2. The project is led by the ULV Team - a team of engineering students from University of Liverpool, sponsored
by Rathbone Investment Management, who manufactured a bicycle called the ARION1. The ULV Team are
working in partnership with leading sports scientists from Liverpool John Moores and Liverpool Hope Univer-
sities who are providing the sports science required to train the riders of the ARION1.
The Project
Nick Fernandez
Tom Parker
Alex Hamilton
Stuart Nisted
Will Simpson
Carafino Braganza
Daniel Potts
Joe Baynes
Michael Head
Daniel Owen
George Curwen
Kieran Bridges
Robert McKenzie
Rory Curtis
Toby Dafforn-Jones
The Team

3. Ken Buckley
28
A sales executive from Reading, Ken is
an accomplished cyclist and will be
utilising his skills to bring home to rec-
ord
Dave Collins
29
Currently attending the University of
Liverpool studying a PhD in Musculo-
skeletal Biology, Dave still finds time to
compete in triathlons and attempt a
world record.
Natasha Morrison
37
A Warwickshire nurse with a passion for
cycling, Natasha will be turning her tal-
ent towards breaking the current wom-
en’s record.
Meet The Riders

4. The world record attempt was performed in September 2015 at the annual International Human Powered Ve-
hicle Association (IHPVA) event in Battle Mountain, Nevada. At a height of 1450m, the ARION1 was put to the
test on the smoothest and flattest road in the world.
The team managed to break the British land speed record not once, but three separate times. Dave and Ken
managed to push the ARION1 to speed of 70 and 75 mph respectively, raising the British record by 8 mph in
the process.
Men’s World Record
Current Record: 86.65 miles per hour
Set: September 2015
Rider: Todd Reichert
Team: AeroVelo
Women’s World Record
Current Record: 75.69 miles per hour
Set: September 2010
Rider: Barbara Buatois
Team: Team Varna
Current Records
The team are the first UK university to attempt such a feat, and as such they are paving the way for future
universities to rise to the challenge of creating their own human powered vehicles. The ULV Team intends to
produce the ARION2 ready for racing in the 2016 competition, and are aiming to break the world record.
The Record

6. 7
INTELLIGENT Visual System
The two camera set up ensures that
the rider will always be able to see
the road ahead, with up-to-date infor-
mation overlaid on the screen.
CARBON FIBRE Shell
Two layers of carbon fibre with 3D
ROHACELL sandwiching provides
the ARION1 with superior stiffness
while keeping a low weight
ROYCE 104 Tooth Chainring
3 times the size of a standard bicycle,
this gargantuan ring forms the back-
bone of the transmission system.
UK university to attempt
- the record
st
MICHELIN Radial Tyres
Considered the best tyres in the
world, the Michelin radials’ will ro-
tate at 1400 rpm to propel the rider
16students working on
the project
1
Britain’s
Fastest
Bike

7. 3riders pushing the limits
of human power
75.02mph current British
record
ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS
FULLY HUMAN POWERED
BURNS 4065 CALORIES/HOUR

8. Sponsorship
The University of Liverpool Velocipede Team would like to thank their sponsors
www.facebook.co.uk/ULVTeam
www.twitter.com/ULVTeam
www.ULVTeam.co.ukW