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Why Off Road Bent Riding Might be for You!

August 19, 2024 • Gary Solomon • Season 9 • Episode 818

We have two bent riders who take off roading to a more comfortable place. Hezi Yismach is an Israeli bike designer and builder with a penchant for innovation. Richard Ehrlich rides his custom built off road bents where even mountain bikes are challenged. This Canadian adventure rider is even competitive in many of the racing events he enters. We will learn about these amazing guys and then engage our panel in a discussion of bikes, trikes and the future of recumbent off road riding.

The Icarus Cup event is a pure human powered flight event at Manston Airport in Kent, England. Our British Human Powered Club correspondent Barney Harle was there this past June and delivers a fascinating report.

Trident trikes has a new children's trike called the "Half Pint". Owner Tom Flohr was kind enough to ship me a loaner this summer so we could do a review. My grandkids unboxed, assembled and test rode it so we could evaluate it from a kids perspective.

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:50 What’s on Today’s Show
00:02:40 Panel Introduction
00:04:30 Sponsor Introduction
00:06:40 Recumbent News with Honza and Gary
00:19:50 Icarus Cup Human Powered Flight with Barney Harle
00:40:30 Off Road Bent Designing, Building and Riding in Israel with Hezi Yismach
00:52:40 Off Road Bent Riding and Adventure Racing with Richard Ehrlich
01:14:20 Off Road Bent Riding Panel Discussion with Honza, Tray, Larry and Gary
01:28:10 Trident Trikes “Half Pint” Kids Trike Review with Gary’s Grandkids
01:45:25 Sponsor Thanks
01:47:30 Announcements
01:49:25 Goodbye to panel and crew

*Thanks to these wonderful sponsors for making the LBR webcast possible*
TerraCycle https://t-cycle.com/ 800-371-5871 or +1-503-231-9798 (Outside N. America)
Trailside Trikes https://trailside.bike/ 352-419-4809
TerraTrike/Greenspeed https://wizwheelz.com/ 800-945-9910
Laidback Cycles https://laidbackcycles.com/ 916-619-1003
Connecticut Yankee Pedaller http://www.cypbikes.com/ 641-774-5557
Bicycle Man https://bicycleman.com/ 607-587-8835
AZUB https://azub.eu/
RecumbentPDX https://recumbentpdx.com/ (503) 231-1000

*Honza’s News Report Links*
--Recumbent News https://www.recumbent.news/
Cycle-Con 2024 https://cycle-con.com/
World Human Powered Vehicle Championships https://wc2024.bhpc.org.uk/
Phoenix Bike Wrx (formerly RANS) https://phoenixbikewrx.com/

*Guest Links*
Icarus Cup https://bhpfc.co.uk/the-icarus-cup/
Hezi Yizmach hezi7788@gmail.com
Richard Ehrlich richard@ehrlich.ca
Trident Trikes Half Pint https://tridenttrikes.com/half-pint/

*LBR Crew Links*
-Recumbent News-online news website by Honza Galla https://www.recumbent.news/
-BentRider/Larry Varney http://www.bentrideronline.com/
-Doug Davis Bicycle Evolution https://www.bicycle-evolution.com/
-Nina Paley’s Links
-Nina’s blog https://blog.ninapaley.com/
-Nina’s bike merchandise http://www.palegraylabs.com/other-stuff-1/protective-bicycle-amulet
-Peter Stull https://bicycleman.com/
-Josef Janning https://www.facebook.com/josef.janning
-Tim Segard https://www.bentrevolution.com/
-Tray Bourgoyne Tray@netdoor.com

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