Best Recumbent Trikes Podcasts (2024)

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Bents Battle for Sun Trip 2024 Victory-Jack Butler Interview! 1:52:19

5d ago1:52:19

1:52:19

A solar panel above and a small electric motor on the wheel of his AZUB Six bike was all the assistance Jack Butler needed to become this year's Sun Trip Champion. The Englishman battled former champ Frances Jean-Marc Dubouloz who rode a WAW velomobile on a fiercely contested route from Lyon, France to the Sahara Desert in Morocco and back. Jack te…

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Tamara Ivancova-Designing Tomorrow's Transportation! 1:59:14

1M ago1:59:14

1:59:14

The Elecy is a futuristic replacement for your current car. It uses sustainable materials with a modular design created to get you and a small passenger around town. This is all the brainchild of Tamara Ivancova an ambitious young aeronautical engineer from the UK who shares the details of her project and her plan to take her company called Amara A…

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Spezi 2024 Highlights and Walkthrough 2:09:31

2M ago2:09:31

2:09:31

Join Recumbent News' Honza Galla, Swedish bent shop owner Alve Henricson, our own Tray Bourgoyne, Peter Stull and me as we stroll down the virtual aisles of Spezi 2024. We'll talk about everything that we found interesting, unique or shocking at this annual celebration of the world's "Special Bikes". You can find all our Spezi 2024 booth interviews…

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The New Face of European Velomobiles in America-Northland Velo! 1:35:40

3M ago1:35:40

1:35:40

Buying a European velomobile in America has been fraught with poor selection/availability, shipping disasters and minimal expert guidance. Ben Parke has worked very hard over the last year to change all that with his new Minnesota dealership called Northland Velo. Ben's close business connection with Romanian based Velomobile World is bringing a wi…

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Catrike Factory Tour Event 2024-Trikes Made in the USA! 1:36:36

4M ago1:36:36

1:36:36

Florida in February is not a bad place to visit! When general manager Mark Egeland invited us to tour the factory floor of Catrike in Orlando last fall at Cycle-Con we jumped at the opportunity. Tray and I were given free range to roam the facility and interview anyone we wished. This was during their "Factory Event" so we got to see lots of Catrik…

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Velomobile World Factory Tour/Cruzbike Museum and More!-Larry Oslund 1:34:21

5M ago1:34:21

1:34:21

Larry Oslund joins us from his Hilton Head headquarters to talk about his recent trip to Romania and his video tour of the Velomobile World factory. He takes us all around the facility then shows us a close up view as his personal Bülk is being built on the floor. Larry is now a Velomobile World dealer and is offering velos along side Cruzbikes for…

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Velomtek Now in USA and Carbontrike Back in Business! 2:07:16

6M ago2:07:16

2:07:16

Manufactured in Montreal the VT1 velomobile from Velomtek is in production and is now available to buyers in the USA. CEO Francois Garneau gives us a close up look at this amazing vehicle then shares the details of their process for purchasing via pickup or delivery. Lars Viebke started Carbontrike in Sweden years ago before entering into a collabo…

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Rotovelo Across Australia-Mark Doble 1:52:40

8M ago1:52:40

1:52:40

Aussie Mark Doble read on BROL that some American velonauts were planning on being the first to cross Australia in a velomobile. This got his competitive and patriotic juices flowing and he thought "Screw you Yanks you'll not be the first to do this in my country!!" So the planning began for an epic crossing of the continent "down under" in the Aus…

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Electrom-2 Wheeled Bent Replaces Your Car! 1:42:46

9M ago1:42:46

1:42:46

Tig Cross has been working on the Electrom for almost 8 years. Now in limited production he hopes to one day make his dream of a 2 wheeled light electric recumbent come true. He believes this bike has advantages that will make it a true "car replacement" option in the future. Our own Larry Seidman participated in two senior games events last month.…

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Stunning E-Velo from UK Classic Car Designer 1:34:36

9M ago1:34:36

1:34:36

Graham Browne's long career in digital design has included work with Jaguar, Dyson and Bentley. In the last few years his thoughts and efforts have turned to more low cost zero emission projects. By 2020 he had formed Northern Light Motors and developed a prototype light electric vehicle which has now gone into production in northern England. His i…

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Cycle-Con 2023-Highlights! 1:55:35

10M ago1:55:35

1:55:35

Join Honza Galla, Larry Varney, Tray Bourgoyne and me for a booth by booth discussion of our highlights from the Cycle-Con 2023 event. You can find our individual booth interview videos in our Cycle-Con 2023 Playlist right here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw5zeaLy6vukNtpta0hrdn06LMkQbwLu7&si=-cHJ9ObcT-71M5uz 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:50 What’s o…

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Online with Bentrider's New Owner-Kurt Reynolds! 2:19:49

12M ago2:19:49

2:19:49

Bentrider (formerly known as Bentrider Online) is now new and improved thanks to new owner Kurt Reynolds. Having previous experience on nuclear submarines and now working for Microsoft he just might have what it takes to take this well loved recumbent message board to the next level. Kurt talks to us about buying the website from our old pal Bryan …

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AZUB Tour-Michigan Races-Cycle-Con News-Young German Racer 2:18:09

1y ago2:18:09

2:18:09

We are treated to a personal tour of the AZUB Bikes facility in the Czech Republic by Honza Galla followed by an amazing trike tour in the country. Next we have on the scene coverage of the recent human powered vehicle racing event at Waterford, Michigan. This includes lots of racing video, drone shots and interviews with race producers Mike Mowett…

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How Bents are Built in Czechia and Slovakia! 2:01:09

1y ago2:01:09

2:01:09

We are on the road in Brno, Czech Republic and Prievaly, Slovakia where we tour the Katanga facility and Composite Products in one day. At Katanga we get a look at the CAD designs of their upcoming light electric vehicle called the VM45, building the WAW velomobile and Pony 4 quad in the workshop and a peek at the Velove cargo platform they collabo…

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3D Virtual Expert Walkthrough-Spezi 2023 2:01:06

1y ago2:01:06

2:01:06

We use the new 3D virtual walk through technology of Matterport to take a booth by booth "Best of..." tour with our expert panel of attendees of the real life Spezi 2023. Joining us today are our own Tray Bourgoyne, Recumbent.news' Honza Galla, TerraCycle's Pat Franz, Bent Revolution's Tim Segard and my German velomobile pal Jascha Buettler. They e…

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The G4 Racer: A New Era of Human-Powered Racing 2:33:30

1+ y ago2:33:30

2:33:30

00:00:00 Intro 00:00:60 What’s on Today’s Show 00:02:35 Panel Introduction 00:05:30 Sponsor Introduction 00:08:00 LBR News Report-with New Director Honza Galla 00:22:50 Ron Thompson-The G4 for racing, riding and production 01:25:50 Jon Hodkin’s Innertuba-Mississippi River Tour 2023 with Nick White 02:09:02 Spezi 2023-All the details of the upcoming…

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Tadhole Trike-Improbable Vehicle of a Veteran's Dream 2:00:58

1+ y ago2:00:58

2:00:58

South African Border War veteran Stan Potgieter suffered severe injuries both physical and psychological in the 1980s. He has struggled ever since to regain the promise of a healthy and settled life. Stan talks to us about his continuing attempts to overcome PTSD as well as leg and back problems. He is now doing so by riding a custom trike derived …

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Velomobile Update 2023 3:23:03

1+ y ago3:23:03

3:23:03

Our annual look at the latest and hottest news in the world of velomobiles. We have interviews and submissions by: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:47 What’s on Today’s Show 00:03:55 Panel Introduction 00:06:15 Sponsor Introduction 00:08:43 Oleksii Hanshyn our Ukrainian builder now in Ireland with Mobi Dick 00:23:49 Josef Janning from Germany with M9 from Dani…

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E-Assist Riding-What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 2:24:20

1+ y ago2:24:20

2:24:20

00:00:00 Intro 00:00:45 What’s on Today’s Show 00:02:35 Panel Introduction 00:04:25 Sponsor Introduction 00:06:50 Recumbent News with Honza Galla 00:11:00 Zach Kaplan Cycles Profile-Interview with Zach 00:46:00 Doug Davis-E-Assist Battery Safety Primer 01:21:30 Steve Hansen (Lawyer) and Jay Townley (Bike Journalist) on Insurance and Regulation Issu…

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Radical Design Bags and Winter Bent Riding Secrets! 2:09:39

1+ y ago2:09:39

2:09:39

00:00:00 Intro 00:00:50 What’s on Today’s Show 00:02:18 Panel Introduction 00:05:13 Sponsor Introduction 00:07:45 Recumbent News with Honza Galla 00:13:45 Radical Design Interview 01:03:00 Winter Bent Riding Secrets with Scott Christopherson 01:55:50 Recumbent Sports with Denny Voorhees 02:02:10 Viewer Submission-Varibike handbike sad sale 02:04:32…

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Uprights vs Bents-Engineer Speed Tests 10 Bikes! 1:50:35

1+ y ago1:50:35

1:50:35

00:00:00 Intro 00:00:60 What’s on Today’s Show 00:02:25 Panel Introduction 00:05:05 Sponsor Introduction 00:08:10 Parbike Side-by-Side Tandem with Jared 00:07:55 Uprights vs Bents-Engineer Ron Thompson Speed Tests 10 Bikes 01:28:14 Nina Paley on the Cycle-Con 2022 Test Track-Ti-Glide, Steintrike and HASE Kettwiesel 01:42:20 Viewer Submission-Shawn …

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Cycle-Con 2022-Highlights and Impressions! 1:43:38

2y ago1:43:38

1:43:38

We're recently back from a surprisingly successful and well attended Cycle-Con in Dayton, Ohio. Our illustrious panel of bent experts share what they saw and liked as we go through the exhibitors one by one. Joining us today are Tray Bourgoyne, Larry Varney, Nina Paley, Peter Stull, Sylvia Halpern, Matt Galat and Denny Voorhees. Our full coverage v…

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Mississippi River Tour 2023 on Trike with Tuba Trailer 2:24:06

2y ago2:24:06

2:24:06

00:00:00 Intro 00:00:50 What’s on Today’s Show 00:02:48 Panel Introduction 00:04:30 Sponsor Introduction 00:07:00 Recumbent News with Honza Galla 00:11:25 Al and Alice Krause Co-Directors of World Human Powered Speed Challenge IHPVA Event 01:07:37 InnerTuba aka Jon Hodkin Home Concerts and Plans for Upcoming Mississippi River Tour and ICE Trike’s P…

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Design-Build-Race the Fastest Human Powered Vehicle in the World! 1:53:29

2y ago1:53:29

1:53:29

00:00:00 Intro 00:00:50 What’s on Today’s Show 00:02:45 Panel Introduction 00:05:30 Sponsor Introduction 00:08:00 Recumbent News with Honza Galla 00:14:15 George from Orlando-Building Coroplast Fairings for your Bent 00:34:20 Russell Bridge & Barney Harle-”Team 77” Design/Build/Race a Bike for World Human Powered Speed Challenge 01:39:48 Nina Paley…

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The Future of Recumbent Cycle-Con with New Owner WizWheelz 2:03:29

2y ago2:03:29

2:03:29

00:00:00 Intro 00:00:50 What’s on Today’s Show 00:03:12 Panel Introduction 00:05:40 Sponsor Introduction 00:08:18 Recumbent News with Honza Galla 00:16:08 RCC Bought by WizWheelz-Marshall Randall Marketing Director 00:34:00 Richard Myers-Long Life of Building & Racing Bents 01:18:00 Josef Janning-Italian Velomobile Tour with video by Christian 01:3…

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West Point Veteran Caleb Cline Trikes to 10 World Records! 2:18:56

2y ago2:18:56

2:18:56

Caleb Cline was hurt leading his Army unit in a training exercise. We feel privileged to sit down with him to talk about his long road back to mental and physical health. That road included riding his trike to 10 new world records last April. Next we check in with our old pal AD Carson, founder of Recycled Recumbents. AD tells us about his show roo…

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New North American Velomobile Manufacturer-Velomtek! 2:07:49

2y ago2:07:49

2:07:49

1) With the factory established and production team hired Francois Garneau shares the story of Velomtek. Production of this reasonably priced velomobile is underway in Quebec and plans are to expand sales to the USA and, eventually, Europe. 2) Tray Bourgoyne takes us step by step on his installation of a Tongsheng TSDZ2 electric assist motor on his…

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Velomobile Update 2022 2:48:11

2+ y ago2:48:11

2:48:11

Table of Contents for this month’s video 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:45 What’s on Today’s Show 00:04:00 Panel Introduction 00:06:00 Sponsor Introduction 00:08:15 Recumbent News in 5 with Honza Galla 00:13:05 Saukki presents the Pros and Cons of being a Velonaut 00:25:00 Aleksey Ganshin (Velodreamer) fromUkraine and Jason Dubin-NAVRA’s new velo 00:42:15 Mi…

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Adding Low Cost E-Assist to Your Trike! 1:52:39

2+ y ago1:52:39

1:52:39

If you want to add an electric motor to your existing trike David Hall offers some compelling and inexpensive solutions. David is the founder of Eco Cycles in Nashville and shows us how you can install their motors, batteries and displays on any trike. Then we travel to France where the next World Human Powered Vehicle Championships this coming Jul…

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Laidback Landsailers 2:17:49

2+ y ago2:17:49

2:17:49

We explore the exciting world of wind powered land racers with bent rider Mark Harris. He has raced his land boats for over 30 years and witnessed competitive speeds over 120 mph. Next we're joined by recumbent seat craftsman BJ Strass. He shows us the equipment and techniques he uses to repair and upgrade your old bent seats. Finally, professor Cr…

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Time to Ride Your Bike in Eau Claire Wisconsin 42:00

2+ y ago42:00

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Eau Claire is located in west central Wisconsin and is the hub of a lot of great outdoor activities like bike trails and kayaking. And being a college town, you can be there are a lot of great places to eat, stay and enjoy live music and festivals while visitng the area. We have not had an opportunity to visit the area, but Eau Claire is on our rad…

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A visit with The Hostel Shoppe a Leading Midwest Recumbent Trike Shop 54:00

2+ y ago54:00

54:00

We purchased Cheryl's 2021 Catrike Dumont from The Hostel Shoppe in Stevens Point WI. about two hours from our home in southeast Wisconsin. They are the leading bike shoppe in the midwest for people interested in purchasing a recumbnet trike or more conventional upright ebike. They carry all of the leading brands like Catrike, Specialized and HP Ve…

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Triker Kidnapped/Held Captive for 20 Months-Nicola Chiacchio 2:10:06

2+ y ago2:10:06

2:10:06

Nicola dreamed of touring Africa since he was a little boy in Italy. In 2018 he began touring near the western coast on his wide tired AZUB trike and trailer. Along the way he met amazing and generous people who gave him food and shelter. Then in early 2019 he ignored the warnings of local officials and rode off on the road to Timbuktu. Then next t…

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Legal Labyrinth of Riding Recumbent in America! 2:06:21

2+ y ago2:06:21

2:06:21

Is it possible that you're illegally riding that Catrike, Terratrike. or even Cruzbike on the streets of America? It turns out to be a very difficult legal question fraught with insurance and financial implications. Doug Davis chats with legal experts Charlie Thomas, Steve Magas and Steven Hansen about laws excluding some 2, 3 or 4 wheeled bents fr…

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Podbike Launch and Review! 2:03:27

2+ y ago2:03:27

2:03:27

We cover the launch of the production Podbike Frikar with our German reporter and velomobile expert Josef Janning. He takes a test ride and has an interview with founder Per Sorenson. Next we take a wider look at these "Velocar" type vehicles with professor Craig Cornelius including their history and future. Mathieu Aubel from HP Velotechnik reveal…

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Bents Take to the Sky! 1:46:04

3y ago1:46:04

1:46:04

Have you ever been rolling so fast on your bent that you imagined pulling back on the handlebars and taking to the skies? Today we talk about just that with our pal Barney Harle from the British Human Power (Flight) Club. He reports on the state of flying using only pedal power from his experience at the Icarus Cup event where competition pushes in…

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Tilting Trikes-What's the Point? 2:07:09

3y ago2:07:09

2:07:09

We're excited to have Dr. Craig Cornelius with us to take a wider look at tilting trikes. We've had quite a few tilters on the webcast over the last few months so I've brought in an expert to share an overview/summary of this cutting edge engineering realm. Craig is the Principal Researcher at HPTS (Human Powered Transportation Systems) who has bee…

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Trike Race Across Michigan-Unassisted Aero vs E-assisted Magnum! 2:00:04

3y ago2:00:04

2:00:04

Greenspeed's Aero is one of the fastest trikes on the road. They also make the more sedate but ever so utilitarian Magnum. What if we raced these two trikes across Michigan and evened the odds by adding a Bosch motor to the Magnum? Meet Wizwheelz executives Marshall and Mark who conducted such a contest this month and hear their exciting stories of…

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The G4 Bicycle-Upright Power on a Bent? 2:03:08

3y ago2:03:08

2:03:08

Ron Thompson is a retired mechanical engineer. He's built a 2 wheeled bent he believes is the 4th major breakthrough in bicycle design. That's a lofty assessment but you owe it to yourself to hear him out. The ability to recruit supplemental hand power on a recumbent bike is the intriguing innovation he'll discuss with us today. The sale of Bacchet…

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Amazing New Bent Builds 2:06:54

3y ago2:06:54

2:06:54

Today we literally get into the weeds with our Italian bent builder Marco Ruga. He has created an amazing off road long wheel base recumbent and will show us how he did it and where he rides it. Then Englishman Alex du Pre (who is a naval engineer) reveals his first recumbent design. A tilting trike/velomobile made initially out of wood. We have tw…

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Avoiding Bent Scams 1:38:26

3y ago1:38:26

1:38:26

We all want to make sure our recumbent purchase transactions are transparent, honest and fair. We talk to Steve and Patti Erickson about their years long investigation into false prestige branding of recumbent trikes. Then Doug Davis shows us how to recognize "knock off" products that look just like the brands you know. Our panel then share their c…

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The Impact of Bent Collisions 2:07:28

3+ y ago2:07:28

2:07:28

Jason Dubin has been hit by cars while riding his recumbent bikes and velomobiles in the streets of New York city many times. He joins us to share video and commentary of 3 of these horrifying collisions and talk about his personal safety. Then we widen the discussion with Steve Magas "Ohio's Bike Lawyer" and our panel to put bent safety into some …

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British Human Power Club 1:50:51

3+ y ago1:50:51

1:50:51

Among the very few prominent recumbent groups around the world precious few can boast of the long history of racing and designing bents as can the British Human Power Club. We'll chat with club officers Alan Goodman, Barney Harle and Chris Hamilton about their full racing seasons (including the World HPV Championships), member's unusual HPV builds …

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Velomobile Update 2021 2:04:27

3+ y ago2:04:27

2:04:27

What're the latest developments in the Velomobile world? We span the globe to bring you the first velo dealer in China, a tandem Quest velo going into production in France, the latest on the purported fastest velo called the Snoek, updates to the Milan, the DF4, in Romania, the WAW from Czechia and the Rotovelo from Australia. In addition we bring …

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"The Wild One"-Steintrike's Robert Stein 1:38:08

3+ y ago1:38:08

1:38:08

From the Serbian headquarters of renowned frame builder Robert Stein we delve into the unusual concepts and designs he's been working on for 20 years at Steintrikes. Janet Buckwalter will tell us about bringing these trikes to America as she begins her new exclusive USA distributorship. Honza has "Bent News in 5", Doug starts his new "Fix it on the…

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Ideas for those cyclists on your Christmas shopping list 39:00

3+ y ago39:00

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We are here to help you get those perfect Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers for the cyclist on your shopping listBy OurTopSpots

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"The Lost Recumbent"-Tilting Trike from the '80s 1:31:20

3+ y ago1:31:20

1:31:20

Creating a tilting trike in the early 1980s was anything but mainstream. Our guest for this podcast is David Ashenbrener. David will tell us his tale of designing such a recumbent and getting noticed enough to be published in Popular Science magazine in 1982. From there we talk about how he mysteriously lost track of his invention and its design fo…

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OurTopSpots Free Travel Guides 26:00

3+ y ago26:00

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We will talk about our interactive PDF OTS Travel Guides which you can access on our website. Our goal with these OTS Travel Guides is to help you plan your next bike trip by sharing our actual experiences with the trail, lodging, restaurants and local outdoor activities.By OurTopSpots

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Bent Accessories and Resources-BentCon 2020 2:26:28

3+ y ago2:26:28

2:26:28

Make your bent all that it can be by adding just the right accessories. Our expert panel will share their advice on dozens of possible add ons to make your bike, trike or velomobile faster, safer, more comfy or just more fun. We'll tell you about our favorite recumbent online resources and events and then invite the manufacturers to make their 5 mi…

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The Goddess of Bents and Bent Riders-Nina Paley 1:34:01

3+ y ago1:34:01

1:34:01

Nina Paley is a car-free recumbent riding self described animator, director, artist and scapegoat. She is a woman who doesn't fit neatly into any of our preconceived categories and that is exactly what makes her so interesting. We talk to her about her distaste for automobiles, her large collection of recumbent bikes (including a velomobile), why s…

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