mudguards, horn etc. But it’s also got a Streamer fairing. So as things stand, if I turned up at a meeting and was overcome with the urge to join in a race, where would I be put? As others have said, you could just as easily own a trike or low-rider and be a non-racer and face the same dilemma.

42 This Just In... Cranks? Zamparo. Previous efforts to exploit this principle have been tried. As early as 1820, I think it was John Lafford who sent me this. before bikes even had rubber tyres, inventors Can it be true? Can it be new? experimented with elliptical and off-set chain wheels that had the same effect as a variable “A peculiar pedal-crank from Italy, the spiritual crank arm. But these modifications never home of cycle racing, may make future bikes passed muster. faster. A cyclist could go a kilometre further in an hour with the new pedal, researchers “It’s interesting and potentially useful,” says estimate1. Bicycle handlebars have got bendier, Steve Kautz, who studies biomechanics at the their frames lighter and their wheels narrower, University of Florida in Gainsville. “However, if it but there have been few lasting improvements works, I don’t believe it is for the same reasons to the basic design since the invention of the that they suggest.” He suspects the pedal may safety bicycle in 1890. help the cyclist transfer slightly more power to the bike from their legs’ muscles and bones. Then retired car mechanic Antonio Batistuta sent a prototype of the unorthodox pedal to Edmund Burke, a sports scientist at the Paola Zamparo, a biomechanical engineer at University of Colorado in Colorado Springs and the University of Udine in Italy, for testing. “It’s author of High-Tech Cycling, agrees. “There’s funny-looking but it seems to work,” says no way to play around with the mechanism and Zamparo. The breathing rate of volunteers on get much more power,” he says. “It must be due fixed bicycles showed that, at high speeds at to more subtle effects.” least, the prototype is about 2% more efficient than a standard design. A commercial version of the pedal would have to be more compact and lightweight, says The new pedal revolves around a ‘sun-wheel’, Zamparo. Even if Batistuta’s patented design rather than a fixed point, at the end of the crank catches on, it might not be powering the Italian arm that connects the pedal to the wheel driving cycle team to victory in the next Tour de France. the chain. The sun-wheel varies the pedal’s position in relation to the crank’s pivot-point, The Swiss-based Union Cycliste Internationale, effectively lengthening and shortening the crank which regulates the use of new technologies in arm. bicycle races to keep them fair, could frown on the newfangled design. “They can be very Lengthening the crank arm increases the fickle,” says Burke. leverage available to the cyclist on the down- ward power-stroke. On the upstroke, which References generates little or no power, a shorter crank arm 1. Zamparo, P., Minetti, A. E & di Prampero, reduces the amount of energy needed to return P. E. Mechanical efficiency of cycling with the pedal to its original position. a new developed pedal-crank. Journal of Biomechanics, 35, 1387 - 1398, (2002). “It’s odd that [the prototype] works,” says © Nature News Service / Macmillan Magazines Ltd 2002”

Leicester Velodrome Revisited?

Roger “The Hilldodger” Lovell has:

“Just been told by the leader of Leicester City Council that the council has the match funding to rebuild and extend the velodrome if Sport England agree to their funding application.”

43 Five bob for the first correct answer...

Suppliers & Wants

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Approximately 300 copies of each issue are printed. Entries in the “Suppliers and Wants” section are free to BHPC members, and should be as legal, decent, honest and truthful as Cherie Blair. Big and Clever One? Please take out an advert at the above rates and send the money to our Treasurer, as she is the only one of us lovely enough to be permitted to handle Money. If your address, phone number, prices or products change, please tell me...

John Lafford, Arrow Bicycle Company, ‘Leonidas’, Manor Lane, Baydon, Marlborough, Wilts, SN8 2JD Tel/Fax: 01672 540384 e-mail: [email protected]

Custom CAD design and manufacture of all types of bicycles and tricycles, including recumbents, time trial, fast tourer, and power assisted vehicles. Cromoly tubing in round, aero and oval sections. Net-type seat fabric to suit tubular seat frames. Narrow bottom bracket assemblies. Composite wheels in 650c and 20” sizes, with narrow hubs. Tyre rolling resistance testing. Aerodynamic drag testing.

44 Avon Valley Cyclery, Bath Spa Railway Station, Bath, BA1 1SX Tel: 01225 461880/442442 Fax: 01225 446267 e-mail: [email protected] WWW: http://www.bikeshop.uk.com http://www/foldingbikes.co.uk

AVC-designed Road, Mountain and Bath bikes. The UK’s 1st TCR Road Bike Centre and the UK’s top Folding Bike Specialist. Family bikes, mountain bikes, comprehensive hire fleet and full workshop facilities. [Plus their web site even mentions the word “recumbent” - Ed]

BikeFix, 48 Lambs Conduit Street, London WC1N 3LJ Tel: 0171 405 4639 Fax: 0171 242 6931 e-mail: [email protected] WWW: http://www.bikefix.co.uk/bikefix.html

Recumbent-friendly shop in central London. HP Velotechnik, Challenge, Burrows, Hase, BikeE, Trice, Leitra, Anthrotech, plus folders / transportables from Brompton, Birdy, Bike Friday & Airnimal. Alesa rims in 406, 507, 559 and 622 sizes; Continental, Primo and Vredestein tyres in 305, 406, 451 and all the big sizes. Recumbent luggage, fairings and everything else you can fit on a recumbent. Test rides and social weekends. Get on the mailing list... New Schwalbe Stelvios available in 406 & 559 - “Better race tyre than the Conti GP”

Mike Burrows Engineering, Bunkell Road, Rackheath Industrial Estate, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13, 6PX Tel: 01603 721700 Ratcatcher 9, Touring / racing £1957 RatRacer, Racing / more racing DIY, £850 Also monoblades and other handy bits, including aero bits for “sticky” bikes.

Paul Davies, 2 Fowlswick Cottages, Allington, Chippenham, Wilts, SN14 6LU (2 miles from Castle Combe) Tel: 01249 782554

Composite products for HPV’s: Mk. 5 bike shell, in 6 separate mouldings, fits SWB bike from £350 D6 World Championship-winning shell £350 Mk. 4 trike shell, in 5 separate mouldings, fits trike approx. 60 cm track, 100 cm wheelbase from £250 Bike front fairing from £35 Bike rear fairing from £35 Seat from £35 Mudguards (20”, MTB, 700c) from £10

Future Cycles, Friends Yard, London Road, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5EE Tel: 01342 822847 Fax: 01342 826726 e-mail: [email protected] WWW: http://www.futurecycles.co.uk

Windcheetah, Trice and Anthrotech trikes, recumbent bikes from Optima, M5, Pashley, BikeE and Easy Racers.

We also handle European subscriptions for “Recumbent Cyclist News” (RCN). RCN is 100% dedicated to promoting recumbent bicycles and providing and encouraging communications between HPV enthusiasts, home-builders, dealers and commercial recumbent manufacturers. Annual subscription £25.95 (six issues).

Hockerton Housing Project Trading Ltd., The Watershed, Gables Drive, Hockerton, Notts, NG25 OQU Tel: 01636 816902 Fax: 01636 816902 e-mail: [email protected]

Hire/Demos/Sales of Flevo Bike, Ross, Anthrotech, Brox plus any others we obtain in the meantime! Also, Site Tours (on foot) of the infamous Hockerton Housing Project - earth sheltered, zero heating, zero CO2 autonomous housing (as seen on or in every conceivable form of news media in the known Universe!). Full details from Nick Martin at the above address.

45 HPV-HEAVEN.COM Tel: 01295 721860 WWW: http://www.hpv-heaven.com

Parts for recumbent and HPV home-builders. From the people who bought you Velodynamics Bicycles. High Quality GRP Nosecone mouldings, Seats and Tail-Boxes. Seat foam, frame-building components, tubing and miscellaneous parts. On-line advice files. Free small ads section. Also, 3D CAD based Design and Prototype Service.

Inspired Cycle Engineering Ltd, Unit 9B Spencer Carter Works, Tregoniggie Industrial Estate, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 4SN Phone / Fax: 01326 378848 e-mail: [email protected] WWW: http://www.ice.hpv.co.uk/

ICE manufacture and supply the new much improved range of TRICE recumbent tricycles including the MICRO, EXPLORER, XL and CLASSIC. X2 and EXPEDITION TANDEM versions of the Trice also now being produced. A comprehensive range of options and accessories is also available direct from ICE.

Kinetics, 54 Switchback Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 1AE Phone / Fax: 0141 942 2552 e-mail: [email protected] WWW: http://www.kinetics-online.co.uk

Recumbents from HP Velotechnik and Hase. Plus S&S couplings, Birdy, Brompton, Custom Framebuilding, anything you like really...

Tina Larrington, 73a Strathleven Road, London SW2 5JS Tel: 020 7737 2793 (eves / weekends) e-mail: [email protected]

Arty stuff - cartoons, business cards, logos, badges, T-shirts, etc., etc., for builders, dealers and end-users of recumbent cycles. Customers include “Recumbent UK”, Airnimal Bikes, Westcountry Recumbents, Ian Hague and the BHPC! Architectural commissions also accepted ☺

Tiptree Designs (incorporating Els Tees), Ian Hague, 24 Cedar Avenue, Tiptree, Colchester, Essex, CO5 0NR Tel: 01621 815476

“Hand Painted T-shirts to the Nobility and Richard in Blackpool”

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Ralph Goddard, Brecon, Powys, LD3 8LA Tel: 01874 636430 (h) 01874 624600 (w) Extra low racer recumbent. Home built to a very high standard by engineer / welder. Based on Moulton 17”. 24 speed gears. Light and fast, road or race. Offers? gNash Engineering Aerodynamic Helpful Department, 79 Front Street, Pity Me, Durham, DH1 5DE Tel: 07971 51981179 e-mail: [email protected] I have copied off the net the 3 NACA Duct research documents; if you would prefer not to spend all night download- ing them send me a CD-R and I will copy them over for you.

46 47 Spotted in the Botanical Gardens, Singapore