Links

• Sheldon Brown’s article on Recumbents
• John Schubert’s 1986 Road Test of the P-38
• Tim Brummer: P-38 Design History
• Recumbent Racing — Pat Kinch talks to Richard Grigsby
• Tim Brummer: Lightning Progress — An HPV Development Case History (1995)
• Becky "Arellcat" Taylor: Lightning P-38 Review
• David Gordon Wilson: The Development of Modern Recumbent Bicycles

• Lightning Cycle Dynamics, Inc. — Race-bred Recumbent Bicycles — the official Lightning site.
• Lightning Cycle Dynamics television infomercial
• Lightning Handcycles
• Lightning Cycle Dynamics R-84 — Jim Langley's review of Lightning's carbon fiber bike
• Jim Langley's Bicycle Aficionado site — reviews, maintenance tips, etc.
• The 1989 HPV Race Across America — the story of the Lightning F40 / Easy Racer Goldrush competition
• Human Power article on White Lightning 1979 Abbott prize win
• 1979 Sports Illustrated article on White Lightning
• Paul Gracey's cross-country magnificent adventure on a Lightning F40
• Bill Vaglienti's cross-country tour on a Lightning Phantom
• John Schubert on recumbent touring (2002?)
• Commuting to work on a Lightning F40 — Malcolm Lamming
• Lightning ultra-light carbon fiber crankset photos
• Peter Stull's brief take on Lightning recumbent bikes

• Roadie meets Recumbent — humorous YouTube video
• Making Cycling Irresistible: Lessons from the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany
• Road Rights — Bob Mionske blog on cycling & the law
• how NOT to get hit by cars — bike safety advice made simple 
• How to Get Killed on a Bicycle
• New York Times series on Driving Hazards of Cellphones & Texting
• Who Causes Cyclists' Deaths?
• Inattentional blindness — (why motorists sometimes refuse to let you continue living)
• Serious Riders, Your Bicycle Seat May Affect Your Love Life — New York Times
• Centers for Disease Control — Bicycle Saddles and Reproductive Health

• Early history of recumbent bikes — Winning Forbidden by Arnfried Schmitz
• Interview with recumbent bicycle pioneer David Gordon Wilson
• Recent history of recumbent bikes — Interview with Gardner Martin
• A Brief History of the Bicycle — Princeton University Engineering Dept.
• A Short History of Bicycling — David Gordon Wilson

• WISIL HPVers Human Power Vehicle Homepage — recumbent bike riders, builders and racers great resource for builders of HPVs
• Warren Beauchamp's Recumbents.com site — great resource for the recumbent newby
• 'BentRider Online — internet recumbent magazine
• Recumbent Journal news digest site
• Recycled Recumbent — Andrew Carson's home-brew Tour Easy clone builder's site
• LigfietsPlaza — ligfietsen, ervaringen, merken, clubs etc. LigfietsPlaza. Alles over ligfietsen, toertochten, producenten, evenementen, wedstrijden. Ligfiets Plaza is een initiatief van de NVHPV. Dutch recumbent site.
• RSC Speedbike Bergisch-Gladbach e.V. The 'RSC Speedbike Bergisch Gladbach e.V.' is the first club in the German Cycling Federation (BDR) that has explicitly engaged itself to promote athletic recumbent riding. Members who prefer the racing bike saddle over the recumbent seat are also sincerely welcome.
• Recumbent Gallery EU — covers European recumbent & velomobile news
• Christian's European recumbent photo gallery, part 1
• Christian's European recumbent photo gallery, part 2

• Sheldon Brown's great collection of articles on bike maintenance. If you can't find it here, you don't want to know it.
• Park Tool's site — comprehensive bike repair instructions

• Speed Versus Power SRM Data for different cycle types
• Bicycle Speed & Power Calculator — Walter Zorn / David Hembrow
• Richard Myers' Lightning F40-inspired Challenge Jester Streamliner photos
• Simon Sanderson "Amanita Virosa" streamliner construction photos
• Joe Kochanowski's "Mad Max" home-brew recumbents: does your recumbent have "good ramming capacity"?
• Sam Whittingham setting new world land speed record in Varna streamliner — YouTube video
• Fiberglast.com Learning Center — introductory articles about composites
• Method for making 3D shapes (used to make a bike fairing)
• Bob Stuart on Coroplast fairing construction
• Small wheels for adult cycles
• Can't Afford Wind Tunnel Testing? Mark Olaf Slot on Coast Down Testing
• The Velomobile as a Vehicle for more Sustainable Transportation — Frederik Van De Walle
• Belgian velomobile picture gallery
• Velomobiles with Snazzy Paint
• Facebook Coroplast Velomobile Group
• Lee Wakefield on Coroplast fairing construction
• Lee Wakefield Coroplast fairing pictures
• Wind tunnel testing of Vision recumbents — Grant Bower
• Bert Hoge study on aero effects of recumbent posture & rolling resistance
• Science of Cycling: Aerodynamics: page 1
• How Aero is Aero? Discussion of upright bicycle aerodynamics
• Allert Jacob's recumbent streamliner motorbike
• Kraig Schultz on motorcycle aerodynamics
• Princeton University bicycle aerodynamics — Lex Smits
• Analytic Cycling, Interactive Methods for Estimating Cycling Performance Parameters
• HPV Drivetrain Analyzer — for the numerically inclined
• Assessment of Bicycle Gearing
• Speed 101 — Explore Concepts of Speed
• MARS projects — Foam pages — recumbent fairings made from Zotefoam plastic
• How Important is Bicycle Weight? Chairman Bill McGann of Torelli Bicycles
• Effect of Bike Weight on Commute Time / British Medical Journal
• Steel, Aluminum, Titanium, Carbon -How Important is Frame Material Choice? Bill McGann
• An Introduction to Bicycle Geometry and Handling
• Bicycle Tires according to Schwalbe — facts, knowledge, tech, tips
• Optimizing Tire Pressure — Jan Heine
• Bicycle Bottom Bracket Evolution

• Belgian Human Powered Vehicle group
• Swedish Human Powered Vehicle group
• British Human Powered Vehicle Club
• New Zealand Human Powered Vehicle group
• Australian Human Powered Vehicle group
• German Human Powered Vehicle group
• Swiss Human Powered Vehicle group
• International Human Powered Vehicle Association
• Historical site about the Mochet Velocar
• Typology of the Mochet Recumbents — Arnfried Schmitz