At the Races

Records and past events

The IHPVA is a sanctioning body for human-powered vehicles outside the UCI and USCF rules which govern conventional bicycle races. So racing and speed record attempts are a big part of what the IHPVA is all about.

Also, the events are FUN. Going to an event, you will discover there really are other people into this scene. You no longer feel as isolated and weird after going to an International Human Powered Speed Championship. You see a hundred cool bikes and get charged up about the possibilities all over again.


Current IHPVA Records

IHPVA The official IHPVA listing is maintained for us by HPVA.US

HPRA = Human Powered Race America

There can never be too many standards bodies so around 1997, a group in the US midwest launched its own racing series with its own rules and records keeping. (Commendably,) HPRA wanted to place more emphasis on practical vehicles so they have a "Super Street" class where riders have to be able to enter and exit vehicles unassisted.

HPRA shares space on the recumbents.com site. Visit the HPRA Web Site for complete information including upcoming events and records.

On Land:

Portland Oregon - May 2004 Oregon Human Powered Vehicles sponsored a meet at the Portland International Raceway, Here are my photos

Corvallis Oregon - April 2004 ASME West Coast Human Powered Vehicle Challenge

Battle Mountain, Nevada - World Human Powered Speed Challenge

Battle Mountain Sept. 2002
Battle Mountain October 2001
Battle Mountain Invitational, Nevada, 2000.

On Water:

  • Results WHPBC Eutin 2001 (in .pdf format)
  • 100 m water: 9.53 m/s|18.5 knots "The Decavitator"

    On 27 October 1991, MIT Professor Mark Drela pedalled the human-powered hydrofoil, "Decavitator", to a world-record speed of 18.5 knots (9.53 meters/second) over a 100 meter race course on the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts. Now you can check out these videos and images of the world's fastest human-powered boat and learn about how it evolved. The Decavitator page is located on a server at MIT.

Events

2002 World HPV Championships in Brantford, Canada - Results
2002 World HPV Championships in Brantford, Canada - Images
2001 World HPV Championship in Brighton, England - Results
2000 World HPV Championship in Gent, Belgium - Results
1999 World HPV Championship in Interlaken,Switzerland - Results
1998 World HPV Championship in Monterey, California - Results
1997 World Championship in Cologne, Germany - Results
1996 World Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada - Results
1995 World Championship in Lelystad - Images
1995 World Solar Championships, Japan - Images
Info about RailWorld Championships, Laupen Switzerland - 1997, 1998 & 1999

HP Flight Symposium, 1994

1998 World Submarine Invitational - Results
1996 World Submarine Invitational - Results


2nd European HPB Championships - Ratzeburg, Germany, 1998

Kinetic Sculpture Races

Arcata to Ferndale, California

The one, the original Official Kinetic Sculpture Race website

Corvallis, Oregon

DaVinci Days 2004
DaVinci Days 1998
DaVinci Days 1997
DaVinci Days 1995
DaVinci Days 1994

Port Townsend, Washington

1996 Kinetic Sculpture Race,
1995 Kinetic Sculpture Race,

Ventura, California

1999 Kinetic Sculpture Race

Ice Bike Races, January 1995 2002 HPVA Southern California Race Series

2000 HPVA Southern California Race Series

Here are a few racing snapshots


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