13 year old makes news at Human Powered World Championships

A young teenager in a HPV managed to make news in sources as far removed from cycling as RushLane, an automotive news site, ewandoo, a technology blog, and even the Daily Mail, a newspaper not known for it’s pro-cyclist reporting.

13 year old British boy and his HPVTim Parker the 13 year old son of Chris Parker, of the recumbent trike makers ICE, won the World Championship in the junior class, on a fully faired trike, not surprisingly, made by ICE. His achievement is remarkable in part because he was able to beat competitors with ages up to 16 and, while in no way undermining Tim’s achievement, it serves to illustrate the benefits a fairing confers on a HPV. It no doubt took some athletic ability but also maturity, to successfully manage both the human engine and the machine he was powering, to victory.

The Use of an ICE trike as a platform for a HPV or velomobile is not new, both Ocean Cycle with their Challenger, and Nimbus Kayaks (Velomobiles.CA) in Canada with their Borealis, already do so.

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