Jeff Wills

>This story was sent to you by: Gary Medley
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>Great piece on HPV in the LA Times. The other side of cycling.
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>The complete article can be viewed at:
>http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm->speedbike35aug27,0,5339771.story?coll=la-home-magazine

What side is that, Gary? Giant flaming suppositories... uh... human-powered vehicles race at PIR every year over Memorial Day. Here's some photos from the last edition:
http://www.ohpv.org/albums/pir2006/index.htm

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Jeff Wills

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Make plans now to attend the Portland Human Power Challenge:
http://www.ohpv.org/PIR/index.htm
and the Recumbent Retreat:
http://www.recumbentretreat.org/
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garymedley@comcast.net

This story was sent to you by: Gary Medley

Great piece on HPV in the LA Times. The other side of cycling.

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This Is a Bike. Trust Us.
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And you won't believe how fast it goes or how much the guy inside is suffering

By Preston Lerner
Preston Lerner has written for Wired, Smithsonian, Popular Science and Automobile.

August 27 2006

Barely visible against the vast asphalt expanse of the Nissan test track, a white speck emerges from the soft light of the Arizona dawn. As it approaches, it takes shape as what might be a miniature submarine, or maybe a giant suppository on wheels. Crammed within the tiny, fully enclosed, artfully streamlined body is a world-class cyclist who's reclining like guy on a Barcalounger as he pedals furiously enough to make his bike the world's fastest sweatbox. He rockets past with a whoosh, and I suddenly understand why his ride is called a human powered vehicle, or HPV, rather than just a bicycle.

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http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm-speedbike35aug27,0,5339771.story?coll=la-home-magazine

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