Bike to the Future: A Most Unusual Swiss Bent Shop!

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 conditions. He owns the "Bike to the Future" recumbent bike shop in Neuchâtel and we were fortunate enough to visit him last month for an interview. I also made a shorter visit to Grand Rapids, Michigan where I met up with the producers of Recumbent Cycle-Con 2026 Marshall and Kelle Randall. We sat down to talk about why bent riders everywhere should plan to attend this unique event in Xenia, Ohio this September.00:00:00  Intro00:00:30  What’s on Today’s Show00:02:30  Panel Introduction00:03:55  Sponsor Introduction00:17:17  Interview with Dario Ciani from Bike to the Future-Swiss bent shop00:47:35  Interview with Marshall and Kelle Randall-Recumbent Cycle-Con 2026 preview01:03:50  Sponsor Thanks01:08:45  Announcements01:10:50  Goodbye to panel and crewPlease subscribe to us on YouTube (https://goo.gl/CHOOgX) and Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/laidbackbikereport/) if you haven't already done so. Lot's more info and you can also buy a hat on our website: https://www.laidbackbikereport.com/.We would love to have you as a Patreon Patron where you can support all we do for as little as $1/month. Check out how it works and the benefits you can reap here: https://www.patreon.com/laidbackbikereport*Thanks to these wonderful sponsors for making the LBR webcast possible*TerraCycle  https://t-cycle.com/  800-371-5871TerraTrike/Greenspeed https://wizwheelz.com/  800-945-9910Laidback Cycles https://laidbackcycles.com/   916-668-8766Bicycle Man https://bicycleman.com/ 607-587-8835AZUB https://azub.eu/  RecumbentPDX https://recumbentpdx.com/  503-231-1000Steintrikes https://stein-trikes-us.com/  931-237-0889Utah Trikes http://utahTrikes.com 866-446-2065Catrike http://catrike.com 407-999-0200Bacchetta Bikes http://bacchettabikes.com 818-358-2740Angletech cycledifferent.com 719-687-7475HP Velotechnik https://www.hpvelotechnik.com/ Grin Technologies https://ebikes.ca/ (604)-569-0902*Honza’s News Report Links*--Recumbent News  https://www.recumbent.news/*Guest Links*Bike to the Future  https://biketothefuture.ch/Recumbent Cycle-Con  https://cycle-con.com/Larry’s Sports Report*LBR Review Team Links**LBR Crew Links*-Recumbent News-online news website by Honza Galla  https://www.recumbent.news/-BentRider/Larry Varney  http://www.bentrideronline.com/-Nina Paley’s Links-Nina’s blog  https://blog.ninapaley.com/-Nina’s bike merchandise  http://www.palegraylabs.com/other-stuff-1/protective-bicycle-amulet-Peter Stull  https://bicycleman.com/-Josef Janning  https://www.facebook.com/josef.janning-Tim Segard https://www.bentrevolution.com/-Tray Bourgoyne  [email protected]**The absolute best archive of early recumbent history is Recumbent Cyclist News**  Find years of publisher Bob Bryant’s hard work here:  https://rcnpdf.com/**Viewer Submissions or Questions**Send to [email protected] the show