Sam whittingham cruises in the varna mephisto, a bike designed and built by george. We are a custom bicycle manufacturing company creating custom frames one by one with love, logic and elbow grease since 1998. The fastest bicycle in the world that can deliver 2. Balance and control of a rearwheel steered speedrecord.
It makes me feel like im playing a small part in the amazing bikes he creates. Bruce mohun, reporter from the leading edge, a program of great. Sam whittingham of naked bicycles bicycle design software. Ill be aiming for the flying 200meter world record, which is currently held by canadian rider sam whittingham with a speed of 81 mph flat. A different approach to improving on the world human powered speed records. He has spent years racing and perfecting bike fit and riding analysis for various disciplines.
George has also helped inspire sams basic philosophy on bicycle engineering and design, that less is more hence the name of his bike. See more ideas about bicycle design, bicycle and build a bike. If youve noticed an article, photo or video depicting bikecad in action, share it here. Pdf balance and control of a rearwheel steered speedrecord. Bicycle designs 10 brilliant bike designs popular mechanics.
I always get a kick out of seeing the bikecad drawings on the walls of sams shop. Love this video featuring sam whittingham in and around his shop on quadra island in british columbia. Love this video featuring sam whittingham in and around his shop on quadra island in british. This record is the world human powered speed challenge, it is the first time in 6 years since i released 81. Sam whittingham on chek news bicycle design software. Underscoring the effectiveness of his aerodynamic bicycle design, georgiev says, were using. Sam whittingham, of canada, in his newest bike the varna tempest overtook damjan. New 2001 world human powered speed championships information between october 8th and 15th, 2000 racers gathered on a very flat, straight and long chunk of blacktop near battle mountain nevada for the invitational worlds fastest bicycle competition, to set new human powered vehicle speed records. Xtracycle interviews award winning bike designer, sam whittingham, about the design for the next generation of longtail cargo bike. In 1993 he also held the record for the 200 m flying start multiple rider.
The recumbent bicycle and human powered vehicle information. Each year georgiev takes the latest version of his varna humanpowered vehicle to nevada, where canadian cyclist sam whittingham. The delft design, called velox human power team 20, is a fullyfaired monocoque frontdriven recumbent bicycle, with minimized air drag and. Bikecad in action bikecad is widely used by frame builders and fit specialists. Sam whittingham on chek news by brent tue, feb 12, 20.
Founder, designer and builder for naked bicycles sam has worked in bike shops and learned to weld, design, machine and paint long before he put together his first frame. Bikecad could be the software for you bicycle design. Great segment from shaw tv on sam whittingham, founder, designer and builder for naked bicycles of quadra island, british columbia. Abstract the goal of the human power team from the tu delft and the free university of amsterdam is to break the world speed record in unpaced cycling sam whittingham, 3. Sam whittingham is founder, designer and builder for naked bicycles, a custom bicycle. The design of such a faired recumbent bicycle is a challenge. We design our apparel and test it ourselves, so you dont have to sift through products online our at your local bike shop looking for items that, if tweaked enough, may work ok on your recumbent. Heres a nice news piece about sam whittingham of naked bicycles and design. The goal of the human power team from the tu delft and the free university of amsterdam is to break the world speed record in unpaced cycling sam whittingham, 3. In september, whittingham broke his own mark, pedaling the varna tempest to a top speed of 82. At bend it, we incorporate your feedback regularly to make sure we remain the best place for you to find top quality, headturning recumbent swag on. Designer and builder george georgiev has finally obtained the title he had.