Human Powered Vehicles

Kinetic Sculpture Links - Links to photo galleries, descriptions, artists and active Kinetic Sculpture Race sites in the U.S. and worldwide.
http://ebeltz.net/niftylinks/ksrlinks.html

Human Powered Race America - The only racing series in the United States for recumbent and Human Powered Vehicles (HPVs). Includes events calendar, overview and history, along with information regarding the .deciMach Prize For Human Powered Speed.
http://www.recumbents.com/hpra/

Workbikes - Information on industrial-use HPVs including cargo haulers and pedicabs.
http://zerocouriers.com/workbike/

Cycle Rickshaw Innovation - An idea for modernising cycle rickshaw or human powered vehicle. Reduces operator fatigue by converting sideways movement into forward momentum.
http://members.fortunecity.com/vu2bxd/rickshaw.htm

Champiot - A four-wheel rowing exerciser. Videos, specifications, pictures, and how to order.
http://www.champiot.com/

Human Powered Vehicle - University of Southampton - Details the University's bid to break the human powered vehicle land speed record.
http://www.hpv.soton.ac.uk

June Moxon Braised Brass Sculptures and The Kinetic Sculpture Race - The sculptures race at events throughout the USA. Judged for art, engineering, pageantry and speed, these vehicles race on mud, pavement, sand, and water.
http://www.angelfire.com/art2/junemoxon/index.html

Dan Speas' Variable Exercise Bicycle - Offers overview and photo gallery of a cable-driven bike with independent pedals and an infinite array of gear ratios. It is useful as a rehabilitation tool. Features videos on the bike and riding.
http://www.vcasa.net/bike

Team Y-knot's Kinetic Sculpture Site - Contains pictures, movies and commentary of their projects. The first sculpture, Chips N Dips, ran in the 2002 Arcata to Ferndale Kinetic Sculpture Race.
http://teamyknot.home.comcast.net/

Human Powered Equipment and Transportation - The discussion of any type of equipment or transportation using human muscles, usually leg muscles with cranks and chains. This includes generators, mills, drills, presses, boats, planes, and land vehicles.
http://www.green-trust.org/2000/humanpower.htm

Quadcycles - Focused on the proliferation and improvement of the "4 wheeled bike." Features links to manufacturers and related resources to earth conscious types of transportation.
http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/quadcycles/index.html

UC Berkeley Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) Team - Site dedicated to human powered vehicles and the assault on the human powered vehicle land speed record.
http://calhpv.berkeley.edu/

Bicycle Trailer - Demonstration of practical human powered bicycle transportation: a cargo trailer for use behind a bike.
http://www.acclivity.ca/kompressor/trailer/testing2.html

Bike Design for Engineers - Bike design at CALPOLY San Luis Obispo. Includes background on the first human powered helicopter as well as student bicycle designs.
http://www.calpoly.edu/~wpatters/

Surreys by Tecnoart of America, Inc. - Manufacturer of four-wheel pedal-powered cycles known as surreys. Offers products for sale and surrey rental business opportunities.
http://www.tecnoartsurrey.com

Trans Canada Human Powered Speed Record HPV - Details one man's quest to break the trans-Canada speed record.
http://www.adventuresofgreg.com/