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Trike Race Across Michigan-Unassisted Aero vs E-assisted Magnum!


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Greenspeed's Aero is one of the fastest trikes on the road. They also make the more sedate but ever so utilitarian Magnum. What if we raced these two trikes across Michigan and evened the odds by adding a Bosch motor to the Magnum? Meet Wizwheelz executives Marshall and Mark who conducted such a contest this month and hear their exciting stories of this adventure. 

Also showing up for this jam packed webcast we have Honza with the recumbent news, Jason Dubin with his project to build and race velomobiles with New York City youth and then Ben Goodall owner of Trisled tells us about the newest update to the Rotovelo. With Recumbent Cycle-Con cancelled I've edited Chuck Coyne's interview to reflect the history of the event, Mark Lovegrove from the UK talks about his two e-assist motor installations, Larry Varney reviews the AR3 tilting trike and Denny's sports segment features John McWhae who just completed a record making ride across Alberta in spite of his battle with arthritis.

**Table of Contents for this month’s video**
00:00:00  Intro
00:01:10  What’s on Today’s Show
00:04:00  Panel Introduction
00:06:45  Sponsor Introduction
00:08:25  Recumbent News in 5 with Honza Galla
00:11:00  Gary reads RCC postponement statement from Charles Coyne
00:12:00  History and logistics of Recumbent Cycle-Con with Charles Coyne
00:22:00  Panel discussion-RCC postponement with Honza, Denny, Larry and Gary
00:31:40  Jason Dubin introduces NAVRA-building/racing velomobiles with young people
00:42:00  Ben Goodall with new Rotovelo2 update
00:56:45  Greenspeed Aero and Magnum race across Michigan
01:16:10  Mark and Marshall from WizWheelz talk about current industry challenges 
01:19:35  E-assist motor installs on two bikes by Mark Lovegrove
01:29:12  Review Team-Larry Varney reviews AR3 tilting trike
01:44:15  Sports Report-Denny interviews cross Alberta record holder John McWhae
01:56:25  Sponsor Thanks
01:58:10  Coming up next month
01:59:15  Goodbye to panel and crew

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*Thanks to our great sponsors this month*
TerraCycle  https://t-cycle.com/
Trailside Trikes  https://trailside.bike/  
Cruzbike  https://cruzbike.com/
TerraTrike/Greenspeed https://www.terratrike.com/ and http://greenspeed-trikes.com/
Laidback Cycles https://laidbackcycles.com/
Recumbent Cycle-Con https://www.recumbentcyclecon.com

*Guest Links*
Jason Dubin’s NAVRA  https://navra.us/

TerraTrike/Greenspeed https://www.terratrike.com/ and http://greenspeed-trikes.com/
Mark and Julie Lovegrove  https://www.facebook.com/therecumbentduo

Trisled Rotovelo 2 link http://trisled.com.au/product/rotovelo2-preorder/?fbclid=IwAR1BLVm4326GoUE_qgSzdSukJTmS7vaTMFqtLhDEAT3gjoxjW7zgw6bndnI

John McWhae  https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/61682

*LBR Review Team Links*
AR3 tilting trike  https://kazebikes.com/

*LBR Crew Links*
Recumbent News-online news website by Honza Galla  https://www.recumbent.news/
BentRider/Larry Varney  http://www.bentrideronline.com/
Doug Davis Bicycle Evolution  https://www.bicycle-evolution.com/

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