General recumbent links
Guides
- IHPVA Recumbent Bikes FAQ
http://www.ihpva.org/FAQ/
- Good place to start: has some diagrams of general types, plus details about the unfortunate 1934 Union Cycliste Internationale ruling, that banned recumbents and fairings from UCI bicycle racing, and in effect halted the engineering development of bicycles.
- 'BentRider Online
http://www.bentrideronline.com/
- Bob Bryant, who used to publish Recumbent Cyclist News, now writes for this informative site.
- The Recumbent Blog
http://www.recumbentblog.com/
- Closed, no new posts, but still online for reference (Feb '09).
- Recumbent & Tandem Rider
http://www.rtrmag.com/
- Quarterly recumbents/tandems magazine, first issue March 2001. Back issues available. You may be able to get a sample copy at your Local Bike Shop.
- Wikipedia: Recumbent bicycle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recumbent_bicycle
- Most complete treatment of recumbent history I'm aware of.
Other links
- Winning Forbidden: The Real History of the Recumbent Bicycle
http://www.cyclegenius.com/history.php
- The Recumbent Bicycle
(Gunnar Fehlau, ISBN 189259059X)
- Third edition published September 2006; the first edition was described by Bob Bryant as a "must read" in RCN #62.
- TrailLink.com
http://www.traillink.com/
- Find bike trails in your area. This online reference provided by the
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy lists both rail trails and other bike trails. Also publishes regional guidebooks. If you're already familiar with your area bike trails, you might want to verify that their descriptions are accurate.
- National Bicycle Greenway
http://www.bikeroute.com/
- This site sponsors many recumbent manufacturer and dealer pages; bicycle advocacy.
- www.bikeroute.com classified ads
- Including a recumbents section; buy a bike on the Internet.
- rec.bicycles.marketplace
- Usenet newsgroup: more bikes for sale.
- alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent
- Usenet newsgroup: general discussion about recumbents.
- Fly Bike Shop
http://www.flybikeshop.com/
- Online buying/selling of bicycles and parts including recumbent.
- Google Directory:
Recumbent Bicycles
- Open Directory Project:
Recumbent Bicycles
- Yahoo! Directory:
Recumbent Bicycles
- Recumbent and HPV Information Center
http://www.recumbents.com/
- Mike Bentley's recumbents links
http://www.mikebentley.com/bike/bents/
- Recumbents and Technomadics
http://www.fred.net/kathy/benttech.html
- Another recumbent FAQ.
- Nomadic Research Labs
http://microship.com/
- Steve Roberts built a computerized and networked recumbent bicycle and rode it all over the country; last time I looked he was building a computerized sailboat.
- Bicycling magazine
http://www.bicycling.com/
- Occasional articles and ads about 'bents.
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