University of Toronto Human Powered Vehicles Design Team - HPVDT

09/22/2026

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And so ends another week of racing down Route 305 in Battle Mountain, the fastest road in the world for human powered vehicles. It was a year with relatively few entries, and a mix of experienced a…

09/19/2026

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Six heats from the 8 km and one 4 km run this morning. Winds were forecast to decrease slowly as we approached noon, In the first heat, Alexis went 52.49 mph, earning a 50 mph hat. There were some …

09/17/2026

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Wednesday marks the midpoint of the competition where all of the racers start feeling a bit of additional pressure to get good runs. Tonight there were three 8 km heats scheduled, with Eta Prime sl…

09/16/2026

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Heading out to the course in the predawn darkness to set up timing. This morning we had three heats from the 4km start, and then two heats from 8km. We’ve been continuing the qualifying throu…

09/15/2026

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Another day with four heats of qualifying and two heats on the long course unfortunately did not yield more than two bikes through timing. Cal Poly decided to scratch because they need more practic…

09/15/2026

09/15/2026

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A few nice runs tonight. Calvin and Ellen finally get down the track from the 4 km mark. Both Typhoon and Eta prime had issues, so the UofT crew showed up at the grandstands to see the last heat. A…

09/14/2026

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Up at timing bright and early. This is the trash I picked up while walking back from 200m. What is disturbing is not the amount, but that fact that it is 100% alcohol related. The plan for this mor…

09/14/2026

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Lots of work at the Civic Centre as the other four vehicles work towards getting their bikes to pass technical inspection so that they can actually run on Monday. Here is a nice trike brought by th…

09/13/2026

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Greetings from Battle Mountain this fine Sunday morning. At catch, Nik is constructing this structure for people to use his binoculars while being shaded. Danny at work. Now laying down the wire to…