Proceedings of the 1999 Velomobile Seminar

"Assisted Human Powered Vehicles"

August 18 1999 at Interlaken, Switzerland

 Proceedings of the Velomobile Seminar 1999 "Assisted Human Powered Vehicles and Velomobiles - Wettergeschützte E-Fahrräder"

First edition - Liestal : Future Bike Switzerland (Ed. Fuchs and Schmidt) 1999

ISBN 3-9520694-1-8

Velomobiles powered by pure human power can achieve - due to their good aerodynamics - great speeds (hour record 78 km/h) and also provide excellent weather protection, but their extra weight is a handicap for non-athletes in hilly areas. On the other hand electrically assisted bicycles offer the highest average speeds in urban riding but    little comfort and weather protection. Merging these two classes of vehicles we will possibly arrive at vehicles which protect from too much sunshine and too much rain, which are aerodynamically efficient but nevertheless as fast in the hills as in the flat !

The proceedings: They contain 27 papers on 256 pages: 21 papers deal with the main topic "Assisted HPV" and 6 papers are about HPV in general.

Coloured covers. The proceedings contain many figures and pictures.

Proceedings:

Contents:

Introduction   A. Fuchs & Th. Schmidt What Good is Power Assist? An Introduction to the Velomobile Seminar Hannes Neupert Chancen der Kombination von HPV mit Zusatzantrieb Health and Power   Allan V. Abbott Health and the Reintegration of Physical Activity into Lifestyles in the New Millenium C.G. Rasmussen Who Needs Power Assist? P. Zamparo, C. Capelli & P. Cencigh Energy Cost and Mechanical Efficiency of Riding a Four Wheels Human Powered 'Recumbent' Vehicle (karbyk) Drive-Trains   H.P. Barbey Development of a New Concept of Power Transmission Considering Human Performance Andreas Fuchs Chainless Electrical Human-Power Transmissions and their likely Applications Vehicle Concepts and Design L. Bergeron, L. Clement & A. Fuchs Urban Quadracycle John Jostins Greenheart MicroCab Project - The question of hybrid power: Combining human and electric power in an ultra lightweight vehicle Harald Kutzke The 'Scooter Bike' as an example for an 'Active Bicycle' with electric transmission Ch. Henry, U. Michel & Theo Schmidt PedalLine, a new VeloTaxi concept Practical and proven Vehicles   Mario Chiaffrino Assisted Velomobile-Project 'PEDALOSOLARUS REX' Eberhardt Scharnowski The HALF-Mobiles: Experience gained Ian Sims Cycling Hills in Top Gear - Power Assistance for Trikes Robert K. (Bob) Stuart The Car-Cycle X-4 , a Pioneer of Integrated Suspension R. Schnyder & P. Zeller Twike - pedalling on the highway Marketing and Transportation   Ed Benjamin Selling Pedelecs to the USA Market German Eslava Experiance of Power Assisted Velomobiles Based on the Cab-Bike Usage Within Modena European Union Supported Practical Test Stefan Gloger Traffic Mode Selection and the Future of Individual Transportation Aerodynamics versus Weight and Assist Power   Nickolas Hein The Weight vs. Wind Resistance Tradeoff  - Making Sense of it Stefan König  The Velocity of Single-Track Recumbents and Multi-Track Velomobiles in Everyday-Use Michael Saari What Do We Mean by 'Range' anyway? Some Sensible Methods, and a Windfall Result Combustion Assists   John Tetz Up-Hill Assist I. Urieli, E. Lyles & A. Ross A Bridled Electric Assisted HPV Complemented by a Stirling Engine/Generator Range Extender Boats and Amphibious Vehicles   Theo Schmidt Extra Energy on the Water Olli Kuusisto Perspirator Witch - An Attempt to a Human-/Electric Powered Vehicle with Amphibious and Solar Options Comfort   M. Wächter, N. Zacharias & F. Riess The Validation of SimBike a Development Tool for Bicycle Suspensions