http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: First recorded HPV in Edinburgh? en Sun, 31 May 2026 20:11:01 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16634#post-225334 Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:14:18 +0000 wingpig 225334@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Would each roller skate in a pair count as a separate HPV? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16634#post-225333 Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:00:16 +0000 Arellcat 225333@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Kirkpatrick Macmillan was probably the first HPV rider in Edinburgh!</p> <p>"<br /> HPV means 'Human Powered Vehicle'. This term includes all vehicles that are powered only by muscular-strength. The large area of HPV can be divided into many categories. The largest is the bicycle. But you can find HPVs in the air, in and under the water and also on the rail. Some HPVs are built for competition to get faster and faster, but other are for daily use, like the rickshaw in India. A real HPV can be powered by an electric engine, but the energy must come from a human powered generator. Electric bicycles with batteries onboard do not include to (sic) HPVs.<br /> "</p> <p>(www.whpva.org)</p> <p>"Q. What's an HPV?</p> <p>A. It's a human powered vehicle. This can refer to a bicycle, a boat, a plane or anything else that moves solely by human power. HPVs are usually powered by bike pedals and chains, but anything from rowboats to roller-skates are HPVs.<br /> "</p> <p>(www.recumbents.com) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16634#post-225329 Tue, 19 Jul 2016 09:54:02 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 225329@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>^^^ what he said! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16634#post-225328 Tue, 19 Jul 2016 09:50:53 +0000 DaveC 225328@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aren't bicycles HPVs? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16634#post-225319 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 19:39:21 +0000 neddie 225319@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Who's gonna bag 82 &amp; 83 then? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16634#post-225318 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 19:24:24 +0000 Arellcat 225318@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's also before 1986, because by then the studs marking the cycle lane had been replaced by a white painted line. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16634#post-225316 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:04:43 +0000 Arellcat 225316@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's a great bit of HPV history. It must be 1982 or later, going by the car in the background. In Britain things kicked off around 1982 with the HPV Championships in Brighton.</p> <p>Hard to read much on the side of the vehicle, but there was a machine called Dragonfly, fielded by the Glen Sprocket Team, though I don't know if it was a trike. The one in the pic certainly isn't the Vector. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16634#post-225315 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:57:28 +0000 Roibeard 225315@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>1984? Later than 01/08/1982 based on the registration plate, but otherwise a guess!</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16634#post-225314 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:57:09 +0000 neddie 225314@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There was an HPV like that on the St Andrews run one year.</p> <p>My guess is 1985 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16634#post-225313 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:45:51 +0000 LaidBack 225313@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This shot arrived in my inbox recently. Anyone care to guess the year? </p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/K6EeHJ"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8161/28287383912_ab4b856f82.jpg"></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/K6EeHJ">HPV heading to Fife....</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/66067108@N08/">LaidBackBikes</a>, on Flickr </p>