Laidback Bike Report

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 Catrike owners and hear from Founder Paulo Cam...

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 test rides and sales. Another of Larry's pa...

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 collaboration with Bacchetta in 2018. Fast forward past B...

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 Australian built Rotovelo. ...

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. He was excited to see some other recum...

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 intended market is more aimed at a cool and co...

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 on Today’s Show 00:01:40  Panel Introduction...

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 Ball, what he's done to improve the board and...

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 and Dennis Grelk. We also talk to Lincoln MacDona...

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 collaborate on. Hijinks ensue when Tray and I hop on the...

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 each share their favorite...

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 event from show producers Gabriel, Franz...

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 from a friend's idea for a motorized golf tri...

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 Daniel Fenn 00:49:50  Christian Winkgen from Ge...

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 Issues   02:20:25  Sponsor Thanks 02:22:25  An...

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  Sponsor Thanks 02:06:50  Announcement...

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 Greener Honor the Warrior Ride video 01:44...

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 videos will follow soon but this will give you...

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 Patrick Selwood 01:44:39  Heiko Truppel with...

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-Riding the gravel on Lightfoot Range...

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 01:32:40  Sports Report-James Coxon Worl...

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 room rehab projects, the state of 2 wheeled bents, a...

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 HP Velotechnik Scorpion. If you have wondered abo...

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  Mike Lecka-Velotilt Update 00:52:53  Allert...

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 July. Marc Le Sourd is the race director for this eve...