BentCon 2020 – AZUB touring cycles

This site was created on the occasion of the BentCon 2020 show by Laidback Bike Report, where recumbent bikes for long-distance touring were discussed. You can find a summary of links to important articles, travelers, and much more here. The complete show can be found here.

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Tom’s big retirement journey on Ti-FLY X

Tom’s big retirement journey on Ti-FLY X

Intro: Retirement minus 24 days…17 weekdays…not that I’m counting. I’d like a big trip to celebrate my retirement. The Appalachian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail, or the Continental Divide Trail? 2500 miles give or take…that’s a long way to walk. Maybe riding would be...

Frogs on Wheels: Recumbent World Tour. Glimpses of Laos

Frogs on Wheels: Recumbent World Tour. Glimpses of Laos

As you may already know from our website, Frogs On Wheels are a Turkish-French couple who have been travelling the world on two AZUB recumbent bikes for some time now. Gökben, who comes from Turkey, rides an AZUB Six. Her French boyfriend Nico travels on AZUB Max. We have received a message from the Frogs recently with interesting insights into their Lao experience. Moreover, attached to the letter came some stunning pictures that we want to share with you.

Robert Westling and his custom-built AZUB Origami. A World Tour

Robert Westling and his custom-built AZUB Origami. A World Tour

Robert Westling is a keen recumbent bike rider. He needs to travel a lot for business and recently he has decided recently his business trips will not have him deprived of his regular rides. With a custom-built AZUB Origami recumbent Robert can take his passion with him wherever he goes.

Winter commuter by Jirka Hebeda on AZUB Apus

Winter commuter by Jirka Hebeda on AZUB Apus

I use recumbents for everyday commute to work, about 150km per week in average. I go in every weather and in winter I need bike that can not only survived that, but let me survive too.

Twin World Tour part 5

Twin World Tour part 5

In the past few months, we did a lot of work to enjoy our travel. And we did a pretty good work because it has been quite fantastic till now. We can’t go through all of it but will try to get you some highlights and pics we liked…

Traveling Norway with AZUB TWIN

Traveling Norway with AZUB TWIN

Covering 1500 km, and with a vocabulary of just 100 words, travel writer Thomas Bauer rode his recumbent trike along Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, gathering over 50 invitations to tea along the way.

Triking Turkey with Thomas

Triking Turkey with Thomas

Covering 1500 km, and with a vocabulary of just 100 words, travel writer Thomas Bauer rode his recumbent trike along Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, gathering over 50 invitations to tea along the way.

Holland on an AZUB Origami

Holland on an AZUB Origami

Waking up to warm sunshine wasn’t something I had experienced at all this year until Michele and I hit the shores of Brittany. All our fears about cold and wet conditions evaporated in the first few days we were there. When you are cycle touring you learn to take each day as it comes and there’s little point trying to predict the weather patterns of such a variable region. It’s better to just wake each day and see what it brings. You can always pull the covers back over your head and go back to sleep after all.

French Connections: part two

French Connections: part two

Waking up to warm sunshine wasn’t something I had experienced at all this year until Michele and I hit the shores of Brittany. All our fears about cold and wet conditions evaporated in the first few days we were there. When you are cycle touring you learn to take each day as it comes and there’s little point trying to predict the weather patterns of such a variable region. It’s better to just wake each day and see what it brings. You can always pull the covers back over your head and go back to sleep after all.

Tricycle Tour News from USA

Tricycle Tour News from USA

Good Morning to all the Azub Team from Montana, where we are now. We thought it was really the time for us to give you some news from our Tricycle Tour!

The Silk Road and trikes

The Silk Road and trikes

They set off on their journey from the foot of the Eiffel Tower on one beautiful sunny Sunday in March 2014. Nicolas Cochin, originally from Jumeauville, and his girlfriend, Anne-Cé. Ultimately, they managed to win a crazy bet that they would travel 12,500 kilometres from Paris to Bangkok along the Silk Road. They travelled on two AZUB TRIcon trikes.

French Connections: early days

French Connections: early days

I’m sat at home contemplating the last five weeks. That’s how long it is since I was last here for more than a few days and the first time I’ve been able to relax properly without feeling I had to do something. It’s also the first time that I’ve been able to sit and relive the three weeks spent touring in Brittany with Michele on our superb AZUB recumbent trikes.

Twin World Tour part 1

Twin World Tour part 1

In the past few months, we did a lot of work to enjoy our travel. And we did a pretty good work because it has been quite fantastic till now. We can’t go through all of it but will try to get you some highlights and pics we liked…

10 interesting facts from the Land of a Thousand Lakes

10 interesting facts from the Land of a Thousand Lakes

For a long time, I used to long to escape into the wild. Then one day I learned about Finland, the land of endless forests, tranquil groves, numerous tourist shelters and thousands of lakes. Finland is largely a flat country with an extensive network of side roads where there is hardly any traffic. It seemed to be the perfect destination for a (recumbent) cyclist.

Frogs on Wheels are in "stans" now

Frogs on Wheels are in "stans" now

Gökben and Nico are on their journey for over 400 days now. Currently in Uzbekistan. Here is their rough summary of first half of 2015 and also photos from Georgia and Armenia. Follow the expedition on Facebook or their web.   [gallery link="file" size="full"...

I bade farewell to my life

I bade farewell to my life

Honza Žďánský is AZUB’s friend. With our support, he rode on a classic bike around the northern hemisphere and in the autumn of 2014 he got a crazy idea to cross the frozen Siberian Lake Baikal on a bicycle. It only took a few minutes to see that it would be us who would take care of the development and construction of a fat trike suitable for snow, which we would base on AZUB T-Tris, and that Honza would set off on his ice expedition in March the following year on three wheels.

Japanese AZUB TWIN video

Japanese AZUB TWIN video

One of the nicest AZUB TWIN we have built went to Japan. Here is a video showing it from almost all sides while riding 🙂

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