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To say Napa’s Donny Robinson was excited to race again is a massive understatement.
To say he was disappointed after crashing and injuring himself again may be an even bigger one.
Robinson, who won a bronze medal in BMX racing in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, faced his first test after an injury-filled spring at the ABA national event in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 4.
“Can I tell you how excited I was to be back on the track? Just imagine not being able to do what you love for three months. That should tell the story,†said Robinson in a recent e-mail blast.
“I’ll even admit to tearing up as I landed in Salt Lake City. Even being at a race that is pressure-filled, just weeks before the World Championships, I was … Details
One fateful day back in 1984, I read an article in Popular Science entitled “Pedal-power slingshot.†It was about a vehicle called the Cyclodyne, which was a recumbent human-powered tricycle enclosed in a full polyester-and-epoxy streamlined shell. The writer claimed that he had easily got the thing up to 30 mph (48 km/h), and that it was designed to reach 53 mph (85 km/h) on flat ground. Good Lord, how I wanted one. Its US$3,800 price tag ensured that it would never happen, but that didn’t stop me from obsessing. That article was my introduction to the world of velomobiles, which can pretty much be defined as aerodynamically-shelled recumbent tricycles  … Details & Pictures