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Hosted by Gary Solomon · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 103 episodes
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The Laidback Bike Report is about people. Bent riders ride interesting bikes, go to interesting places and have interesting stories. That's the basis of this monthly podcast which is the audio version of our YouTube webcasts found here: https://goo.gl/CHOOgX. Sure, we'll talk about products and have tips and tricks for you but each month our show is built around an interview. We'll continue to get the personal side from folks adventure riding around the world. We will delve into the minds of industry leaders, shop owners, and event organizers who are hoping to attract your attention with their wares. We'll get them to turn their cameras around and show us their surroundings, facilities, or latest prototype.This is how we hope to make our show worthy of your precious time.We do this broadcast live so that you can have your comments made and questions answered on the spot. This is an interactive endeavor and is not complete without audience participation. Please join us every month as we
Gary Solomon hosts Laidback Bike Report, a leisure show with 103 episodes published.
When you ride a recumbent in Switzerland climbing mountain roads is unavoidable. Dario Ciani designs and builds custom battery/motor systems for trikes, bikes and velomobiles that are meant to conquer these challenging c
An in depth conversation with the widely respected and innovative mind behind Grin Technologies: Justin Lemire-Elmore. Justin and I discuss the company's origins and pioneering products developed over the years at Grin T
We travel to Rennes, France after Spezi 2026 to meet up with Philippe DesCubes. He is a recumbent trike world champion racer and also just happens to own a highly regarded recumbent bike shop named Velofasto. Philippe wa
Our annual live webcast where Honza, Gary, Jimm and Tray describe the most interesting products seen at the world's largest recumbent show. This year's Spezi event in Freiburg, Germany provides much to discuss. 00:00:00
In this episode of the Laidback Bike Report, we go behind the scenes of one of the most exciting and secretive recent developments in the recumbent world: The Theta Velomobile. For months, a small team of 4 scientists an
Step back in time to the "virtual free-for-all" of the early 1980s American recumbent revolution! In this episode we sit down with industry veteran Jeff Wills to uncover the forgotten history of the Aerocoupe—a pioneerin
What happens when a young upright bike racer makes the switch to recumbents? In this episode of the Laidback Bike Report, we’re joined by Matthew Lefthand. For Matthew, the transition wasn't just about finding a more com
What does it take to design a world-class velomobile from the ground up? From Brazil, we talk to the designer himself, Paulo, to discuss the engineering, aerodynamics, and passion behind the Harpia. We go from the initia
This year is the 25th Anniversary of one of the most highly respected recumbent manufacturers in the world. This past autumn AZUB Recumbents held a successful celebration event in the Czech Republic right in their home c
Wally Swarchuk took 16 years to design and build his dream . This retired geography teacher from Canada began with no skills or experience in building bikes. He taught himself to weld and experimented with many prototype
Nothing short of a revolution in electric assisted trikes is on the way before the end of 2025! We've talked about the French CIXI system in the past (most recently in our interview with their engineers at Spezi 2025) bu
We get a serious evaluation of the top two internal gear hubs for your trike. Mel from RecumbentPDX breaks it all down comparing the Rohloff and the new 3 X 3. Then our German correspondent Jascha Buettler takes us to Dr
Many of the frames for our bents are manufactured in Taiwan. Around the world many recumbent brands have trusted George Chen and Performer Cycles to provide this metal or carbon fiber skeleton for their products for over
We're recently back from the world's largest recumbent bike and trike show. We'll go booth by booth and talk about all the products that intrigued us at this year's Spezi event with our panel. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:25 Wha
From Vancouver, British Columbia we take a close look at the Veemo. This reasonably priced light electric vehicle is now backed by the large mobility company Envo who promise to bring this rider and climate friendly tran
Adaptive Adventures is an organization that provides freedom through mobility. They travel around the USA and beyond to serve thousands of disabled adults and children with challenge events in water sports, snow events a
We take the show on the road to Colorado to visit Electric Bike Outfitters in Denver. CEO Jason Livingston gives a tour of his facility then begins a detailed tear down of a hub and a mid-drive motor. We get to see what'
We've lamented the decline of the 2 wheeled recumbent bike over the last number of years on this webcast. The Cruzbike has been an exception and more recently Dana Lieberman's Bacchetta has reappeared on the scene. Today
Though he's now retired, Geoff Adams spent his professional career creating music and video for many children's shows you may remember. Being an avid recumbent rider since the 1990s he also brings those amazing talents t
Armin Ziegler has toured in many places around the world with his recumbent bikes, trikes and velomobiles. This Swiss adventurer has a well regarded collection of travel blogs that have entertained bent riders for many y
George Chen
Digital Partner · Performer Cycles
1 appearance on this show
Justin Lemire-Elmore
Grin Technologies
1 appearance on this show
Alon Goldman
Charge
1 appearance on this show
Philippe DesCubes
Velofasto
1 appearance on this show
Paulo
Harpia Velomobile
1 appearance on this show
Aleš Zemánek
AZUB Recumbents
1 appearance on this show
Pierre Francis
CIXI
1 appearance on this show
Mel
RecumbentPDX
1 appearance on this show
Dana Lieberman
Bacchetta Bikes
1 appearance on this show
Alex Pargeter
Gride Solutions
1 appearance on this show
Jason Livingston
Electric Bike Outfitters
2 appearances on this show
Kelvin Clark
Angletech
1 appearance on this show
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