MnHPVA Meeting

Wednesday 09MARCH

Lake Nokomis Community Center

2401 E. Minnehaha Parkway

Time 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM


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This video is about a Human Powered Vehicle, but not the type we
usually discuss.  However the creative thinking and the cheapness of
the parts involved are right down our alley.

The Builder is a local mechanical engineer.  The Pilot is a 2 year
old with Spina Bifida.  The Vehicle is simple a narrowed booster
chair with small bike wheels and caster mounted to some aluminum
plate or angle.  A perfect example of "The whole being greater than
the sum of it's parts."

Even though he'll probably never walk, it's hard to feel sorry for
Zach, watching him scoot around.   He certainly doesn't seem to feel
sorry for himself.

Enjoy!  Zach does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IqNveiONfU

No relation, just something I found on YouTube.
--

Mark Stonich;
    BikeSmith Design & Fabrication
      5349 Elliot Ave S. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417 USA
         Ph. (612) 824-2372   http://bikesmithdesign.com

MnHPVA Meeting

Wednesday 13APR

Lake Nokomis Community Center

2401 E. Minnehaha Parkway

Time 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM



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My son and I are just starting on another frame build. One new task for me
will be bending fork blades. If any one has a simple portable blade bender I
would appreciate it if you could bring it to the meeting. Even drawings of what
works cheap and easy would be great. I am not ready to the bend the blades yet,
just need to get a plan of how I am going to do it.

Thanks, Brad Lindberg

If anyone is planning on riding the MS on May 7 out of Maplewood, is there any
interest in putting together a team of bent riders?  30 and 60 mile supported
routes on a trail.

I am 100 miles out of the Twin Cities, my wife is working that day, so would
like to join other riders to have a bit of a social time if I decide to come in
for the ride.

If someone wants to start a team, go to bikeMSminnesota.org  sign up a team,
then let the rest of the list know and we will join you.

Jake

http://www.startribune.com/local/118713504.html



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http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/bik/2359470146.html
Just in time for Cinco de Mayo.
denis

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Greetings All,
This afternoon Mark W., Joe McC. and I looked over the final stretch of the
Cedar Lake Trail as it passed by/under the Twins stadium and on to the West
River Road. The black-top is  complete to just East of the Stadium. The fencing
and street lights are about complete to the River Road. They appear to have the
ramp cut in from the RR right-of-way down to street level. They have done such a
nice engineering job that they made it look easy, and , in turn, aggravating
that it took so long.
Considering all the construction equipment on-site it's easy to anticipate the
project's completion by the time bicycling season begins in earnest this Spring.
denis

MNHPVA Meeting

Wednesday 11 MAY

Lake Nokomis Community Center

2401 E. Minnehaha Parkway

Time 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM


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Hello,

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MnHPVA Meeting

Wednesday 08 JUN

Lake Nokomis Community Center

2401 E. Minnehaha Parkway

Time 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM


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http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/06/06/twin-cities-celebrate-bike-walk-week/

http://www.blindlizards.com/

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My daughter sent me this link:
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/pushy-pushbikers-pushin
g-their-luck-20110603-1fl1p.html
with this comment:
"hahahahahah it's you at the end!!"



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New Bike Repair Kiosks in Minneapolis
http://www.startribune.com/local/yourvoices/124712339.html  A Release Valve for
Cyclists’ Unrelenting Pressure 
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/science/28tier.html?_r=1&hpw

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MnHPVA Meeting Wednesday 13 JUL Lake Nokomis Community Center 2401 E. Minnehaha
Parkway Time 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

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http://www.wimp.com/crazydownhill/

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I am planning a Lunch Ride starting from My House at 4139 Brookside Av So,
in St Louis Park, starting at 1100am on Thursday the 28th. It will be an
approximately 2 1/2 hour ride with a stop for lunch around 12:30pm so
should be done by 300pm. I am planning to include the new section of trail
under the Twins Stadium, but the rest is open to riders including where we
stop for lunch. If you want more info give me a call at 952-201-4714.

Dave K

The ROAM velomobile tour has left Portland and pedaling toward Minneapolis.

It's a tour of bike-friendly places -- Portland, OR (#2), Missoula, MT (home of
Adventure Cycling, too small to be counted), Billings,MT (#37), Minneapolis, MN
(#1), Madison, WI (#7), Chicago, IL (#10), and Washington, DC (#13).  They got a
big sendoff in Portland and we're hoping to give them a warm welcome in the Twin
Cities.

Minneapolis/St. Paul is a "rest" day; it'll be a Saturday (August 13) cruise
from Baker Park Reserve to St. Croix Bluffs Regional Park -- only about 55
miles, rather than their normal average of 125 miles a day. There will be about
four dozen velomobiles, maybe with a few extras for this non-mountain day. There
are 9 Germans, 9 Dutch guys, one Dane, one Austrian, 3 Brits, a Canadian who is
coming only as far as Minneapolis, and two dozen or more from the US. The gender
ratio is a little unbalanced, with just one woman.

Read about it at www.rolloveramerica.eu . Or follow the little blue velomobile
avatar by GPS as it rolls across the Great Plains at ciberquest.blogspot.com.

Cheer them on the Greenway or Summit Avenue, or bring them a wild rice hotdish
at the campsites. It will be a lovely spectacle and a great opportunity to get a
look at a wide variety of home-built and commercial velomobiles from around the
world (Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Australia, Canada, and US).

MnHPVA Meeting Wednesday 10 aug Lake Nokomis Community Center 2401 E. Minnehaha
Parkway Time 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM


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