The ARION Project

Engineered by the ULV Team – World Record and World Land Speed Holders

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Introducing ARION 7! The team are designing a delt

Introducing ARION 7! The team are designing a delta trike to race in the 2021 WHPSC. They aim to break the IHPVA male and female multi-track records which currently stand at 73.95mph 56.42mph respectively. We are finalising our CAD and starting manufacturing prototypes.

In light of the current circumstances and the canc

In light of the current circumstances and the cancellation of the WHPSC, we (the ARION6 team) just wanted to take a moment to address our supporters.
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The team have spent the last two years working hard towards the completion of the ARION6 HPV and are deeply saddened to not be able to complete our final milestone at Battle Mountain.
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We would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors and riders for their patience, understanding and support during this difficult time. Without our sponsors support the ARION bikes would still be just a concept and would have never got the opportunity to achieve such a great history of accomplishments. We hope in the future we will be able to add to our achievements!
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The team would like to send a big thank you to the staff who have helped us over the past two years, with a massive thank you to Steve Bode and Mike Head for the time and passion that they have poured into making this such a unique and exciting project. We have had an amazing time and appreciate the lessons learnt and experience gained.
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We would like to wish our ARION7 colleagues the best of luck with their project and all the success at the WHPSC 2021!

Come and learn about the exciting 6th iteration of

Come and learn about the exciting 6th iteration of the ARION project!.
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The talk will focus on what goes into making a World Record Breaking bike, detail the teams previous successes and our hopes for the future.
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A Q&A session with the team will be held afterwards and refreshments will be provided 🍕.
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Held in the Walker Lecture Theatre, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool.
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Contact sgcspenc@liverpool.ac.uk for more information.
#IMechE #WorldRecord #velocipede #engineers

Who doesn’t love an early Christmas present?! 🎁.
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A massive thank you to @airtech_official ! We can’t wait to use this generous gift in our carbon fibre lay-ups in the new year!.
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#christmashascameearly #tygavac #carbonfiber #recumbentbike

We had a great experience yesterday at the Advance

We had a great experience yesterday at the Advanced Engineering Show 2019!
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We always enjoy learning about new innovations within our field and getting the chance to catch up with our sponsors. .
@advancedengineeringuk #engineering #squadgoals #tygavac #sigmatex #evonik

Thanks so much @bbcradio4 for having us on yesterd

Thanks so much @bbcradio4 for having us on yesterday to talk about our amazing #ARION project!
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If you want to get involved rider applications are still open, contact: sgmcamp@liverpool.ac.uk for an application!
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#bbcradio4 #bbcradio4today #thetodayprogramme #ihpva #recumbent #universityofliverpool #engineering #radio #arewefamousnow

First round of rider testing today at @liverpoolho

First round of rider testing today at @liverpoolhopeuk, hope the riders are better than our engineers 🤞🏻.
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If you’re interested in being a rider for #ARION6 then contact sgmcamp4@liverpool.ac.uk for an application! .
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#recumbent #ihpva #battlemountain #goingforgold #britishcycling #universityofliverpool

Today was our last day racing in Battle Mountain,

Today was our last day racing in Battle Mountain, and whilst going the through motions we’ve gotten used to over the last week, we’ve had the opportunity to reflect a bit on the design, build and test project we’ve undertaken.
It’s been a bit of a mammoth task in such a short window of time, and although what we produced wasn’t perfect, it well and truly fulfilled the initial brief and we’re really proud of our achievement.

Thank you to @kenstagram86 and @yasmintredell for being exceptional athletes. Massive congratulations on your achievements. We’re sorry that things didn’t go to plan 100% of the time, but we were so impressed with your performance when they did! Can’t wait to see what you do next!
We’d like to extend a special thank you to our technical staff, both those who came to battle mountain and those who didn’t. They have committed a huge amount of time and effort to this endeavour and have taught us so much...you’ve managed to turn us into something that could pass for engineers!
Huge shout out to Steve and Mike (@mickhead1994). Thanks for allowing us to do the project and pushing to make sure we could finish. We really hope Mike recovers quickly from his sever sleep deprivation after his literal 2 nights of sleep in the last 7 weeks.

Thanks for having us IHPVA.
We’re all bloody knackered but have learned so much and had the most incredible time.
Things we’ve broken; - Idler bearing
- idler mount
- Many Tyres - Steering Limiter
- Break Cables - Break Pads
- 2 Stems
- 3 Cameras
- A screen
- T25 and a T20 torx nut - Back wheel Axel and Nut
- Screen Housing - R.Pi
- Our Staff - CSI to HDMI block
- Chain Guides
- Seat
- Set Bondo Filler
- The Shell
- kiaya’s favourite sunglasses
- Radio Mount - Van Windscreen - Men’s British Multi Track Record (illegal wind)
- Women’s World Multi Track Record

#UniversityOfLiverpool #ARION5 #ULVTeamOnTour #Velocipede #WHPSC #IHPVA #Speed #DreamTeam
#WinnersAreGrinners
#AintNoSleepForTheWicked #RecordsDontGrowOnTrees #TheyreMadeInTheDesert #WhatsThatComingOverTheHill #ItsArion6 #JustTrikeToStopUs

Race Day 6 - W-W-W-WORLD RECORD!!! In true ARION s

Race Day 6 - W-W-W-WORLD RECORD!!! In true ARION style we’ve really gone and left it until the last minute! At 17:25 this evening, Yasmin ‘The Queen of Speed’ Tredell broke the World Women’s Multitrack Speed Record making her the fastest woman on 3 wheels!
Yas did 56.42 mph through the trap smashing the standing record by 2mph. We’re unbelievably thrilled and cannot wait to celebrate!
This is a huge win for the ARION team. Today marks the 50th day of manufacture, which is something we should remember to keep this victory in perspective.
So unbelievably proud of Yas, Ken and the team for their maintained drive, commitment and enthusiasm to the project.
At this point we’d like to extend an enormous thank you to all of our sponsors for making this possible. We hope we’ve made you proud too!
#UniversityOfLiverpool #ARION5 #ULVTeamOnTour #Velocipede #WHPSC #IHPVA #Speed #Tygavac #sigmatex #Schwalbe #CPCases #Hobson #RoyceHubs
#AintNoSleepForTheWicked #RecordsDontGrowOnTrees #TheyreMadeInTheDesert

Race Day 5 - Battle Mountain Blues Today wasn’t

Race Day 5 - Battle Mountain Blues

Today wasn’t a great day for the ULVT. Problems with screen systems and transmission meant that we had to scratch our runs from the staging area. Not ideal at this stage but at least we didn’t roll!
The repairs have been successful.. we’re looking mechanically sound and packing two exceptional athletes.

We might just need the planets to align for us tomorrow with some good wind.
Hoping Friday the 13th will be a lucky one!
Cross your fingers for us!
#UniversityOfLiverpool #ARION5 #ULVTeamOnTour #Velocipede #WHPSC #IHPVA #Speed
#AintNoSleepForTheWicked #RecordsDontGrowOnTrees #TheyreMadeInTheDesert #BattleMountainBlues
#HardDaysNight #KeepOnTrikeing

Race Day 4 - Assessment and Improvement After a l

Race Day 4 - Assessment and Improvement
After a long day and a long night, the team decided that the best course of action was to spend the day prepping ARION5 for the runs ahead (so no artsy photos i’m afraid) while a few of us went off to watch the racing (pictured). The whole system was assessed and a lot of detective work was done to identify what caused yesterdays events. We think we’ve cracked the case (not the shell) and set about making all the improvements we could, which we hope will bring us closer to our world records.

Really looking forward to tomorrow’s runs... we’ve never been so excited to wake up at 5am!
#UniversityOfLiverpool #ARION5 #ULVTeamOnTour #Velocipede #WHPSC #IHPVA #Speed #DreamTeam #NoSleepTillBM #ReadyToGo
#WinnersAreGrinners
#AintNoSleepForTheWicked #RecordsDontGrowOnTrees #TheyreMadeInTheDesert

Race Day 3 - Rock n Roll Today has been an absolu

Race Day 3 - Rock n Roll

Today has been an absolute whirlwind! Its felt like one of those days that’s gone on forever. It started with Yas breaking her own British multi track female record with a speed of 52.92 mph!

Then Ken broke the British multi track male record with a speed of 55.87 mph but unfortunately there was an illegal wind! We’re disappointed that this run wasn’t legal but we’re so impressed with his professionalism and ability to give it the beans!
This was followed by two crashes that sent both our riders into the desert. Fortunately everyone’s ok! This shows that the design is up to spec and proves we can keep our riders safe.
We’re so close to the world records and we’re only half way through the week. We’re ready to go pedal to the metal (carbon) to make this happen!
Team Stats;
Average Sleep: 3 hours
Motivation: 100
Favourite Food: anything
#UniversityOfLiverpool #ARION5 #ULVTeamOnTour #Velocipede #WHPSC #IHPVA #Speed #DreamTeam #NoSleepTillBM #ReadyToGo
#WinnersAreGrinners
#AintNoSleepForTheWicked #RecordsDontGrowOnTrees #TheyreMadeInTheDesert

Race Day 2 - Hard work pays off Yas smashed it do

Race Day 2 - Hard work pays off

Yas smashed it down the 2.5 mile run early this morning and put in incredible effort.
So much so that she now holds the British women’s multi track land speed record by reaching a top speed of 47.34 mph!
Good news is, she said she has plenty more fuel in the tank!
Ken also put in a top quality run that showed off his control and growing confidence in the new system. We’re really excited to see what he can do with some more time in the trike.

To recap; that’s ARION5’s first record... and it’s only Monday! 😉

#UniversityOfLiverpool #ARION5 #Velocipede #ULVTeamOnTour #WHPSC #IHPVA #Speed #HumanPowered #BrokenRecord #and #RecordBroken #WheelieProud #JustTrikeToCatchUs #MultiTrackMix
#AintNoSleepForTheWicked #RecordsDontGrowOnTrees #TheyreMadeInTheDessert

Race Day 1 - Learning the ropes We’ve made it t

Race Day 1 - Learning the ropes

We’ve made it to the I-80! Day 1 has been a learning curve for us all. We’ve had a great opportunity to understand how the competition works and how our system likes to operate, including the best way to launch, chase and catch our riders.
We managed collate all this knowledge into a cheeky evening practice sesh and, after another mechanical tweak session, we’re are very excited to see what tomorrow holds.

World records, we’re coming for ya!

#UniversityOfLiverpool #Arion5 #Velocipede #WHPSC #IHPVA #Bike #Speed #ULVTeamOnTour #BloodSweatAndTears #WereSoTired #FastNFurious #PedalToTheMetal #HumanPowered
#AintNoSleepForTheWicked #RecordsDontGrowOnTrees

3 days until competition! We’ve made it to San

3 days until competition!
We’ve made it to San Francisco with our incredible pair of athletes, Yas and Ken!
It’s called the world human powered speed challenge so we’re a bit worried we might not be able to compete because these two are certified beasts.

It’s a pleasure to have them back and we can’t wait to see them on the track!
#UniversityOfLiverpool #Arion5 #Velocipede #WHPSC #IHPVA #RoadToBattleMountain #ulvteamontour
#PedalToTheMetal #butfirstcoffee
#AintNoRestForTheWicked #RecordsDontGrowOnTrees

Take Off 🛫 At 1pm this afternoon, Arion 5 was

Take Off 🛫

At 1pm this afternoon, Arion 5 was loaded into the back of a van and began it’s long journey to Battle Mountain.
Our bike truly is the product of blood sweat and vac bag tears. Looking back it’s felt like we’ve been building for an absolute lifetime, but in reality we’ve only been manufacturing for 37 days! On average our work days were 19 hours long, which equates to 703 hours each...that’s 19 weeks of work squeezed into 5!

The count down is now on and it’s time to focus before the competition. We’re ready and raring to go but we hope you can cut us some slack when we turn up to the WHPSC looking a little tired!
Battle Mountain, we’ll see you in 7 days
#UniversityOfLiverpool #Arion5 #Velocipede #WHPSC #IHPVA #Bike #Speed #BloodSweatAndTears #WereSoTired #FastNFurious #FueledByBourbons #PedalToTheMetal #HumanPowered
#AintNoSleepForTheWicked #RecordsDontGrowOnTrees

We’re ridiculously thankful for the long hours a

We’re ridiculously thankful for the long hours and enormous effort that our 3rd years have put in this summer.
Here’s a picture of Jack, Chris and Casey mid way through a lay up that they prepped for, completed and vacuumed by themselves!
Looks like you won’t be needing any advice for Arion 6!
Thanks again, we’re stupidly proud of you xxx

#UniversityofLiverpool #UoL #Velocipede #Arion5 #Arion6 #WHPSC #IHPVA #CarbonFibre #LayUp #ButNotBasketball #TeamEffort #TeamWorkMakesTheDreamWork #PainIsTemporaryGloryLastsForever #AintNoRestFortheWicked #RecordsDontGrowOnTrees

5 days until we cast off Arion 5 to begin its 5000

We might have just started bonding components but

We might have just started bonding components but we've well and truly bonded as a team!

For example, Mario can do a front flip, is a trained fire dancer and sometimes snores? Who would have known!
#UniversityofLiverpool #Arion5 #WHPSC #Velocipede #Bonding #Components #Bonding #as #a #Team #Sticking #at #it

Having a wheelie good time thanks to our wonderful

Having a wheelie good time thanks to our wonderful sponsors!

Huge thanks to Schwalbe for making us slightly less tyred by sending us some tyres!
We’re a ‘hub’ of activity now we can assemble in our trusty Royce UK rear wheel hub!
And we’ve ‘spoke-n’ to our great contacts at Hobson Cycles who spoked our wheels for us!
Well, I guess it’s back to the work shop for us, the vicious cycle of manufacturing continues!
#Schwalbe #RoyceUK #HobsonCycles #IMechE #UniversityofLiverpool #AintNoRestForTheWicked
#RecordsDontGrowOnTrees

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