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A Complete Illustrated History of the Recumbent Bicycle

• samizdis 6y ago
  > In the autumn of 1932, through the Union Vélocipedique de France, Mochet sought confirmation from the Union Cycliste Internationale that the Vélo-Vélocar complied with UCI regulations. The reply was affirmative. The next summer, Francis h, a second-rate rider, broke the 5-kilometer, 10-kilometer, 20-kilometer, 30-kilometer, 40-kilometer, and 50-kilometer records and the hour and half-hour records on an unfaired, fully recumbent racing version of a Vélo-Vélocar. > In February of 1934, the UCI set up a committee to define and enforce a new definition of the bicycle. The barely hidden agenda was to ensure the exclusion of recumbents. On April 1, 1934, the UCI’s committee published its definition of a racing bike. It stated that the bottom bracket could not be more than 10 centimeters ahead of the nose of the saddle, thus ensuring that only upright bicycles could be raced under UCI rules.