Print and on-line media coverage
Note that prices mentioned in these articles may be out of date. Don’t forget to check out our photos, riders, and videos sections, too.
- Review: The Lightning P-38 Belt Drive (RTR, Winter 2018)
- Review: Lightning Phantom II (’BentRider Online, 2015)
- Martin Krieg interviews Tim Brummer for the National Bicycle Greenway’s Mountain Mover podcast series (December 26, 2014 — audio and transcript)
- BIKETECH: Project Gravel Reborn (Road Bike Action, July 2012)
- RBATECH: Lightning Carbon Cranks (Road Bike Action, March 26, 2012)
- Review: Lightning Cycle Dynamics Carbon Crankset 130 Carbon Spyder with Bottom Bracket (Jim Langley, Road Bike Rider, February 2012)
- Review: Lightning R-84 (Recumbent & Tandem Rider, #38)
- Review: Lightning P-38 Midracer (Bryan J. Ball, ’BentRider Online, July 2011)
- Lighten-up — Cranks (Nick Salazar, TriRig.com, February 2011)
- Déjà vu all over again: the 2011 Lightning P-38 (Larry Varney, ’BentRider Online, January 2011)
- Review: Three perspectives of the Lightning Phantom (Recumbent Journal, 2010)
- New Lightning Phantom (Bryan J. Ball, ’BentRider Online, January 2010)
- Lightning P-38 Ultegra (Bryan J. Ball, ’BentRider Online, May 2006)
- My Bike: A Lightning F-40 — My practical production-made streamliner (Wally Kiehler, Recumbent Cyclist News, March / April 2006)
- Lightning Phantom: ‘Return of the Phantom’ (Bryan J. Ball, ’BentRider Online, February 2006)
- Lightning P-38 (Bryan J. Ball, ’BentRider Online, November 2003)
- Lightning Thunderbolt A-10 (’BentRider Online)
- Lightning R-84 (Jim Langley, BicycleReviews.com, March 2000)
- First Ride of the Lightning P-38 (Jim Langley, Bicycling, November 1998)
- Reader Review: The Lightning P-38 (Nick Fessler, Recumbent Cyclist News, October / November 1996)
- A Recumbent Bike for Those Who Are So Inclined (Los Angeles Times, September 16, 1996)
- Road Test: Lightning Stealth (Recumbent Cyclist News, June / July 1996)
- Lightning Progress: An HPV Development Case History (Tim Brummer, Human Power, 1995)
- RCN Reader Road Test: Lightning F-40, Magic Bike Brings New Dimension to Cycling (Zach Kaplan, Recumbent Cyclist News, Fall 1994)
- Lightning F-40 Reader Commentary: P-38 Speed (Bill Dowling, Recumbent Cyclist News, Fall 1994)
- Lightning F-40 Reader Commentary: F-40 Impressions (Tom Mahood, Recumbent Cyclist News, Fall 1994)
- Penseyres uses his own power for world record (Quran C. Spears, Californian, 1994)
- Lightning P-38 Design History (Tim Brummer, Recumbent Cyclist Magazine, April / May / June 1993)
- A New Breed of Bike (Los Angeles Times, May 29, 1992)
- The Lightning P-38 Recumbent (Robert J. Bryant, The Recumbent Cyclist, August-October 1991)
- Easy Riders (Andrew Frumovitz, Daily Breeze, July 28, 1991)
- S.F. to L.A. Lightning-fast (Gerald Pease, The Recumbent Cyclist, May / June / July 1991)
- The next-generation road bicycle (Gerald Pease, The Recumbent Cyclist, May / June / July 1991)
- The Outrageous Lightning F-40 (Gerald Pease, The Recumbent Cyclist, January / February 1991)
- Readers Write (David R. Hoekzema, The Recumbent Cyclist, January / February 1991)
- S.F.-L.A. Dragstrip Update (1991)
- Lifestyle is the Buzz Word for today’s newest trend (Bicycle Retailer & Industry News)
- Too Fast? [at HPV RAAM] (Bicycle Guide, December 1989)
- RAAM Story (Bicycling, December 1989)
- A Test of Man and Machine [at HPV RAAM] (Chris Kostman, PBAA Journal, Winter 1989)
- Human-Powered Vehicles and [HPV] RAAM (Chris Kostman, VeloNews, September 1989)
- Recent progress in blending HPV efficiency with practicality (Gerald E. Pease, Human Power, Vol. 7 no. 3, Spring 1989)
- The Argus Race … and the mean machine that won it (Weekend Argus, 1988)
- Road Test: Lightning P-38 recumbent (John Schubert, Bicycle Guide, March 1986)
- Fastest bicycle in the world: 61.44 mph (Stuart F. Brown, Popular Science, February 1986)
- Penseyres and Lightning win the Seattle to Portland Challenge (HPV News, August/September 1985)
- [Penseyres wins] STP (Sports NW, July 1985)
- Records tumble at the Human Powered Speed Championships (Winning)
- The development of ‘The World’s Fastest Bicycle,’ Lightning X-2 (Tim Brummer, Human Power, Spring 1984, pg. 21-22)
- Innovative bicycles (Human Power, Spring 1989, pg. 19)
- [¼-mile drag races at the Eighth IHPSC] (Human Power, Spring 1983)
- [Lightning II sets record at 54 mph] (Autoweek, 1983)
- Human Power: The Wind Tunnel Testing of White Lightning (Brummer)
- Human Power: Broken records dominate 5th Speed Championships (Wilkman)
- Racing: First over 55 mph (Bicycling, 1979)
- All power to the people — or, in this case, from them (Sarah Pileggi, Sports Illustrated, May 1978)
Also see our list of Lightning riders.