Triker Kidnapped/Held Captive for 20 Months-Nicola Chiacchio

Nicola dreamed of touring Africa since he was a little boy in Italy. In 2018 he began touring near the western coast on his wide tired AZUB trike and trailer. Along the way he met amazing and generous people who gave him food and shelter. Then in early 2019 he ignored the warnings of local officials and rode off on the road to Timbuktu. Then next thing he knew he was looking at automatic weapons pointed at his face. He was blindfolded and abducted via motorcycle. Thus began his nearly 2 year captivity ordeal. We learn about it all and find out how this experience has changed him.Next we talk to Daniele Gonano from France. I met him a few years ago at a German Spezi event. He was displaying his solar powered tilting trike at the "Inventors Tent". Daniele is a veteran of the 6500 mile annual Sun Trip tour which includes riders of solar powered e-bikes riding across Europe and Asia. We'll hear about all that and his latest project-a tilting velomobile.Of course we'll have our news director Honza Galla with the latest in recumbent activities, our Review Team member Tim Segard has a look at the HP Velotechnik Streetmachine bicycle and Peter Stull will share his thoughts about the historic Pharobike Low Fat low racer by Dan Duchaine. 00:00:00  Intro00:00:50  What’s on Today’s Show00:02:55  Panel Introduction00:07:50  Sponsor Introduction00:10:10  Recumbent News in 5 with Honza Galla00:13:35  Josef Janning/Honza/Doug discussion about Drymer 00:24:00  Nicola Chiacchio-World Trike Tourer Kidnapped Mali 01:13:00  Daniele Gonano-Solar Trip/Tilting Trike Design/Tilting Velomobile Build01:47:45  LBR Review Team-Tim Segard close look at the HP Velotechnik Streetmachine01:56:10  Peter Stull talks about the Classic 2 Wheel Bent called Pharobike Low Fat02:01:00  Pharobike/Dan Duchaine Discussion02:06:20  Sponsor Thanks02:08:30  Coming up next month02:09:10  Goodbye to panelNicola Chiacchio -GoFundMe Campaign : https://gofund.me/abb05e2bDaniele Gonano- Website : https://gonano.eu/aerotiltSupport the show