Vintage homebuilt trike needs new owner

AS OF MID-JUNE 2024, MARK STILL HAS THE TRIKE AND IS STILL SEEKING A NEW OWNER. IT'S AVAILABLE FOR FREE.

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Mark Bannan of Saginaw built this recumbent tricycle in 1983 and with construction of a new trike underway, would like to give the old one away.  Ideally, he would like to see it go to a young racer just starting (or to his or her parents?).
If interested, contact Mark at markbannan.mbe@gmail.com
Since the photo was taken, the deraileur gearing has been replaced with a NuVinci N360 continuously variable internal gear hub and new tires installed (20 inch front, 700c rear).
The frame is aluminum, with the main tube 2-inch diameter 1/8th inch wall 6061 aluminum.  Mark guesses the trike weighs about 37 pounds.
The seat can slide back and forth about 4 inches. The trike only has the single rear brake.
It was raced by friend Dave Wilson at the International Human Powered Speed Championships in Indianapolis in 1983 and at the Hull (Ontario) Cycling Festival in 1984.
Mark has ridden his creation on the streets of Saginaw, so it is also suitable for recreational riding. 

39th annual Michigan HPV Rally - June 15-16, 2024

The start of the first one-hour time trial at the 2023 Michigan HPV Rally.

The 39th annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally will be Saturday and Sunday, June 15-16, 2024, at the Waterford Hills sports car racing track in Clarkston in southeastern Michigan, the location since 1986.The track is on the grounds of the Oakland County Sportsmen's Club, 4770 Waterford Road, Clarkston.

TO REGISTER ONLINE, CLICK HERE:  Pre-registration for the 39th annual Michigan HPV Rally June 15-16th, 2024

NOTE TO EARLY ARRIVALS ON FRIDAY planning to camp overnight: A Porsche group has use of the track until 5 p.m., then will need time to depart, so it's probably best to arrive after 6.

The oldest such event in North America is open to riders of all human powered vehicles – recumbents, streamliners, regular bicycles, tandems  and handcycles. There are classes for streamlined, unstreamlined cycles, tandems, women, youth and tricycles. 

The rally is conducted using Human Powered Race America rules (go to www.recumbents.com, then under “recumbent racing,” click on “Human Powered Race America,” then on “racing rules.” Note:  HPRA rules require all vehicles to have a mirroror or mirrors enabling rear  vision to both sides. 

The track, on the grounds of the Oakland County Sportsmen’s Club, is  1.4 miles around, with nine turns and one hill. Sunday races use a shorter  course without the hill.

Entry fees: $30 for one day, $45 for two days. College and high school teams, $40 for first vehicle and rider; $10 for each additional vehicle or rider. (Entry fees same as in 2023.) (Payment is made at the rally, but registering in advance online – above –means time saved when you arrive.)

Following is a description of events, taken from last year, so tentative for this year:

Saturday, June 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Registration starts at 8.

ONE-HOUR TIME TRIALS: ride as many laps of the main 1.4 mile loop including one small hill, as you can in one hour, no drafting.  Usually two races for faster and slower vehicles, and for folks who race two classes of bikes.

HILL CLIMB / COAST-DOWN; riders start at bottom of hill and race up it one at a time.  Hill height is about 28 feet and max 4% grade.  Once at top, riders start coasting until they stop and mark off their final position on the track.  

KILOMETER: Racers start one at a time from a standing start and go 0.62 miles around course.

URBAN TRANSPORTATION CONTEST: Results based on hill climb / coast down score, obstacle course time and such features as lights, cargo carrying capacity, rearview mirrors, security against theft, weather protection in addition to fenders, bell, carrying tools.

The trackside concession stand will be open for lunch from 11:30-1. With reduced rally attendance turnout in recent years, Oakland County Sportsmen's Club management has been reluctant to keep the stand open, so PLEASE plan on buying lunch there, rather than bringing your own or going to a restaurant.

Whether we have dinner available at the track is yet to be determined.

Sunday, 8 a.m.-noon approximately.

SPRINT EVENT:  Racers start at top of hill, pedal down it one at time for an acceleration boost, then are timed over a 200-foot stretch.

ROAD RACES: Racers use part of main track (not including hill) and do 20 or 25 short laps (about 12.5 miles or 20 km).

Question, comments or suggestions, contact co-organizers Mike Eliasohn (mikethebike2325@comcast.net, 810-990-8919) or Mike Mowett (mowett@aol.com, 586- 863-3902). 

Concession stand will be closed, however, Oakland County Sportsmen's Club clubhouse opens for lunch at 11. .

TO GET TO THE RALLY:  From I-75, get off at exit 91. Take M-15 south to Dixie Hwy. (US-24). Turn left, continuing south about 1 mile and turn left onto Waterford Road, then proceed to track. If coming from the west, take U.S. 23 north (or south) to M-59 (Highland Road). Go east on M-59 to Airport Road, then left (north) to US-24. Turn left, then immediately right onto Waterford Road. Go about a half-mile to track.

CAMPING

Free camping available overnight Friday and Saturday in the infield of the Waterford Hills track, starting at 6 p.m. Friday. Restrooms, showers available and possibly electrical hookups.

STATE CAMPGROUNDS (www.michigan.gov/dnr, then click on "make a reservation.

Highland Recreation Area, 5200 E. Highland Road (M-59), White Lake, 248-889-3750. Two miles east of Highland.

Holly Recreation Area, 8100 Grange Road, Holly, 2486348811. Five miles east of Holly.

Pontiac Lake Recreation Area, 7800 Gale Road, Waterford, 248-44471020. Closest to Waterford Hills track, about 4 miles west.

Website for each recreation area has list of campgrounds and phone numbers.

OAKLAND COUNTY:  Groveland Oaks County Park, 14555 Dixie Hwy., Holly, northeast of Holly, 248-634-9811.

HOTELS / MOTELS (with approximate distances/direction from Waterford Hills track)

Clarkston - Olde Mill Inn North, 6853 Dixie Hwy. (US-10), 248-625-1522, 12 rooms, 2 miles northeast.

Clarkston - Olde Mill Inn of Clarkston, 5835 Dixie Hwy., 248-623-0300. Across Dixie Highway from Waterford Road leading to track. This is the closest motel to the track.

Hartland - Best Western of Hartland, 10087 Highland Road (M-59) at US-23, 810-632-7177, 61 rooms. About 18 miles west.

Waterford – American Inn and Suites, 7076 Highland Road (M-59), 248-666-8555, 111 rooms. About 3 miles southwest.

Waterford – Holiday Inn Express, 4350 Pontiac Lake Road, 248-674-3434 / 866-430-6157, 83 rooms. About 7 miles southwest.

Whitmore Lake - Days Inn, 9897 Main St. (off US-23, exit 53), 734-550-0105, 61 rooms. About 33 miles southwest.

HPV articles, brochures, etc. (on paper) I want to give away

At age 79, I’m in the “I can’t take it with me” stage of my life, so it’s time to get rid of files I have on various human power topics, that is articles, brochures, etc., on paper. Most predate the internet era and I was never hesitant to write to a manufacturer or innovator to ask for more information.

I’ll do more digging through my file cabinets, but here’s the files I currently want to find new homes for, I’m willing to give them away for free, but would like to be reimbursed for postage. I live in Michigan, but can mail them from Canada, to save on postage.

Mike Eliasohn, mikethebike2325@comcast.net, 810-990-8919

Aerodynamics - mostly add-on fairings, wheel discs, etc.

Antiques, special interest, freak bikes, plastic frame bikes, etc.

Arm and leg power, rear wheel steering, prone position (all in one file).

Bicycle motors – obviously not human power, mostly gasoline, not electric, dating to the 1970s. Cantilever hubs, that is, hubs supported on one side only.

Boats, that is pedal-powered, propeller driven. Included are the December 1986 Scientific America cover story, "Human-powered Watercraft," at least 8 brochures for manufactured pedal-powered boats and a 1952 how-to-build article from the book, "The Boy Mechanic," for a pedal-powered dual-hull boat that uses an upright bicycle frame.

Folding bicycles – a very fat file, information dating to 1970s.

Front wheel drive – dating to 1990s. 

Off road bikes, cruisers,  suspension, BMX, etc. – upright bikes, but still interesting, info dating to 1980s.

Pedal cars / velomobiles– dating to 1970s.

Transmission – two files, one devoted to hub gears and hybrid systems and the other devoted to other (mostly) non-derailleur systems, dating to 1970s.

Upright tricycles - mostly British (derailleur gears, two wheels in rear)

Suspension – including early mountain bikes, dating to 1970s.

Yankee Bicycle / Nordic Track – an upright bike with unique transmission and braking system, sold in 1990s. 

I also have the following recumbent construction plans (on paper) that I want to get rid of, also free, but would like to be reimbursed for postage.

- Alternative Bikestyles: Construction of a Recumbent Bicycle (1985) – Similar to an Easy Racer Tour Easy long wheelbase, Ed Roeters describes his design as "simple, practical and rugged as possible." 

- Tom Traylor front wheel drive moving bottom bracket two-wheeler, 1982. (One of the early MBB designs.)

- LaBent by Ladue two-wheels-in-rear tricycle. 

- LaBent by Ladue long-wheelbase two wheeler.

- Robert Q. Riley Ground Hugger long wheelbase low racer with remote steering. (The original plans and instructions appeared in Popular Mechanics in 1969.)

 - PVC Projects (1993) - 20 projects made from PVC pipe, normally used for plumbing. Some have wheels, but none are pedal-powered.But even if not using PVC for an HPV, it conceivably could be used for a cycle-towed trailer, a cycle repair stand or ?