
 HPV NEWS          Official Newsletter of the
                   International Human Powered Vehicle Association
 November

 INDEX
                 0001   MASTHEAD
                 0002   PRESIDENT'S CORNER
                 0003   FROM REPHPV: 20TH ANNUAL IHPSC UPDATE
                 0004   FOR YOUR INFORMATION
                 0005   THE COLORADO SPEED CHALLENGE
                 0006   19TH IHPSC PRACTICAL VEHICLE COMPETITION
                 0007   FROM THE EDITORS
                 0008   CALENDAR
                 0009   READER'S FORUM
                 0010   CLASSIFIED ADS
                 0011   MEMBERSHIP

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  The IHPVA is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting
  improvement, innovation and creativity in the design and development
  of human powered vehicles.


  International President

  Paul MacCready


  President

  Marti Daily


  Board of Directors

  Allan Abbott,
  Marti Daily,
  Peter Ernst,
  Gaylord Hill,
  Dave Kennedy,
  Gardner Martin,
  Dennis Taves,
  David Gordon Wilson,
  Chet Kyle


  Corporate Secretary

  Adam Englund


  Treasurers

  Joe Brooks and Tess Machlan


  Appointed Vice Presidents

  AIR - Chris Roper
  ALL TERRAIN -Matteo Martignoni
  LAND - Stephen Delaire
  HYBRID POWER - Theodor Schmidt
  WATER - Doug Milliken

  IHPVA
  P.O. Box 51255
  Indianapolis, IN 46251 USA

  Telephone & Fax 317 - 876 - 9478

  Managing Editor

  Leonard Brunkalla


  Associate Editors

  Bill Gaines (For Your Information),
  Marti Daily (President's Corner),
  Nancy Sanford (Advertising),
  Andrew Letton (Calendar).

 HPV News, a publication for human powered vehicle enthusiasts (ISSN
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  President's Corner   by Marti Daily

  It seemed like such a good idea at the time! With interest rates at
 an all-time low, and space in my one-bedroom condominium at a
 premium, and a larger unit available just down the street, late last
 spring I put my condo on the market. IHPVA archives and files had
 spilled into every aspect of my being, and the thought of having a
 bit more room to spread out into seemed like just the ticket. Of
 course, it never turns out to be that easy. Not only did IHPVA stuff
 sprout up in every corner, but my own stuff seemed to spill out
 everywhere, so just trying to get the place cleaned out enough that
 prospective buyers might be interested was the first challenge. A
 storage shed seemed to solve that problem, but juggling packing
 chores with the end of school, and trying to keep up with IHPVA mail,
 etc. as well, put me in a game of catch-up that, as it turned out,
 would last all summer. To make a long story not quite so long, my
 condo did finally sell, but not in time to snag the larger unit down
 the street. And not in time to get all the moving chores done over
 the summer, before school started again. In fact, I'm STILL
 unpacking, trying to figure out where everything will fit, and the
 only saving grace is that I have a full-size garage in which boxes
 can be stacked until I do have time tackle them.

 Soooooooo if you've been wondering why I'm tardier than usual in
 responding to your notes, phone calls, or faxes, please be patient.
 I've cut out all travel (well, almost all) over long weekends this
 fall in the hopes of someday figuring out what normalcy will be, and
 hope to reach that stage of caught up sometime in the near future.
 And meanwhile, if you happen to be passing through Indianapolis, give
 me a call and you can take a turn at opening the mail or answering
 the phone! With a little luck, the sofa in the living room will even
 be available for stopovers. (Both my home phone and the IHPVA phone
 numbers remain unchanged.)

 Although I've had remarkable good fortune in recruting volunteers for
 many of the day-to-day tasks needed to keep the IHPVA running, a
 couple of one-shot jobs are beginning to crop up that require
 attention sometime very soon. We need to publish a new catalog and
 order form, and I'd love to NOT spend my Christmas vacation doing the
 roster, as I was supposed to have done last year. If you have desktop
 publishing skills and some spare time, please give me a call and
 let's discuss how you can help. I do have the existing publications
 on Macintosh disk somewhere!

 The 1994 Cycle and Recycle calendars are now in (see the ad
 elsewhere) in this issue. I was also able to locate a few copies of
 Roger Yepsen's book, Human Power, reviewed in Human Power vol. 10 #1,
 which are available for resale at $10 for non-members, $8 for
 members, while they last. Copies of the proceedings from the HPV
 Symposium at the University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands are now
 available to members in North America from the IHPVA: cost is $15
 including shipping. (Members outside North America should contact the
 University directly to obtain a copy.) Text is in English, and photos
 of each vehicle entered in the 365 days competition is included.
 Write or fax the IHPVA to order any of these items.

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 "FROM REHPV: 20th ANNUAL IHPSC UPDATE"

 The members of Redwood Empire HPV (REHPV) invite you to our city
 (Eureka) for the 20th annual International Human Powered Speed
 Championships (IHPSC) in 1994. We have much to offer for all who
 attend. Eureka is a small city located on the coast of California 281
 miles north of San Francisco on Hwy. 101. The city is located on
 Humboldt Bay, the largest port between San Francisco and Portland,
 Oregon. Our climate is temperate and mild.

 We plan to have all venues for the competition within a short
 distance of each other in Eureka. We would like to support human
 power by making all sites easily accessible by HPVs. Our plan is to
 hold the event from the 1st through 7th of August, 1994, offering
 five full days of events, allowing all who participate to enjoy not
 only those events in which they are competing, but also to be
 spectators at the other venues.

 The tentative schedule includes:

 Land:

 200 Meter Sprints
 1 Hr. Time Trial
 Road Races
 10 mile Speed Segregated Slalom
 1/4 Mile Drags
 Practical Vehicles
 All Terrain Vehicles

 Water:

 100 Meter Flying Start
 Slalom Races
 100 Meter Drags

 Call us if you have suggestions regarding any event and/or if you
 would like to volunteer to help.  We will kickoff the week with a 24
 hour distance event on Monday, August 1. The event will be run on a
 3/8 mile paved and lighted oval auto race course. Anyone interested
 in participating in, or helping with this event, should contact Al or
 Alice Krause, at the number listed below.

 REHPV Current Contact: Al and Alice Krause 707/443-8261.


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 FYI-For Your Information   by Bill Gaines


 On the Speed scene:

 10 new records set at the Speed Week in Colorado. Hats off to Andrew
 Letton, George and Carol Leone (especially Carol) for all of their
 effort to make this event a complete success.  While nobody broke the
 68.7mph Cheetah record, six went over 60 in the 200m, and records
 were set/broken in the 1mi, 1km, 500m distances in the men's single,
 women's single and men's multiple categories. Doug Wright also broke
 his arm's only record in the 200m

 The new  records are:


Record          mph kph  m/w Rider              Designer       Vehicle

200 m (arms)  32.41 52.16  m Doug.Wright        G. Georgiev    Varna Arm
200m multiple 65.03 104.65 m Markam/Whittingham  Gardner Martin Double Gold Rush
500 meter     60.45 97.29  m Mike Prime         UC Berkeley    Z Prime
              45.50 73.22  w Shari Rodgers-Kain TRA            Blue Sand Worm
500m multiple 64.64 104.02 m Markam/Whittingham  Gardner Martin Double Gold Rush
1 kilometer   60.36 97.14  m Markam             Gardner Martin Gold Rush
              45.32 72.93  w Shari Rodgers-Kain TRA            Blue Sand Worm
1km multiple  63.73 102.56 m Markam/Whittingham  Gardner Martin Double Gold Rush
1 mile        59.24 95.34  m Paul Buttermer     G. Georgiev    Varna
              44.67 71.88  w Shari Rodgers-Kain TRA            Blue Sand Worm

 On the helmet scene:

 California, USA Now has a helmet law for those cyclists under the age
 of 18.  Some school districts had already required that students wear
 a helmet when riding to school.

 Interbike Las Vegas:

 This dealer/Industry trade show has grown to be one of the largest
 show of it's kind.  Thanks to Hal Shafer and all the IHPVA volunteers
 that manned IHPVA booth, and the folks at Linear for donating a
 Windchetah and a Kingcycle to show the dealers what recumbents are
 about.  The question asked by dealers was not "I can't sell those" or
 "My customers don't want recumbents", but "I'm not a recumbent
 dealer, I have a (put here any 3 or 4 recumbent names) in stock and
 would like to fillout my line".  keep your eye on your local shop, he
 may surprise you.  On the products of intrest at the show - 3 gas & 2
 electric power assist units, 2 quick release skewer locks, 4
 recumbent manufacturers.  Among the established manufacturers,
 Cannondale displayed a long wheel base machine that was built by one
 of their designers, Shamano products include brake handles that index
 shift and brake with one handle, and is incorporating the gear
 position indicators on the balance of thei r mountain bike line.
 Next month I will describe in more detail some of these and other
 products.

 On the Electric scene:

 Katy Bonallo went 56 miles in 6 hours in David Mischke's electrified
 Sea Saber in the 1993 Electric Boat Regatta Aug. 17 in Everett
 Washington, USA.  Constants are allowed 125lbs of battery.  In the
 Solar category, utilizing only 40 sq ft of terrestrial-grade solar
 panels, the NOPEC team completed 40 miles in the 6 hour time period.
 For more info, contact Andrew Muntz, Snohomish County Public Utility
 District, POB 1107, Everett Washington, USA 98206.

 Some late news:

  10 mile HPV race, Whittier Grand Prix Results (Oct. 3)

  1st   Pete Penseyres  F40
  2nd   Tim Brummer     F40
  3rd   Tom Traylor     Critical Mass

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 TEN WORLD RECORDS SET IN COLORADO!

 By Carole Leone, Race Organizer

 Over a dozen human powered speedbikes collectively set 10 world
 records near Alamosa, Colorado last month.  Six vehicles achieved
 speeds of over 60 mph on the flat, 3 mile course and one rider joined
 the elite 65+ mph club stoking Gardner Martin's tandem "Double Gold
 Rush".  With an average speed of 54 mph for all faired vehicles, the
 Colorado Speed Challenge was the fastest self- propelled athletic
 event ever held on flat ground.

 Fred Markham from Watsonville, CA and Sam Whittingham from Victoria,
 British Columbia, broke the 200 meter multiple rider record by over 2
 mph.  The new record, 65.03 mph, was set late in the evening on the
 last day of competition.  The ride was accomplished in almost dark
 conditions, with course volunteers shining headlights to illuminate
 the 200 meter timed distance.  The run also broke the multiple rider
 kilometer (63.73 mph) and 500 meter (64.64 mph) records.

 The competition, organized by Transportation Research Associates, Inc.
 (TRA) ran from September 14 through the 17 and featured four days of
 straight-line attempts for world records.  Easy Racers, Inc. offered
 $2000 in prize money for the fastest single rider of the meet.  The
 event was limited to speedbikes that had already gone over 45 mph.

 First place went to Sam Whittingham riding "Varna" with a top speed of
 63.785 mph.  This was the first competition for this just- finished
 speedbike.  Designed and built by George Georgiev of British Columbia,
 "Varna" featured front wheel drive and steering in a low, compact
 fairing (approximately 2 feet high).

 The same bike, with Paul Buttemer of British Columbia supplying the
 power, also set a new record for the mile at 59.25 mph.  Georgiev,
 called the 'Da Vinci of human power' after this meet, is a sculptor
 and designer who also created Doug Wright's "Varna Arm", the holder of
 the flying 200 meters record for arm-powered only.   Wright, of
 Calgary, Canada broke his own record twice during the week, ending
 with a new record of 32.41 mph.

 Three new world records for women were also established at the event.
 Shari Rodgers-Kain, riding the "Blue Sandworm", established speeds for
 the mile (44.67 mph), kilometer (45.32 mph), and 500 meters (45.50
 mph).  She became the only woman to hold three world records for human
 powered vehicles.  The Blue Sandworm, a ground- hugging three-wheeled
 model with a lightweight fairing, was designed and built by Mark
 Sumich of TRA, a San Luis Obispo nonprofit group that works with
 advanced composite materials.

 Rodgers-Kain, from Palo Alto, CA, is a member of the women's U.S.
 national cycling team and Team Fisons-Ritchey.  She most recently
 placed 14th in this year's Tour de France Feminin.  A second woman
 rider, Debra Grimes riding Cal State Chico's "X-Stream", was second
 with a speed of 41.68 mph.

 The event was often hampered by windy conditions and bison on the
 course. Bison?  Not just one or two, but herds of bison would wander
 on the road and stand around until urged off by race volunteer Jeff
 Fettig and his jeep.  The course, with near-perfect slope,
 straightness and length, ran through unfenced rangeland belonging to a
 commercial bison ranch.   Although race organizers tried to keep bikes
 and bison separate, several semi-close encounters of the hooved kind
 occurred.

 One bike, a three wheeler, had no problem stopping well ahead of the
 herd.  Another, a two wheeler from Cal State Chico, wasn't so lucky
 and had to be rescued from the unexpected rendezvous by being pinned
 against a stopped Ford van.  The speedbike pilot, Tim Bingaman, showed
 remarkable composure in quickly choosing the "sandwich" technique to
 allow the one observer to catch his vehicle mid-course.  Paul Buttemer
 on his record mile run reported entering a small bison group at 45
 mph, threading his way through, and exiting at 55 mph!

 Other world records set at the competition were the flying kilometer
 (60.36 mph) by Fred Markham and the flying 500 meters (60.45 mph) set
 by Mike Prime of Berkeley, CA.   Prime also has the new collegiate 200
 meter record of 61.24 mph (the collgegiate record is for student-built
 and student-powered vehicles).

 None of the speedbikes got close to Chris Huber's human powered speed
 record of 68.7 mph, set on the same course in September of 1992.

 The camaraderie between the nine teams was widespread throughout the
 competition.  Each team provided assistance, materials or
 encouragement to the others, resulting in overall rejoicing when a new
 record was set.

 The event could not have been held, nor so many records broken,
 without the help of the few but dedicated non-contestant volunteers
 such as Eric Burt (Alamosa co-organizer), Andrew Letton and John David
 Heinzman (timers), Kent Whiting (starter), Jeff Franks (race steward),
 Neal Carson, Steve Meyers and Anthony Rosario (anemometer), Jeff
 Fettig (buffalo wrangler), Phil Swift (one mile observer), Paul Smith
 and Dennis Northey (barricade monitors), and Kevin Goodfellow (roving
 volunteer).

 The Colorado Speed Challenge was organized and operated under the race
 procedures proposed to the IHPVA this year by a committee chaired by
 Steven Delaire.  These procedural rules required an independent race
 steward to verify vehicle and course safety, specified course
 requirements and defined a protest procedure.  The result was a four
 day extremely fast competition that had no high- speed falls, crashes
 or other accidents.

 COLORADO SPEED CHALLENGE RESULTS

 200 Meters, Legal Wind

 1)    Sam Whittingham       Varna                    63.785 mph
 2)    Fred Markham          Gold Rush Colorado       63.513 mph
 3)    Jeff Solt             Z Prime                  61.488 mph
 4)    Mike Prime            Z Prime                  61.288 mph
 5)    Paul Swift            Moby                     61.135 mph
 6)    Sean Costin           Milwaukee Flyer          60.902 mph
 7)    Tim Bingaman          X-Stream                 52.516 mph
 8)    Doug Walters          New Attitude             51.739 mph
 9)    Shari Rodgers-Kain    Blue Sandworm            45.541 mph
 10)   Andres Eulate         Blue Sandworm            43.952 mph
 11)   Debra Grimes          X-Stream                 41.683 mph
 12)   Steve Delaire         Rotator 007              40.510 mph

       Doug Wright           Varna Arm                32.412 mph


 Note:  This is the first time that 6 riders have gone over 60 mph at
 one event.  Average speed was 54 mph!


  NEW RECORDS*

  1 Mile        Paul Buttemer   Varna                   59.245 mph
                                                        (old record 54.11 mph)

  1 Kilometer   Fred Markham    Gold Rush Colorado      60.360 mph
                                                        (old record 55.69 mph)

  500 Meters    Mike Prime      Z Prime                 60.451 mph
                                                        (old record 56.93 mph)

  Multiple Rider

  200 Meters    Fred Markham/
                Sam Whittingham  Double Gold Rush        65.03 mph
  1 Kilometer   Fred Markham/
                Sam Whittingham  Double Gold Rush        63.73 mph
  500 Meters    Fred Markham/
                Sam Whittingham  Double Gold Rush        64.64 mph

  200 Meters,
  Arm Powered   Doug Wright      Varna Arm               32.412 mph
                                                        (old record 30.75 mph)

  New Women's Records Established By Shari Rodgers-Kain:

  1 Mile        Shari Rodgers-Kain    Blue Sandworm     44.666 mph
  1 Kilometer   Shari Rodgers-Kain    Blue Sandworm     45.315 mph
  500 Meters    Shari Rodgers-Kain    Blue Sandworm     45.498 mph

 *All records pending IHPVA certification.

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  19th IHPSC Practical Vehicle Competition
  (Continued from the October issue of HPV NEWS

  by Tim Dunsworth

 As the organizer of the Practical Vehicle competition at the recent
 19th IHPSC in Blaine, Minnesota, I have been asked to provide a short
 report on how it went.  Basically, I planned the event by borrowing
 liberally from the Milwaukee event two years before, with a few ideas
 from other events and some of my own thrown in.  It was set up to
 have five points scoring parts.  On Thursday we had static judging at
 two stations (one basically for weight and dimensions and the other
 for operating features and accessories) plus a third station for a
 timed slalom course and a braking test.  On Friday we had a simulated
 errand run with four laps around a short parking lot course plus
 stops in between to load and unload some cargo (which was then
 carried for one lap) and to remove a pedal and a drive wheel and then
 replace them. The fourth lap included a short off-road excursion over
 grass, gravel, and a shallow water-filled ditch (and after all the
 rain we've had this spring and summer in Minnesota we didn't have to
 go far at all to find one !).  The third scoring event was a
 "competitor's choice" vote for the three vehicles they each thought
 best exemplified their own notion of what a practical vehicle should
 be.  The remaining points events involved carry-over speed event
 scoring from the best two of up to five speed events (with higher
 maximum scores for the 200 meter sprint and the drag race to
 emphasize those tests a little more heavily and encourage entrants to
 give them a try).  There were 17 starters and 16 finishers riding a
 range of production or home-built vehicles, bikes (13) or trikes (3),
 singles (15) or tandems (1), and GT (7) or unfaired (9).

 The Thursday and Friday events went surprisingly well and nearly on
 schedule -- amazing for any HPV event, and doubly amazing considering
 that they were both moved at the last minute to a relatively empty
 corner of the front parking lot to get away from all the Earth Expo
 exhibitors who were parking in the back lot where they were supposed
 to take place.  The highlights Thursday were probably the braking
 test performances of Ray Brick, who managed to get his medium
 wheelbase recumbent up on just the front wheel, and Bill Gaines, who
 did two nearly identical sideways slides on his low-slung trike.
 Noone maxed the static judging, and it was somewhat surprising to me
 that most people had rather mediocre braking results of .40 to .60
 g's (Steve Isles was best at .74 g's), so as a result we had a pretty
 close and interesting competition right from the start.

 Friday's commute was a very entertaining event to watch, as it turned
 out, and we were fortunate to get quite a good crowd of specatators
 doing just that.  Competitors could choose to pass on the pedal and
 wheel removal if they were willing to accept the time of the slowest
 finisher for that task, and thanks to his tricky wheel mounting and
 obstructing luggage Dennis Taves made that a very substantial penalty
 with a time of 6:40 compared to the fastest finisher's time of 1:25
 or the average of about 3:23.  Competitors also got penalty seconds
 for carrying less than the highest competitor's number of
 water-filled gallon milk jugs, and several competitors managed to
 carry all 12 of the jugs we provided -- Don Harse by simply loading
 them into the huge trunk on his trike and Carl Gulbronson by hanging
 them by straps from each shoulder (that's about 50 pounds on each
 shoulder, folks !).  The highest finishers overall on Friday were
 Carl Gulbronson, Dave Johnson, and Don Harse.

 Competitor's choice voting was somewhat incomplete, but there were
 fairly clear favorites that probably would not have changed much if
 all the ballots had come in.  Most people cast one vote for
 themselves as expected, but many were modest enough to rate other
 vehicles higher than their own.  The favorites were the slickest of
 the two wheelers, by Steve Isles and Ray Brick, and the very
 utilitarian run-about/load-hauler trikes by Don Harse and Linda and
 Natalie Jayne.

 The speed event carry-over scoring was dominated by Carl Gulbronson
 with a perfect 200 points for being the highest practical vehicle
 finisher in both the 200 meter sprint and the drag race.  He was
 followed by Paul John with 186 pts and Dennis Taves with 172. Most
 competitors chose to compete in at least three speed events, with ten
 iron-thighed types doing all five!  There was considerable variety in
 which events ended up contributing points for each entrant, with all
 five events figuring in the results for at least one of the entrants.

 When all the scores were finally in (a scant few hours before the
 awards banquet !), it turned out that there were several possible
 ways to end up among the top ten finishers, from pure speed to pure
 utility and rider appeal to strongly balanced results in all five
 phases of the competition.  The finishing order and scores of the
 medal winners were as listed below:

  Final   Entrant's       Vehicle Static  Friday         Speed  Grand
  Placing Name            Number  Judging Commute Voting Events Total

  1.      Steve Isles     #114    74      70      100    147    391
  2.      Carl Gulbronson #135    76      100     0      200    376
  3.      Paul John       #107    80      54      30     186    351
  4.      Ray Brick       #202    74      43      56     160    333
  5.      Dennis Taves    #124    71      44      43     172    330
  6.      Dave Johnson    #233    70      85      22     136    313
  7.      Don Harse       #221    66      84      74     87     311
  8.      L&N Jayne       #220    57      69      57     118    301
  9.      Mike Conkling   #111    67      66      0      166    299
  10.     Steven Roe      #234    66      69      0      153    288

 That's pretty much the story of this year's practical vehicle
 competition.  I like to think that it went quite smoothly and was
 enjoyed by the competitors and spectators alike. Anyone who wants
 more scoring details can contact me (send a PC diskette if you really
 want every excrutiating detail), and I can also provide copies of the
 scoring form and judging guidelines to anyone who wants to adapt some
 of our event design features for a practical vehicle competition
 among their own chapter members -- it's really a fun and easy sort of
 event, and there are countless variations that can be made (like
 adding a hill climb and/or coast-down hill as the Michigan chapter
 does, or an on-road phase with scoring stations along the way, or a
 scavenger hunt like they had at Milwaukee, or spectator's choice
 voting like they had in Portland, or ....).

  Tim Dunsworth
  4115 Brookside Ave
  St. Louis Park,  MN  55416
  (612) 929-7716 evenings

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 0007

 FROM THE EDITORS

 by Len Brunkalla

 Well, the first issue of HPV News, from the new production staff,
 made it out the door with hardly a hitch. A missed mail permit number
 caused a minor delay, but, as a first time ever collaboration between
 near strangers, they all did an incredible job.

 As mentioned in the October "President's Corner", this newsletter
 will be coming to you monthly. This means, that as you received your
 October issue in the mail, the November issue was already in
 production. As you read this, the December issue should already be in
 the works. We are doing our best to turn around news and information
 as fast as possible, so if you want to begin your road to fame, send
 us your ORIGINAL stories, photos, articles, or technical essays.
 Details on submissions to HPV News, are detailed on the inside front
 cover of this newsletter. In upcoming issues, we hope to bring you
 articles on various building techniques such as bonded together
 frames, bolt together frames, brazing, and welding. Hopefully, it
 will give some of our inventive members some insight on HPV building
 within their means and or abilities. We will also try to coerce
 someone into writing an article revealing the secret methods of
 organizing a successful ride or outing. Remember, you don't have to
 be a Richard Ballantine, to be published here, so warm-up those pens,
 pc's, or typewriters and let us know what you have to say or want to
 hear.

 Don't forget about the "My HPV" column. Send in your pictures,
 articles, and anecdotes about your own HPV experiences, experiments,
 or adventures.

 A note from the page layout department:

 Before HPV NEWS sees print, the entire text, page layout, graphics,
 and space locations for the photograhs are stored in a computer file.
 This makes it easy to edit quickly.  The masthead (under submissions)
 lists what sort of graphics formats the layout editor can work with.
 The masthead, in the same section, also states the kind of text the
 layout editor recommends:  ASCII.

 Apparently there is some confusion about what constitutes ASCII.
 Generally, ASCII is an internationally accepted collection of numeric
 codes that represent specific alphabetic and graphic characters.  For
 example, the number 65 represents the English letter A.  Frequent
 users of Electronic mail, like myself, use ascii extensively.

 Unfortunately, not all word processing software stores its text in
 pure ascii form.  Each word processor, in order to work efficiently
 with files it stores, embeds each file with non-ascii codes, e.g.,
 paragraph markers, special font indicators, page breaks, etc.
 Extracting these needless formating codes are a tedious task, even
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 0008

  CALENDAR

  JANUARY 1994

  (date TBA): Human Powered Ice Races. White Bear Lake, Minnesota, USA.
  200 m time trial, 100 ft. drag race, and  road  races. Ice race
  information/registration packet available upon request from:
  MnHPVA,
  4139 Brookside Ave. S.
  St. Louis Park, MN 55416 USA
  MnHPVA Hotline: (612)929-4049

  MARCH 1994

  4-5: Chicago Area Bicycle Dealer's Consumer Show. Held at O'Hare Expo
  Center in Rosemont. Should be twice as big as last year . Contact: Len
  Brunkalla (708)742-5818

  18-20: Solar and Electric 500. No longer has Ultralight class, which
  included Hybrid Pedal/Electric vehicles. Info: (602)953-6672.

  APRIL 1994

  15-17: ASME Collegiate HPV Races: Hosted by University of California,
  Davis, in conjunction with their annual Picnic Day open house. Fri.:
  Static Judging, Sat.: 200m Sprints with  1-mile run-up, Sun.: Relay
  Race of  50 miles for teams of 3 or more riders on a challenging
  parking lot course. Contact: UCD Engineering Dean's Office,
  (916)752-0553

  MAY 1994

  8: The Boulder Kinetic Challenge. A one day kinetic sculpture race.
  Contact: Rene Doubleday at
  KBCO,
  8975 East Kenyon Ave,
  Denver, CO 80237 USA
  (303)694-6300

  21-28: American Tour de Sol: Solar and electric vehicle race which
  this year runs from New York to Philadelphia and includes a class
  which allows Hybrid Pedal/Electric vehicles. Add a motor to your HPV
  and join the race. Contact: Nancy Hazard, Northeast Sustainable Energy
  Assoc.: (413)774-6051

  28-30: The World Championship Great Arcata to Ferndale Cross-country
  Kinetic Sculpture Race. This is the Silver (25th) Anniversary of this,
  the granddaddy of all Kinetic races -- it has not only the longest
  name, but the longest, most challenging course of them all. In case of
  rain, the race will be run in the rain!! Contact:
  Hobart Brown,
  P.O. Box 916, Ferndale, CA 95536 USA
  (707)725-3851
  JULY 1994

  9-10 (tentative): Midwest HPV Classic. Part of the Midwest HPV Racing
  Series. Milwaukee, WI, USA. Contact: Dennis Northey at (414)671-4560

  15-17: DaVinci Days: The 6th annual celebration of science, art, and
  technology, including Human Power events, Kid Power design contest,
  and Kinetic Sculpture Race. Corvallis, OR, USA. Contact: Paul Atwood
  (503)752-6410 (h) or Raan Young (503)750-2506 (work)

  15-17 (?): SEER, Solar Energy Expo and Rally: Alternative energy
  expo, including electric vehicle races which include a class which
  allows Hybrid Pedal/Electric vehicles. Willits, CA, USA. Contact: Phil
  Jorgensen at (707)459-1256, or -0366 FAX

  30: Second Kinetic Boat Races at the Reedley River Rampage and Fish
  Fry held on the Kings River. Open to all unique H.P. boats; normal row
  boats not allowed. Everything else from hydrofoils to kinetic
  sculptures welcome. Single and Multiple rider categories. Contact:
  Chuck Carson,
  Reedley District Chamber of Commerce,
  1613-12th St.,
  Reedley CA 93654 USA
  (209)638-3548

  AUGUST 1994

  1-7: 20th International Human Powered Speed Championships, to be held
  in Eureka (not Yreka) California, USA. Events to include a Relay Race
  similar to that at the ASME Collegiate Races. All venues within 6.5
  miles of host hotel! Contact:
  Al and Alice Krause,
  Redwood Empire HPV
  2338 18th Street, Eureka, CA 95501 USA
  Phone: (707)443-8261

  26-28: European HPV Championships. In addition to the standard races,
  the event will include long distance (50 km and 100 km) races and the
  first ever HP Rail championships. To be held in Laupen, Switzerland,
  30 km WSW of Bern. Contact:
  Jrg Hlzle,
  Future Bike Spitzackerstrasse
  9, CH-4410 Liestal, Switzerland
  FAX: 33-28-30-39

  SEPTEMBER 1994

  9-12: INTERBIKE - Bicycle industry trade show. Held at the Anaheim
  (California) Convention Center (and also on the east coast; see
  October) Contact: Interbike at (714)722-0990.

  10: The Great Kinetic Sculpture Race: Omaha. This event was canceled
  in 1993, but will rise from the ashes better than ever in 1994.
  Contact:
  Evan Mills ,
  POB 3770, Omaha, NE 68103 USA
  (402)496-1371

  17 (tentative): The Annual Newark Day Parade last year had 180 entries
  and over 75K spectators, making it one of the largest parades in
  Northern CA. Greg Clark organizes a Unique Bicycle Entry and welcomes
  all HPVs. BBQ for all riders to follow parade. Contact:
  Greg Clark
  37420-B Cedar Blvd.,
  Newark CA 94560 USA
  (510)791-1811

  OCTOBER 1994

  9-11: INTERBIKE - Bicycle industry trade show. Held at
  the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Contact: Interbike at
  (714)722-0990.  SUMMER 1995 (date TBA) 21st International Human
  Powered Speed Championships, to be held in The Netherlands. Visualize
  an entire shipping container of vehicles from North America. Start
  planning now, and we can make it happen!

  Additions? Comments? (Criticism?), please call me, or better yet, drop
  me a post card with all the details so I can include it in next
  month's issue. I need information on events in other parts -- in
  particular, details on the Midwest Racing Series, The Swiss Tour de
  Sol, Japanese Boat Races and Birdman event, the Argus Cycle Tour, and
  other events outside the U.S. My deadline is the 15th. of each month,
  so items received after the that will be in the issue two months
  following.

  Andrew M. Letton
  P.O. Box 294,
  Whitethorn, CA 95589-0294 USA
  (707)986-7315 (home),
  (510)449-0426 (work, message)


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   READER'S FORUM

  Dear Len,

      I intend to prepare a study on the impact of elliptical
  chainrings on power output in the recumbent position, and publish the
  results in Human Power.  I would like the help of someone who has,
  or who can acquire, equipment to monitor power output.  Anyone
  interested in participating as a subject or as an observer is welcome.

  Part of the study examines the relationship between seat
  angle and power output.  Previous studies on this subject do not
  include skilled athletes trained in the recumbent position.  My
  hypothesis is that power output of a fully reclined rider is not
  significantly less than that of a rider in an upright recumbent
  position.

  Sincerely,
  Sean Costin
  9259 S. Hamlin
  Evergreen Park, IL.  60642
  (708)423-5565


   NOTE from the editor:

      Human power enthusiasts worldwide on the FIDONET e-mail
  network can now send news of the latest events and other items
  concerning human power directly to HPV NEWS through our new FIDONET
  representative, TIM LEIER at 1:250/238.   The electronic bulletin
  board, ONE LESS CAR, caters to human power enthusiasts and displays a
  wealth of related material.   ONE LESS CAR can be called directly by
  modem at 415 480 0147.   Leonard Brunkalla, HPV NEWS Managing Editor,
  is still available on the RIME e-mail network.(see masthead)
  Currently, we are making efforts to establish an INTERNET connection.
  The representative needs to be on both INTERNET and RIME, or on
  INTERNET and FIDONET.   Interested parties should contact Leonard
  Brunkalla.

      Also, within a few months, the computerized text of
  HPVNEWS may be available in Spanish, German, Italian, and French,
  provided there seems sufficient desire for such an option.


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    CLASSIFIEDS

    FLYBY STARCRUISER

   SunTour equipped 12 spd racing tricycle.
   20x1 1/8 fronts, 700x20 rear wheel.
   Has been raced since 1990 in most of the Great Lakes Series events.
   One of a kind, as is
   $1000.00
   Call Len in Elgin, IL.
   (708)742-5818


   DRAGONFLY III

   Human Powered Hovercraft.
   See article in Winter 1990/91 HUMAN POWER.
   Lack of storage forces sale.
   $2000.00.
   Steve Ball
   2463 Dulzura Ave.
   San Diego, CA 92104 U.S.A.
   Phone (619) 281 2531


   WHEEL COVERS for Alex Moulton 17-inch wheels.

   Vacuum formed plastic;
   different types to fit symmetrical front and dished rear wheels.
   U.S. $25.00/wheel (two disks).
   For more information, SASE (or two international reply coupons to:
   Doug Milliken, 245 Brompton Road,
   Buffalo, NY 14221 U.S.A.


   17th and 18th IHPSC VIDEO

   -covers all events, vehicles, riders, and spectators, all identified
   and narrated.
   Two hour NTSC or 8mm - $20US
   (include extra for overseas)
   Please specify whether you want the 17th, 18th, or both.
   Send to:
   Steve Isles
   839 Nimrod Lane, R.D. # 2
   Bolivar, Ohio  44612 U.S.A.


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   Make it one of your goals to help develop and promote alternate forms
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