Recumbent Information Sources
Updated January 2015
Discussion Groups & Recumbent Information
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Bentrider Online – www.bentrideronline.com
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Recumbents.com - www.recumbents.com
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The Recumbent Blog - Not active but interesting older posts http://www.recumbentblog.com
Human Powered Vehicle Association
An international organization with an emphasis on building and racing human powered vehicles. A large portion of HPVA activities center around recumbents. Please note that the HPVA website has not been updated for quite some time. - http://www.ihpva.org
Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Association
This Michigan Chapter of the International Human Powered Vehicle Association concentrates on recumbent building and racing. The Chapter holds a series of races in early June that are refreshingly relaxed (i.e. time trials, hill climbs and coast downs etc.). The Chapter also holds occasional informal rides. Dues for the Chapter are $10/year and can be sent to MHPVA c/o Bill Frey, 402 Roland Court, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 - www.mhpva.org
Recumbent and Tandem Rider Magazine
Quarterly publication evenly divided between tandem and recumbent bikes. Subscriptions, $9.95/year – http://www.rtrmag.com
The Recumbent Bicycle
A book completely devoted to recumbents. 180+ pages with chapters dealing with recumbent information, history, design and extensive resource guide - http://outyourbackdoor.com
Interesting Links
BikeRoute.com recumbent page - http://www.bikeroute.com/Recumbents
Coast to coast on a recumbent - http://hypertextbook.com/bent
Human powered boats - http://www.humanpoweredboats.com
Linear recumbent enthusiast webpage - http://www.kevinatkins.org/linear/
North American Velomobilists webpage - http://www.velomobiles.net
Ryan recumbent enthusiast webpage - http://ryanownersclub.com/
Tandem recumbents - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/misc/TwosCompany.htm
Tri-County (Lansing) Recumbent Riders - http://nelson.machighway.com/~biketcba/TRICORR/
Recumbent Trike Corner
"Moving To A Recumbent Trike" - http://users.tpg.com.au/johnd/recumbent.html
Adult Trike Rviews - www.adulttricyclereview.com
Wolver-Bent News Articles (PDF files)