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 the excellent Recumbent Cyclist News, now writes for this informative site.

The Recumbent Blog http://www.recumbentblog.com/

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.

Recumbent Cyclist News was an excellent enthusiast magazine that was published every other month 1990-2007.

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 contribute by verifying that their descriptions are accurate.

Dig-n-Go http://www.digngo.com/

High-end customized bicycle tours in France and Italy, with nearly everything but your plane tickets included, plus many extras such as hot-air ballooning available on request; see their site for details. The same people run Golf Holidays France, if you like golf.

Recumbents.com http://www.recumbents.com/

Lots of good 'bent information and links here.

Recumbent Bikes & Trikes http://www.recumbentbicyclesource.com/

Bicycling Life http://www.bicyclinglife.com/

Lots of good advocacy info, and a page on recumbents.

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.

Not a recumbent, obviously, but
pretty cool. Surly Bikes offers
their Pugsley Frame, which can
accomodate tires up to four
inches wide on 26-inch rims,
giving tremendous flotation on
snow, sand, mud, and other such
gnarly conditions. Looks like fun.
Can I get some fenders?

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.

Bicycling magazine http://www.bicycling.com/

Occasional articles and ads about 'bents.

Brainstorm (1983) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085271/

Movie in which Christoper Walken's character rides an Avatar LWB USS recumbent to work; Natalie Wood's last film.

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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. Seeing him on the old Donohue TV show was one thing that got me thinking about recumbents, along with the movie Brainstorm.