Daily Archives: July 13, 2012

13 year old makes news at Human Powered World Championships

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A young teenager in a HPV managed to make news in sources as far removed from cycling as RushLane, an automotive news site, ewandoo, a technology blog, and even the Daily Mail, a newspaper not known for it’s pro-cyclist reporting.

13 year old British boy and his HPVTim Parker the 13 year old son of Chris Parker, of the recumbent trike makers ICE, won the World Championship in the junior class, on a fully faired trike, not surprisingly, made by ICE. His achievement is remarkable in part because he was able to beat competitors with ages up to 16 and, while in no way undermining Tim’s achievement, it serves to illustrate the benefits a fairing confers on a HPV. It no doubt took some athletic ability but also maturity, to successfully manage both the human engine and the machine he was powering, to victory.

The Use of an ICE trike as a platform for a HPV or velomobile is not new, both Ocean Cycle with their Challenger, and Nimbus Kayaks (Velomobiles.CA) in Canada with their Borealis, already do so.

Drymer Now Taking Orders

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After seven years of technical and business development the electric assist Drymer tilting trike is now available to order.

DrymerAs reported on the Dutch HPV Association website, ligfiets.net, and on the manufacture’s own site, production was launched on the 18th June.  This follows the founding of Drymer BV on June 13 2012, by Drymer Products BV and CGE Holding BV.  The trike itself is is produced by WITEC from Ter Apel in the Netherlands.  Dutch TV covered the launch and a news report, in Dutch, follows.

The two key numbers – 1) Drymer expect to produce about 50 machines per year and 2) they are pricing the “Business” model, the one with the fairing, at €9500 + Options + VAT; which put the Dyrmer up at the high-end.  For those with a more constrained budget the basic version is available for about €6000.  Given the styling and specification Drymer BV are targeting a wealthy elite who are looking for a trendy and exclusive vehicle with which to traverse the fietspad.