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Old February 15th 09, 10:18 PM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
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Default Canadian, Sam Whittingham, is World's Fastest Recumbent Rider on aCustom 'Bent

If it wasn't for a short article in Reader's Digest, I don't think
many people in Canada would know about it. I knew he was fast but
today I found out he set the current record at 130.5 km hr as stated
in the R.D. article. Nice bunch of pictures. With a trike using that
type of body shell and some reasonable gearing (for the older crowd)
it could be a great vehicle to get around town, or get around the
suburbs. The body shell almost speaks of a glider without wings. I
wonder how that shape would work on glider, or an automobile for that
matter.
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Old February 16th 09, 12:28 AM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
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Default Canadian, Sam Whittingham, is World's Fastest Recumbent Rider on a Custom 'Bent


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If it wasn't for a short article in Reader's Digest, I don't think
many people in Canada would know about it. I knew he was fast but
today I found out he set the current record at 130.5 km hr as stated
in the R.D. article. Nice bunch of pictures. With a trike using that
type of body shell and some reasonable gearing (for the older crowd)
it could be a great vehicle to get around town, or get around the
suburbs. The body shell almost speaks of a glider without wings. I
wonder how that shape would work on glider, or an automobile for that
matter.


You should do a google search for velomobiles, which are enclosed trikes
(usually with 3 wheel suspension) that do make practical and fast commuter
machines. Expect to pay $8 to $12 kilo bucks. Sam's Varna is quite narrow,
several inches narrower than Sam himself, but comfort is a sacrifice to be
made for world record speed.

You might also pay a visit to www.recumbents.com to learn more about the
world of recumbents, both commuter and competition styles.

gotbent, aka FRT rider.


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Old February 16th 09, 09:59 AM posted to alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
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Default Canadian, Sam Whittingham, is World's Fastest Recumbent Rideron a Custom 'Bent

wrote:
With a trike using that
type of body shell and some reasonable gearing (for the older crowd)
it could be a great vehicle to get around town, or get around the
suburbs.


For Some Values of "that type of body shell". The Varna is a completely
impractical vehicle for anything except what it's used for (speed
records), but if you just mean "an enclosed shell" then as gotbent says,
look for velomobiles.
http://en.velomobiel.nl/ might give you some ideas.

The body shell almost speaks of a glider without wings. I
wonder how that shape would work on glider, or an automobile for that
matter.


Different jobs. Gliders need to think about lift, sports cars about
down-force, so while quite possibly a good start for either you'd need
to do some tweaking in either case.

Pete.
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