CONTENTS

MARCH 2007

Velo Vision is published quarterly by Velo Vision Ltd. Subscription details, news and updates can be found on www.velovision.com

ISSN 1475-4312

Velo Vision Magazine The Environmental Centre, St Nicholas Fields, York, YO10 3EN, UK Tel/Fax +44 1904 438 224 (from UK, 01904 438 224) Email peter@velovision.com Website www.velovision.com

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER: Peter Eland ART DIRECTOR: Brian Holt WEB PROGRAMMER: Simon Ward PRINTER: Stephens & George Magazines Ltd, Merthyr Tidfil, Wales, UK. Tel 01685 388 888

PUBLISHING SCHEDULE: Issue 26: June 2007 Issue 27: September 2007 Issue 28: December 2007 Issue 29: March 2008

Velo Vision is a member of INK, trade association of the alternative press in the UK. www.ink.uk.com

VELO VISION AND VELO-VISION We weren’t first with the name. Velo-Vision (note the hyphen) is a progressive HPV-friendly bike shop in Körten, near Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany, who also make their own recumbents. Velo Vision magazine is working in friendly harmony with Velo-Vision in Germany.

Velo Vision is printed on paper produced from sustainable forests to Nordic Swan standards.

COVER PHOTOGRAPH:

The Challenge Concept XT trike on the road.

OPPOSITE:The Koga Worldtraveller on a forest track near Bellingham. Both photos by Peter Eland.

4 News Bromptons in Barcelona, Greenspeed’s new delta trike, Pedersen developments, bike fender art, full events listing and more

10 Dabawallas of Mumbai Bicycles are a vital link in the tiffi n delivery chain, as Claude Marthaler reports

12 Three wheel Challenge We test the much-anticipated recumbent trike from Netherlands manufacturer Challenge

16 Kettwiesel capers Hase Bikes have updated their two-wheels-at-the back trike for 2007 with an aluminium version – we put it through its paces

20 First class travel We take Koga-Miyata’s premium expedition tourer, the Worldtraveller, across the country in this thorough test

24 Deploy by folder Testing the military-styled Montague Paratrooper 26"-wheeled folding bike

26 Riding the school run Practical parents describe affordable ways to transport two children to school using add-on accessories

30 Short reviews What they’re good for, how they work, how to fi t them, and what’s available

34 Readers’ Bikes Designs in wood from Portugal, the ultimate Sinner recumbent, and a superb home-built passenger trailer. Plus, how living with the Quest velomobile in hilly Wales could herald a transport revolution, and an innovative Canadian recumbent

42 Letters Your feedback and comments – from back-to-back tandems to cycle sculpture

50 Buyers’ Guide: Derailleur Gears Our back-to-basics look at the popular bicycle drive system: how it works, pros and cons

55 Subscribe to Velo Vision How to order, and details of our distributors worldwide

56 Advertisements The fi rst place to look for specialist products or services

TESTING TIMES

Once again we have an issue chock full with bike tests – I hope you enjoy it. Our March issue is always popular with manufacturers wishing to launch fresh products ready for the new cycling season, and our thanks in particular go to both Challenge and Hase Bikes for rush-shipping us test trikes hot off the production line. Our continued thanks also to all of my friends in York who model for the photos and whose ‘second opinion’ insights I often feed back into the review write-ups.

It’s a sign of a fl ourishing industry that there’s a constant fl ow of signifi cant new models seeking evaluation and exposure to you, the critical reader and potential customer. Are we ever going to run short of new and exciting bikes to test? Not likely!

Peter Eland

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