Recumbents at RAAM 2007

This year's Race Across AMerica saw two two person teams competing on recumbent bicycles. Both have already reached the finish line in Atlantic City. The team named "Bacchetta B Team / Military Families Foundation" finished in 7 days and 26 minutes. Team Velokraft needed eleven and a half hours more. Only one of the two person teams using upright bikes has been faster.

Links:
Race Across America
Team Velokraft

Recumbent Cycling on Squidoo

Today I have created a lens on Squidoo about recumbent cycling. It is not finished yet but it is a start. I will add more text as soon as I have time for this. Squidoo seems to be the newest way to get traffic to websites and blogs. I'm curious to see how good it will work. If you have a website or a blog about recumbents (or if you know a good one), please click through to my Squidoo lens about recumbent cycling and add the link to the links section. You can also vote for the links that are there already.

Around the world on a recumbent bicycle

A few days ago I had the pleasure to meet Joachim Hager the day before he returned home from a journey around the world. He was on the way for more than five years with his HP Velotechnik StreetMachine GT riding more than 90000 kilometers (about 60000 miles). Between April 2001 and August 2006 he was touring through southeast Europe, parts of Asia including Tibet, Nepal, India and China and also Australia, South America and Africa. More information about his journey is available at recumbenttour.epe.at and www.geocities.com/recumbenttour/.

Joachim was accompanied by Franz who rode part of the tour with Joachim. They first met in Iran. Franz returned home earlier but they met again in Hungary. After our conversation I rode with them for about 20 kilometers. On the next day Joachim reached his hometown near Wels in Upper Austria.

What are the reasons for riding a recumbent bike?

Some time ago I have written a short article trying to explain the reason
why somebody would want to ride a recumbent bike. For somebody familiar
with recumbents the answer is obvious but for people who don't know much
about them it may explain why recumbent users are so enthusiastic about
their bikes. The article has been published recently on the information
source and consumer guide website of mgrcentral.com.

Wheel Size of Recumbent Bicycles

I have written a new article about the advantages and disadvatages
of different wheel sizes of recumbent bicycles. Their influence on
comfort, brakes, tires, and other factors are considered. The
full article is available at recumbent-cycling.com.

Dirt cheap recumbent

Alan W. Jarrett has written an article about building a recumbent
bicycle without investing a lot of money. You will need some time
though. If you have one or two used conventional bikes with components
that are still usable it gets even cheaper. See the full article here.

Under seat steering vs above seat steering

There is a new article I have written about under seat steering
compared to above seat steering. Which one is more comfortable?
Which one gives better aerodynamics? Read all about it in the
full article.

Pros of recumbent biking

I have added a short article written by Shaan Randow about the
advantages of riding a recumbent bicycle. As usual the full article
can be found at recumbent-cycling.com.

For what purpose?

The choice of a specific model of recumbent bike depends on the
main purpose you will use it for. There are different requirements
for commuting, racing, touring, etc. Read the complete article at
recumbent-cycling.com.

Recumbent-cycling.com created

I have just created a new website at recumbent-cycling.com.
There will be a lot of information about choosing and riding
recumbent bicycles and tricycles. I'm looking forward to
continually adding new content.