The Padilac was built in 1990 for on and off road racing (same race.) It also went in the water with a retractable padle wheel and inflatable pontoons. From positive experience with a friend's rig I decided to set this one up with controls distributed between the two riders. The front person, known as the 'pilot' on the Padilac, steers. The rear person, known as the captain, operates the brakes, shiftes the deraillers, and changes over the high/low final drive chains.

A common occurance was when the captain didn't apply the brakes for a corner, the pilot knew then it was a prime opportunity to pitch the Padilac into a rear wheel drift, Dukes of Hazard* style. If that is not your riding style of course captain should always apply brakes when needed.

Adel Millitello and I coming home from the Chinese restuarant. (1990)
 
 *Dukes of Hazard was a '70's TV program where the two main characters race around in a late 60's Dodge Charger charger swinging the rear end out around almost every corner encountered.
 
 
 

My Pilot, Micheal Jaines checking the pontoons at the Portland World Speed Championships, 1990.
 
 
 
 

Klara Varga and I checking out the stair climbing and decending capabilities of the Padilac.

In the fall of 1990 I sold the Eco-Cycle to the Campus Recycling Project of Humboldt State University and constructed a trailer for it for doing recyclables collection.

Also here is a collection of pictures I took recently of the Eco-Cycle.