For information about recumbents and HPV’s this is a collection of notable publications and literature.

Media outlets:

• RECUMBENT.news – news website by Honza Galla since 2020
• BentRider Online – long running website with an active forum
• Laidback Bike Report – monthly video webcast with news and interviews by Gary Solomon
• Recumbents.com – maintained by Warren Beauchamp
• Historic
  • Recumbent Journal by Travis Prebble, 2009 to 2014 – Internet Archive
  • The Recumbentblog by Rob Mackenzie 2005 to 2011 – Internet Archive

Publications:

• Human Power – The technical journal of the IHPVA from 1977 to 2004. Hosted by IHPVA and BHPC. Continued by the Human Power eJournal
• EuSupino – annual free to download eMagazine of the EHPVA, since 2018
• Velo Vision – quarterly magazine that covered specialised bicycles, utility cycling and human power worldwide since 2000. Hosted by the V-CC
• Velomobile Design Seminars
• Laidback Cyclist – the quarterly magazine of the BHPC, since 1987
• HUFF – Head Up Feet First, the quarterly publication of OzHPV for members
• Kiwi HPV (continuation of HPV Canterbury) bi-monthly newsletters 1998 to 2010 (VeloWay’s index)

Books and Literature

• Bicycles & Tricycles: An elementary treatise on their design and construction
  • Archibald Sharp 1896 – Internet Archive
  • Reprinted in 1977 with a foreword by David Gordon Wilson – Internet Archive
• Bicycling Science
  • By Frank Whitt and David Gordon Wilson, with later contributions by Jim Papadopoulos
  • 1st edition 1974 – Internet Archive
  • 2nd edition 1982
  • 3rd edition 2004 – Internet Archive
  • 4th edition 2020 – MIT Press
• The Bicycle Wheel
  • Jobst Brandt 1993 – Internet Archive
• Bike Cult: The Ultimate Guide to Human-Powered Vehicles
  • David Perry 1995 – Internet Archive
• Human Power: The Forgotten Energy
  • Arnfried Schmitz 1999 – stocked by the BHPC until 2023
• Bicycle Design
  • Mike Burrows 2000 – Internet Archive
• The Recumbent Bicycle
  • By Gunnar Fehlau, originally published in German as Das Liegerad in 1996
  • 1st edition 2000 – Internet Archive
  • 2nd edition 2003 – Internet Archive
  • 3rd edition 2006 – Internet Archive

Forums

• Bent Rider Forum – active forum
• The Recumbent Bike Forum – forum of Recumbents.com, a source of rich technical information (as of 2025 it has been switched to read only due to a low engagement-to-spam ratio)
• Recumbent Riders International – recreational riders forum that has helped connect people

Others

• National Bicycle Greenway – the long term work of cycling advocate Martin Krieg in the US

To be expanded