Following the Gosford event last year those who participated were keen to explore using a different velodrome in the Sydney area with better surface conditions to support higher short course speeds.
The Sydney event has not yet been confirmed for 2026, but there appeared to be ample support and leadership to run an event in the final quarter of 2026.
Stay tuned for more info during the year!
Steve Nurse has taken on the challenge this year and has been busy doing recce for the 2026 challenge.
Members might know that Coleraine has hosted the annual Pedal Par Championships for many years, and looks like a great location for a return to racing on something other than purpose build Criterium tracks.
Steve is working through hire of the Football grounds over the Melbourne Cup weekend, so look forward to booking this event into your calendar soon!
Steve has put together a great summary of work done so far on his blogspot:
Dome has been busy and has prepared an itinerary of rides over the 3-4 day event that cater to a range of capabilities.
He has also scoped out a variety of local accommodation options, with a plan to arrange a central accommodation point at massively subsidized cost for members.
This looks to be a great weekend to catch up with OzHPV members and enjoy rides in the historic gold rush era town and buildings, with amazing local rides, scenery and company.
Put it in your calendar now!
We are excited to announce that we will again be returning to the Vinfast test facility at Lang-Lang over the weekend of 28 and 29th of March, 2026.
Member Tim Corbett has again taken on the financial risk for the event to sponsor these attempts:
Vinfast have allowed for a sightly expanded attendance list this year, so there are still opportunities available at the event for motivated members.
In addition to 1hr/12hr/1000km/24hr distances, we will be surveying a 4000m course to set marks over this prestigious distance.
Time permitting, F200 runs may also be a possibility. WHPVA/IHPVA sanctioning of F200 and 4000m TBC.
There are opportunities to attend the event as follows:
Places will be confirmed during application on first come, first served basis that optimizes for overall headcount and event compatibility.
Due to the limited number of people allowed on site, there are no opportunities to attend as a spectator, with all attendees expected to make a positive contribution to the event.
Critical support crew and OzHPV officials need only be regular members of OzHPV.
POA for record attempts.
Due to the significant cost (and opportunity!) of hiring the venue, attempt costs are non-trivial, and start at ~$1000 for short duration attempts.
50% deposit required to confirm your place.
Please get in contact with me (Tim) if you would like to attend.
Notice of the event will go out to the broader community via the OzHPV FB group in 2 weeks on ~Feb 14th to allow OzHPV members first opportunity to attend, compete, officiate or act in supporting roles.
the WHPVA hereby confirm that the WHPVA record committee has accepted the record attempt carried out
by Francesco Russo on July 27th, 2025, on the DEKRA Test Oval in Klettwitz, Germany in the category 6-hour time trial with standing start and closed course as the new world record. He achieved 401.464 km.
Congratulations!
The new world record will be published on the WHPVA website and the report can be made available to the public upon request and with permission of all persons involved.
You can buy a commercially available stand like this
OR
build your own like this:
This video shows how to build a trike stand to get the trike up off of the ground and make it easier to work on.
He uses 1 3/4″ (45mm) galvanised steel fence tubing but you can build it using PVC pressure pipe instead.
Lockable castors will help move it around your shed.
Build a trolly to get your recumbent tadpole trike into your apartment or a tight place.
Most trikes will not fit through a standard door opening.
This trolly allows you to hold the trike on its side and get it through a door opening and move it around easier.
| President | Duncan McDonald |
| Secretary | Tim Corbett |
| Treasurer | Adam Hari |
Chiltern – Gold rush era town, historic buildings, bakery/IGA, accomodation, good cycling
Has operational train service (VLine) access from Albury NSW/Melbourne VIC – central location for NSW, ACT and VIC members
Accomodation options – Hire Chiltern Memorial Hall via local council (3-4 nights, $100/night+$80 setup fee+$200 bond) https://www.indigoshire.vic.gov.au/Community/Community-facilities/Halls/Chiltern-Memorial-Hall – has kitchen/toilets/showers/AC/heating/internet/disabled amenities – BYO tent, sleep bag, pillow, mattress, etc
Chiltern Memorial Hall | Indigo Shire Council Chiltern Memorial Hall The Chiltern Memorial Hall is a stylish and well-appointed facility that provides for the staging of cultural, educational, social, entertainment and business events; supporting the growth, development and connectedness of our community. The hall provides accommodation for the Lions Club of Chiltern, Chiltern Tennis Club, Chiltern Playgroup, the Ironbark Church, and the … www.indigoshire.vic.gov.au
Pics from recent visit
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The majority of tail fairings and tailboxes on recumbents are either full composite fibreglass or carbon fibre, or they are home made in Corflute (Coreplast) which is a plastic sheet material used by signwriters.
The composite units are expensive and a large investment in time for a homebuilder.
The coreflute ones, well, put bluntly they look a bit scrappy, and it’s hard to mould coreflute into complex curves – not that it can’t be done, of course!
I saw how effective the best fairings at the Greenspeed Challenge appeared to be (admittedly the bikes in question were being ridden by fairly athletic types), and decided to have a try myself.
This fairing is made using a combination of current composite technology and old fabric aircraft techniques.
To get the profile right for the rider so that the air flows a smoothly as possible, the first step in the whole process was to tape a large cardboard sheet up behind the seat, sit in it, and trace around the body onto the sheet.
This is then reproduced in 13mm blue Dow styrofoam and becomes the base onto which everything else is attached.
The internal frame of the fairing is made of thin ribs of the blue styrofoam cut using a “stanley” knife.
This is higher density than the white stuff and can be sculpted and sanded.
The ribs are tacked together onto the seat-backing using 5 minute epoxy (like Araldite)
Each rib is traced as a mirror image to get the whole thing symetrical.
The completed frame is reinforced with 50mm wide fibreglass tape wetted with epoxy resin (proper stuff for fibreglass work).
This provides rigidity as well as providing a barrier so that other glues and paints won’t disolve the stryrofoam. You can’t use polyester resin – it will melt the foam.
The frame is then covered with Stitts PolyFibre (or Ceconite) and glued on using PolyBrush.
These are an unshrunken polyester with a relatively open weave compared with your business shirt!
A hot air gun is used to then shrink the fabric to drum-tight.
The open weave of the fabric is then filled by brushing on more PolyBrush.
Once dry, it was painted, then a sealing strip of light “expansion joint” foam was glued around the edge to provide a good seal to the rider’s body.
A simple contact glue was used for this.
The fairing was designed to slip over the bike’s rack and lock into place. There’s a luggage compartment behind the rider.
The whole thing weighs only 1.2 kilograms!
Performance:
1) On two major rides on windy days against other bikes.
First impressions were that against the wind and on the flat at speed I definitely don’t have to work so hard.
When riding with others down hills, I tended to draw ahead (I could coast while they had to pedal at times to maintain speed against the wind).
2) Controlled test on a slope. On a calm day I did several roll-downs on a slope near home with a bike computer attached (and calibrated against a GPS).
The terminal velocity on this slope is about 30km/hr on this bike (ie: you accelerate to about 30km/hr, but no further thanks to wind resistance).
In multiple tests, the bike with fairing was always 1.5 to 2km/hr faster when it reached terminal velocity.
It’s not a big difference, but if you consider that the effects of drag acrue as the SQUARE of air speed, it can make a big difference to the required effort if you’re bucking a major headwind!!!!
Being so light it has no effect on my climb capability, such as it is.
Note: it’s also very quiet, with no road noise resonance because of the flexible fabric structure.