Velo Vision

Issue 26 - June 2007

Features:

• News Swivelheads approaching, a Sturmey i xed, a suitcase folder, artbikes and more . .
• More ‘e’ Vicar? Electric bike mega-test as our reviewers in l at Cambridge and hilly Shef i ed test three top electric bikes: Sparta Ion Ez ee Forte Airnimal Joey Move
• Pedalling for President John Dowlin explores a new biography of pioneering lady cyclist and activist Belva Lockwood
• Kings of the Road There’s a cycle courier company with a difference in C ambridge, as Rob and Peter King explain
• Veloveurs of Lyon There are 3000 free bikes in this French city – Simon Boddy gives us a resident’s view of how it’s working.
• The mighty Mini We review the AZUB Mini short-wheelbase recumbent. C ould it be as much a design classic as its namesake?
• The purrfect trike? At under £1000 in the UK, the C atrike trail could entice many with its affordability. But how does it ride? We i nd out.
• Short reviews The Sportscrafter Mini Rollers for recumbents and Weber’s ingenious mLite l agpole LED
• Reader’s Bikes Inventions, experiences and updates from readers:
• 2The Big Ride: Andrew Walters explains why 36" is the way to go
• 4Magic Carpet Ride: Mike Eland reports on the Stokemonkey/Xtracycle power-assisted transport system
• 8Handcycle evolution: Andrew Chamings updates us on the Draft handcycle – just back from the Alps
• 9The cycle chariot: Jez Wilkinson brings along his off-road cycle sidecar for us to try
• 0Bounce on a budget: Stephen McCluney reports on the PB-933 suspended recumbent
• SPEZI 2007 Full report from the special bike trade show in Germany, including news of the new ICE bikes, the revolutionary Bike Friday Tikit and much more
• Letters Reader responses from cycling coins to rideable roundabouts
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