Wednesday, February 7, 2024

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 ?

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