Talk:Human-powered transport
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[edit] SUMPA claim
The SUMPA claim is disputed. See TIME Article., IHPVA Document. --Thisisbossi 03:51, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- Neither of the two references cited in the article mentions a date of March, 1937. The Time article does claim Sept. 13, 1936 as the first flight date. --Wiley 02:46, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
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- I have an obituary that provides the flight date and could scan that in, but I am unsure of the newspaper source that it comes from. I'll see about uploading that as soon as I can verify licensing/copy info. --Thisisbossi 11:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Recumbant
- The posted statistics for recumbant bikes seems out of place. I would prefer to spend more space on how common HPV / bikes are, rather than supralatives on fringe HPV.
- One interesting chart:
http://www.earth-policy.org/Indicators/Bike/Bike_data.htm#fig2; it compares bicycle versus automobile production, showing the much higher bicycle production.
- And from that to this source:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/08/the_bicycle_is.php (original graph: http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/transportation.html) -- bikes are the most used transportation vehicle in the world
- More perspetive on world bike use: http://www.cicle.org/news/earth_talk.html
- However, separate articles about fringe HPV could easily include:
--User:Geoave
[edit] Efficiency
If I remember correctly, the bicycle is the most effcient transfer of human energy, with a loss of something like 2 or 3 percent. I think this info should be added but I'm not sure of its authenticity of the percentage of energy loss and I couldn't find any reaserch on the internet. Please help. --AidanPryde 11:30, 12 Jun 2006 (UTC)
- According to the bicycle article: "Fixed-gear track racing bikes have transmission efficiencies of over 99%"--Wiley 16:56, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
- Link to another aricle on efficieny - http://www.sdearthtimes.com/et1199/et1199s13.html --User:geoave
[edit] Land Speed Record behind a pace vehicle
The Dutch version states that Fred Rompelberg holds this world record from 1995 (268.831 kph) and other internet sources seem to back this up.
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rompelberg EdX20 19:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by EdX20 (talk • contribs) 19:18, 18 February 2007 (UTC).
