How Bents are Built in Czechia and Slovakia!

We are on the road in Brno, Czech Republic and Prievaly, Slovakia where we tour the Katanga facility and Composite Products in one day. At Katanga we get a look at the CAD designs of their upcoming light electric vehicle called the VM45, building the WAW velomobile and Pony 4 quad in the workshop and a peek at the Velove cargo platform they collaborate on. Hijinks ensue when Tray and I hop on the quads for a test ride.Then it's on to Slovakia where Alan from Composite Products gets us up close and personal to their fiberglass, Kevlar and carbon fiber process all taking place in an old firehouse. HP Velotechnik hinted at a new trike while we were at Spezi this year. Now they've officially announced the DeltaTX a real departure from the tadpole trikes they have long been known for. Heiko Truppel, their marketing director takes us through the story behind this new product and we take a close look at the trike itself.Finally, we have a profile of a very highly regarded and unusual trike shop in Portland, Oregon known as Recumbent PDX. Husband and wife owners Mel Birge and Janet Morgan take us on a test ride and talk about the shop, its crew and the philosophy behind their Catrike Megastore.00:00:00  Intro00:00:45  What’s on Today’s Show00:02:18  Panel Introduction00:04:25  Sponsor Introduction00:07:00  LBR News Report-TransAm Bents, Waterford HPV Racing and Sandy Earl starts RAAM00:11:12  Katanga Tour and Test Riding00:32:08  Composite Products Tour in Slovakia01:06:10  DeltaTx-New Trike from HP Velotechnik01:34:00  Recumbent PDX Portland, Oregon Trike Shop Profile with Mel Birge and Janet Morgan01:56:00  Sponsor Thanks01:58:35  Announcements02:00:20  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/  800-371-5871 or  +1-503-231-9798 (Outside N. America)Trailside Trikes  https://trailside.bike/  352-419-4809TerraTrike/Greenspeed https://wizwheelz.com/  800-945-9910Laidback Cycles https://laidbackcycles.com/   916-619-1003Connecticut Yankee Pedaller http://www.cypbikes.com/  641-774-5557Bicycle Man https://bicycleman.com/ 607-587-8835AZUB https://azub.eu/  RecumbentPDX https://recumbentpdx.com/  (503) 231-1000Eco Cycles https://www.eco-ebike.com/ (833) 693-2453*Honza’s News Report Links*--Recumbent News  https://www.recumbent.news/*Guest Links*Spezi Event  https://en.spezialradmesse.de/Sandy Earl (Red Pearl)  https://www.redpearlracing.com/Race Across America  https://www.raamrace.org/TransAm Bike Race Live Tracker  https://trackleaders.com/transam23Katanga  https://www.katanga.eu/Composite Products  https://www.composite-products.eu/DeltaTX trike from HP Velotechnik  https://www.hpvelotechnik.com/en-us/world-premiere-delta-tx-the-e-chopper-for-the-comfort-generation/RecumbentPDX https://recumbentpdx.com/**Viewer Submissions or Questions**Send to [email protected]*LBR Crew Links*-Recumbent News-online news website by Honza Galla  https://www.recumbent.news/-BentRider/Larry Varney  http://www.bentrideronline.com/Support the show