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Full
Faired Recumbents
a.k.a. Human Powered Vehicles (HPV), a.k.a. Streamliners
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The one time World Record Holding Cheetah
HPV, with a sprint to 68.73 mph. The composite bike weighs 21lbs., the fairing 8.5 lbs. The rider was Chris Huber, and the
design team (pictured behind the Cheetah, left to right): James Osborn, Fevin Franz, and
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The Gold Rush
family. The Gold Rush was the previous record holder. Eventually
raised record to 65.84
mph. Gold Rush Le Tour.jpg 15k The Easy Racers
Gold Rush Le Tour. A chopped-and-channeled version of the record-setting Gold Rush. Photo
by Jeff Wills jwills@pacifier.com |
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The Gold Rush, now displayed in the
Smithsonian Museum in Wasington DC, Gold Rush.jpg 9k |
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The Gold Rush Replica, an aluminum
framed light weight verion of the Tour Easy. A production version of what is inside the
Gold Rush fairing. Gold Rush Replica.jpg
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The Vector, a fully faired tricycle
recumbent, held the record in 1980 at nearly 63 mph.Vector.jpg
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Photo by Jeff Wills jwills@pacifier.com |
Photo by Jeff Wills jwills@pacifier.com
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This bike (trike) is so beautiful I even
broke my own rule on the size of the thumbnails on this web site but I think its worth it!
To this day the Vector's name still comes up on the IHPVA's listserver once in a while.
Three wheels, fiberglass shell, Lexan canopy. 24" sew-up tires in front, 700C rear,
drum brakes on front wheels. This particular Vector (there were several) has an additional
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The Varna Streamliners
Some photos and comments of the Varna taken by Jeff Wills jwills@pacifier.com when Paul and George Georgiev
went down for a testing session at Portland International Raceway.
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Varna banking Paul and the Varna going
through the last turn at PIR at speed. That's George in the background. Paul was just
warming up at this point- doing "only" 35mph.
Varnabank1.jpg 10k |
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Another shot of the Varna at speed. I
think he got this in the right light and just the right angle. Pretty, eh? Varnabank2.jpg 16k |
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A shot of George cocooning Paul in the
Varna. The top (yellow) portion of the fairing is flexible and snaps -I think- to the
lower (black) portion. The lower part forms most of the structure for the bike. Varna-Prep.jpg 19k |
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Varna on truck The Varna Orpheus mounted
on the back of their pickup truck. I can only imagine what other drivers on the Interstate
5 thought of this. Varna-Truck.jpg 15k |
Now for some shots Mark
Matarella took of the US Speed Championships in Columbus Ohio in 1995.
More random stuff...
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