On October 21-23, the first annual Recumbent Cycle Convention was held at the Los Angeles County Fairplex in Pomona, California. The master mind behind this grand recumbent showcasing is Charles Coyne, publisher of Recumbent & Tandem Rider magazine. Below are a video (by cinematographer Trike Boy) and photographs (by Steve Greene) from this event. Click on any photographic image below the video for an enlarged version. Another video with Neil Selwood of ICE appears below the gallery. A write-up of the show will appear here later.
This video by Trike Boy was taken at the Recumbent Cycle-Con demo area, where you could ride any number of many recumbent cycles, both three and two wheeled:
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- The Trike Asylum booth
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- Trike Asylum
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- View of some exhibitor booths prior to public showing
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- The ICE Vortex for 2012 – less than 30 pounds
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- The ICE Adventure trike
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- ICE Vortex
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- Optima booth
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- Rohloff booth
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- Cycle Monkey booth
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- ICE co-owner Neil Selwood performing diagnostics on Steve Greene’s ICE Qnt
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- Denise Lanier – presenter at 2011 show
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- Draft Master trike carrier
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- Mandy Achterman demonstrating the Draft Master trike carrier
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- Catrike Dash on Draft Master trike carrier
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- Luke, Denise Lanier’s service dog
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- The new Greenspeed Magnum
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- Greenspeed Magnum seat height adjustment
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- Azub trikes
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- Azub trike
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- Azub trike rear suspension
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- Lightning Cycle Dynamics booth
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- Joan Greene on TerraTrike Rover
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- Joan Greene & Jeff Yonker at TerraTrike booth
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- Adventure Bicycle Tours booth
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- Lightning trike with hand cranks
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- Tim Brummer, Lightning Cycle Dynamics
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- Steve Greene’s ICE Qnt, fresh from the road
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- A unique quad design
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- Lightning P-38
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- Ian Sims from Australia at Greenspeed
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- Ian Sims (CEO) & Deanna Campbell at Greenspeed booth
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- Trike for child with non-functional legs
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- Intrepid Cycles booth for challenged cyclists
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- Free On Three – Trike Asylum booth
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- 2012 ICE Vortex at ICE booth
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- Neil Selwood (ICE) working with Peter Stull (Bicycle Man)
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- Anne Dussert riding ICE trike over Himalaya Mountains
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- Public inspecting exhibitor booths
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- Velomobile trike
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- Interior of a velomobile
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- Interior of a velomobile
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- Dana Lieberman, Bent Up Cycles
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- Dana Lieberman of Bent Up Cycles helping test rider
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- Electric assist trike
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- Electric assist trike
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- Sun trikes
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- Azub rear assembly
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- The Azub trike
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- Couple test riding TerraTrike Rover tandem – husband is sight impaired
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- Test ride on an Azub trike
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- Azub Trikes poster
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- Catrike’s new frame design on Trail trike
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- Steve’s new friend Vincent Law on test ride
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- Adaptive Cycling panel discussion
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- Adaptive Cycling Round Table discussion
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- Adaptive Cycling for challenge cyclists
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- Denise Lanier at Adaptive Cycling discussion
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- Fossil fuels are extinct, T-Ryx trikes
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- View of an exhibition hall
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- Terry “Hoppy” Dean, owner of T-Ryx trikes in Escondido, California
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- Hoppy’s business logo
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- Presentation of Alaska recumbent trip
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- Photo of grizzly bear from Alaska recumbent trip
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- Charles Coyne, RCC producer
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- Wall poster at Optima booth
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- Alex Hunt with his total body trike
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- Adventure Bicycle Tours’ collie
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- Collie at Adventure Bicycle Tours booth
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- Bent Up Cycles window decal on Dana Lieberman’s van
Neil Selwood, ICE co-owner, describes new 2012 ICE Vortex speed trike:
A word from Charles Coyne, producer:
The first annual Recumbent Cycle-Con Convention & Trade Show was held October 21, 22, & 23, 2011 at the Pomona Fairplex, in Pomona, California. This was an exciting event for the recumbent bicycle industry and recumbent bicycle enthusiasts.
The Fairplex is located just thirty miles east of downtown Los Angeles, and was the ideal location for the recumbent industry and enthusiasts to gather.
Public hours on Sunday, October 23 provided the opportunity for excited recumbent enthusiasts and the interested public to see the newest recumbent bikes, trikes and accessories, and test-ride bikes in the Demo Ride Arena.
2012 Schedule:
The Pomona Fairplex will again be the location for the second Recumbent Cycle-Con Trade Show & Convention, October 26, 27 & 28. Visit this site regularly to keep up with all the developing news.
You can find all the latest news and interesting tidbits on from the Facebook page and the Twitter feed of Recumbent Cycle-Con. On Facebook, just type in the name of the show—Recumbent Cycle-Con. On Twitter, look for us at Recumbentcon.
It’s A Wrap!
Sincere thanks and gratitude to all who helped make the 1st Annual Recumbent Cycle-Con Trade Show & Convention such a heartwarming success. We’ll have more posts in the coming days, but in the meantime, please visit our friends at BentRider Online, the Recumbent Journal, and Trike Asylum for their excellent coverage of the 2011 Recumbent Cycle-Con Trade Show & Convention.
