The Hurricane Recumbent




Since June 1998, I have a green-metallic Hurricane recumbent bicycle (Dutch: ligfiets, German: liegerad), made by Challenge, in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Especially in the Netherlands, there is a lot of choice in recumbent bicycles. Check www.ligfiets.net 's fietsen section for an almost complete list of manufacturers and models. The biggest four in the Netherlands are Challenge, M5, Optima and Nazca. But there are also a few smaller companies, a few private builders, and velomobiel.nl that specializes in their "Quest', a very fast, fully faired commuting recumbent. 'There are also a few foreign recumbent builders in the US, UK and Australia.

The reason I bought a Hurricane, was the very direct steering, the bit nervous behavior, and the eagerness of the bike to cross around, sprint and play with. Besides that, it's design looks very elegant, although the Challenge suspended Taifun and M5 Carbon lowracer might look even nicer. The Hurricane turned out to be a good choice, I've had my daily dose of fun for over three years now.

More about the Hurricane

EquipmentAbout the Hurricane, accessories, and a few maintenance tips.
TricksThe Hurricane is a joy to ride. Find out what I discovered so far, and watch the videos.

Tours with other recumbent riders
I made a few videos with other Dutch recumbent riders:

32 MB Paastreffen 2001 Easter-meeting of Dutch recumbent riders, 2001
32 MB Plat Zwolsch A ride with Plat Zwolsch, a recumbent club in Zwolle
33 MB Compilation A compilation of various recumbent touring material, for promoting recumbent touring
70 MB Fortenroute 2001 Video belonging to the fortenroute, 190 km around Amsterdam (1 day)

Links to other hurricane pages:

Hurricane pages of Kees van Malssen (dutch)
Hurricane pages of Jeroen Beekhuis (dutch)
Bryan's Hurricane pagina's(dutch)
Rob Kuiper's ligfiets pagina (dutch)
Fokke de Boer's Hurricane pages (dutch)
Paul Leertouwer (dutch)
Jan Peter Tammingga's self-built hurricane pages (dutch)
Experiences of oither Hurricane testers (dutch)
Hurricane page of Bastiaan Welmers
Toni Cornelissin's Hurricane pagina (dutch).

General information for dutch recumbent riders:
www.ligfiets.net
Other recumbent riders homepages:
Toni Cornelissen's ligfiets thuispagina

Some tips on winter cycling