Unusual Human Powered Vehicles
This page is for HPV homebuilders, inventers and dreamers. It contains links to all sorts of unusual human powered vehicles. Among many impractical schemes, you’ll find some commercially successful ventures and (hopefully) inspiration for future projects. Pictures of some of the most unusual are available on a companion site. [Last revised 9/9/05 … inputs are welcome.]
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Human Powered Vehicle Sites …
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[ Winter ] [ Flying ] [ Underwater ]
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Other Reference Sites …
· IHPVA [International Human Powered Vehicle Association] … especially the Source Guide.
· Kathy Bilton's BentFolk … links to pages of hundreds of HPVers.
· Legs Larry … Dave Larrington’s site with lots of HPV info and links.
· Sheldon Brown's superb on-line bike resource.
· Tim & Alley Smith's sites … especially Cycle Design & Construction.
· BentRider Online … a complete recumbent webzine.
· The WISIL HPVers … Warren Beauchamp’s fine recumbent site.
· Wind & Water … many innovative recreational ideas and designs - Hanno Smits.
· BikeRod & Kustom … webzine devoted to custom bicycles and bikes as an art form.
· Chris Broome's site … with info and links for all types of HPVs.
· Recumbent Trikes … Mike Deegan’s nice trike and quad site - pictures and links.
· Bike Forest … Canadian site promoting all types of HPV transportation.
· "Ideal Human Powered Vehicles" … Sylvain Cazaubon’s clever and extensive HPV site ... with patents.
Specialized Compilations …
· Land Rowers … rowed bikes, trikes and quads [33] (Revised 4/16/05)
· Tilting and Lean Steer Trikes [22] (Revised 3/3/05)
· Rear Wheel Steered Bikes and Trikes [18]
· Tandems … unusual scooters, bikes, trikes and quads [26] (Revised 8/28/04)
· Multi-person HPVs … for 3 to 32 people [18] (1/25/05)
· Walking Machines [8]
· Winter Vehicles [10]
· Convertible Bikes ... recumbent to upright, etc [8]
· Prone Bikes and Trikes [15]
· Folding Bikes and Trikes [15]
· Human Powered Boats [26]
· "Extreme" Unicycles, Bikes and Trikes [25] (Revised 9/3/04)
· Misc. HPVs ("none of the above") [29]
· Wacky HPV Patents … all sorts of really unusual ideas [21]
· Velomobiles … Ethan Davis’ site devoted to enclosed HPVs.
· Vintage Velomobiles … interesting collection (not in English). (8/3/04)
· Rowing Bikes of the World … a French site devoted to rowed bikes.
· Rear Wheel Steered HPVs … Erik Wannee’s page devoted to RWS bikes and trikes.
· Tilting Trikes … Max Hall’s great compilation.
· Four Wheelers (links) … Randy Swart’s compilation of quad (and trike) links.
· Quadcycles … a site devoted to “4 wheel bikes”.
· Kenguru … a site devoted to accelerated walking machines.
· Unique Unicycles … many … including the tallest, a tandem and one with the largest wheel.
· Folding Bicycle Information … Steven Scharf’s compilation of available folders.
· RadLast … Stephan Thonett’s pedaled Cargo and Courier Service vehicles.
· Kid's Recumbents … Mark Stonich’s compilation of bents for children.
· Singular Cycles …wooden “works of art” from Claudius de Cap Blanc.
· Aquatic Velocipedes ... interesting and novel HPBs from the late 1800s.
· Human Powered Boats … Ron Drynan’s extensive site - contemporary HPBs.
· World of Waterbiking … many unusual HPBs (check out “Design topics”, “Teams&Boats”)
· Bicycle Design Competition … many very interesting designs (see “Entry” and “Prototypes”)
· Tallbike.net … a site devoted to Tall-Bikes and other 2 wheel creations.
Homebuilt Collections …
· Unusual Homebuilts … dozens from Ross Harrop (check out pics on page 1, 2, and 3* ) (*8/16/04)
· (?) More Unusual Homebuilts, (2), (3) … photos of many unique bikes and trikes.
· Unusual Home Built HPVs … (includes an HPB, a triple tandem and an ice-trike)
· Homebuilt HPVs - Steve Robson
· Joe Kochanowski's Homebuilt Bikes (includes a semi-linear drive and a 2 position upright/recumbent)
· Fast Fwd … Bram Smit’s HPVs include a divisible FWD lo-racer, RWS and center steered trikes for kids.
· Hezi Ismach's HPVs … a FWD “Scooter”, a Prone Bike, and a Mountain Recumbent.
· Para-Chunkular Constructions … several far-out homebuilts (includes a dragster and pedaled piano).
· Atomic Zombie … Brad Graham’s site of extreme bicycle creations … check out his SkyWalker and Camper Bike*. (1/3/05)
· Microship … Steve Robert’s on going travels in an amphibious pedal/solar/sail micro-trimaran.
· XnTRICK … John Jermy’s collection of mostly homebuilt “Silly Bikes”.
· Paper HPV Competition … Eastern Washington University’s annual engineering contest.
· ChicagoFreakBike … human powered creativity from Chicago.
Land Rowers …
· Rowbike … sliding seat bikes developed by Scott Olson.
· Thys 222 Rowingbike… fixed seat bikes - the fastest available? [picture of Derk’s 1994 PBP winner]
· Modified Thys Rowing Bike, (2) … Warren Berger’s clever modification (bottom of page).
· RowVelo (picture #28) … nice looking LWB, fixed seat prototype from Warren Berger.
· Aviroute … an innovative French sliding seat rowing bike.
· Landrower … Sam Bennett’s lean steer rowed trike with sliding seat.
· Ice Rower … Roger Gilmore’s fixed seat ice rowing concept [Animated Illustration].
· Frank Bokhorst's experimental rowing trike.
· Rowed Quad (picture) … a nice looking sliding seat quad.
· Power Pumper … a molded fixed seat quad for kids.
· Row Across Canada … Kevin Thomson’s ambitious team project.
· Homebuilt Rowed Trike (picture) … Sean Costin’s sliding seat tadpole trike (top of page)
· Ocelot (picture) … Doug Young’s SWB multi-mode row bike (see #22).
· Row Cycle (pictures), (2)… sliding seat, or arm rowed delta trike (see #23).
· Curry Landskiffs … several sliding seat rowed HPVs from the 1920s.
· Old Rowed Trike (picture) … an early sliding seat rowing trike by George W Lee.
· Row-K … Bjorn Koehler’s sliding seat delta trike.
· ScullTrek … interesting Slovak rowing bike with fixed handle bar and sliding seat.
· ScadBike … fixed seat SWB with horizontal treadles and linked handle bar.
· Pirog (picture) … a portable, arm powered land rower.
· Armbike … Jonny Borg’s arm rowed FWD trikes, bikes and scooters.
· French Rowingbike (picture) … a fixed seat design.
· Round Rower … Uli Siegl’s fixed seat SWB bike.
· Ruderrenner (picture), (2) … 4 place rowed quad, with coxswain.
· Rowcycle (pictures)… rowed delta trike (also see 2.jpg through 5.jpg)
· VogaBike … nice looking sliding seat tadpole trike.
· VogaBike 2 … fixed seat row bike prototype with independent arm/leg capability.
· Road Rower … Nick Bailey’s sliding seat tadpole trike … foot steered.
· Irish Mail Car (diagram) … Roy Wilson’s design (a fixed seat, foot steered, arm rowed quad).
· Buckboard Irish Mail… kit and plans for a nice looking wooden Irish Mail.
· Champiot Ultra … an arm rowed, foot steered exercise quad.
· Fraser RoBike … a fixed seat rowing-bike developed by Bill Fraser. (8/8/04)
· Tandem Land Rower (picture) … Nol Twigt’s interesting fixed seat tandem.
· Long Distance Land Rowing…Ashrita Furman's distance records.
· Irish Mails … a compilation of Irish Mails and land rowers for children.
· Rowing Bikes of the World … a French site devoted to rowed bikes.
Boat Rowers …
· Front Rower … Ron Rantilla’s forward facing rowing system for boats.
· Front Facing Rowing System … from Gig Harbor Boat Works.
· ForwardFace! … several forward facing rowed HPBs from Warren Loomis.
· Virus HPBs … see the Turbo and Kataram models with fixed seat and sliding rigger.
· RoCat … interesting rowing catamaran with fixed seat and sliding rigger.
· Centipede Rowing … Stephen Goodfellow’s sequential rowing concept (for shells).
· Rowing Service (Rachael Quarrel’s great source of rowing information and news.)
· Row2K (A general rowing site with lots of information and links.)
· Unofficial History of Rowing … a humorous account of the sport’s development.
· Rowing History … an illustrated summary of over 2000 years of rowing.
Miscellaneous Rowers …
· Karura … a Japanese effort to power a flapping wing HPA by fixed seat rowing.
· Concept 2 … the most popular indoor rower.
· Fixed Seat Erg (pictures), (2) … Warren Berger’s prototype (bottom of page).
· Old Rowed Railbike (picture) … rowed railbike from 1906.
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