July 2005 Meeting Notes and Photos have been posted @ http://mnhpva.org/meetings/2006/mar_06/mar_06.html With luck I'll get a few more months done while...
Barry / Other, Kids are welcome to join us in the parade and enjoy the refreshments. Kids can try the polo, but you need good legs and low gears plus some ...
February 2006 Meeting Notes and Photos have been posted @ http://mnhpva.org/meetings/2006/feb_06/index.html I gave a bad link yesterday to the March notes....
Greetings All, Have a bang-up day. http://www.dixie-chicks.com/zip/chicksanthem.swf =) denis in Minneapolis [Non-text portions of this message have been...
I did an inventory this spring to be sure that I had spare tires and tubes for all the bikes, and decided that something has gotta change. Tour Easy: 700c and...
Trail Cycle and MnHPVA will hold an easy-paced fun ride on the Sunrise Prairie and Hardwood Creek Trails on August 8th, 2006 (rain day on Aug. 12th). We'll...
I have a nice Vision R65 Saber, white, Shimano Ultegra components, seat pack, rear rack, flight deck computer for sale. Very quick, very comfortable. $1,000....
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Anyone have a 165mm square-taper road double crank (not triple) 130 BCD (not compact) in their spares box? Chain rings not important - I have those. Bruce...
Reminder from the Calendar of recumbentsmn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/recumbentsmn/cal MnHpva Meeting Wednesday July 12, 2006 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (This event...
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Tour de Pepin riders, you have just 2 weeks to continue your training rides for the upcoming Tour de Pepin. We expect a better than usual turnout this year,...
We have some digital photos from CycleVision and riding around the Netherlands & were planning to bring them to the meeting, but out digital projector died....
Mary, I have a DLP computer projector with VGA computer connection. Video connections for s-video, RCA and a square USB jacks. Check it out at the following...
The following post from Nick Demma was truncated by the news group editing software. I am hopeful this version will post in the full. I am curious about the...
... Horsepower required to overcome aero drag increases with the 3rd power of the increase in speed. Horsepower required to overcome mechanical drag,...
Knowing several MNHPVA Members are in various stages in the conception, design and building of an practical ultra high mileage hybrid vehicles, I thought...
Hi Carl, That looks great. We'll bring a computer and some cables. The pictures are of a variety of bikes and HPV's in the Netherlands, and also some cycling...
I have a set of Oxy-Acetylene tanks that are looking for a good home. These are large old tanks that were passed to me by Sean Costin. You just need to come...
I've been working on some concepts along these lines, although I'd have to classify myself as a complete newbie on the subject. My search for an alternative to...
A readable version of the report is on the web at this address: http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/demma/superMileageVehicle.htm It has a plot of MPG Vs...
Nick, The federal laws about electric bikes is listed below. State laws are not up to date and mostly deal with moped that use pedals to start the motor. In...
... But the faster car needs to provide this power for only 1 / 2.4 times as long to travel the same distance. So fuel economy should scale inversely with...
Phil, Another cost to consider in the miles per dollar is the cost of replacing the batteries. One of the design flaws of the Twike is the factory charges...
I can adress the two questions below. 1. If you run an AC motor, you can vary the frequency into the AC motor to give you different speeds. A DC motor is...
For those who wanted to see more photos of the Dutch cycling scene, we've been uploading them onto the new version of our website, which is currently housed at...
... AC motors are slightly more efficient then DC motors. But the difference is probably not worth the inverter losses. A good DC motor controller design...
Heres my 2 cents worth on electric assist. I think our group has a very good grasp of energy and engineering, I have been riding my EZ sport with 450 watt hub...
Carl, I am not familiar with the original source Jeff mentions, but the model airplane diesel engines I am familiar with are Davis conversions of regular two...
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