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Rose-Hulman Human Powered Vehicle Team is a student organization that competes in the ASME Human Powered Vehicle Competition. The organization is currently in its fifth year.

Bikes
The team has created 4 bikes for competition to date and is currently working on a fifth for entry in both the East and West coast competitions. Thus far, all bikes created have been recumbent bicycles and have been front wheel drive.
 * The Hautian Hazard

The Hautian Hazard was the 2006 bike and the first one made by the team. Its top speed was 38.4 mph, with an endurance speed of 22.3 mph in a 45 minute race. The body was made up of chrome-moly tubing, with skin made up of heat-shrink plastic and chloroplast. The bike finished 7th at the 2006 ASME East Coast HPV Challenge.


 * The R5

The R5 was the 2007 bike. This vehicle was a large improvement over the previous year. Like the Hazard before it, the R5 used chrome-moly tubing. However, the skin was made of carbon fiber, kevlar and fiberglass. The bike reached a maximum speed of 40.2 mph, with an endurance speed of 31 mph over a 1 hour race. The R5 earned 2nd Place at the 2007 ASME East Coast HPV Challenge.


 * The Infinity

The infinity was the team's 2008 bike. It was the first bike to use a monocoque design, and marked a new standard for the team's bikes. The structural skin was made of carbon fiber, Kevlar, carbon/Kevlar cross-weave and Nomex honeycomb. The bike had a top speed of 45 mph, and took 1st place at both the 2008 ASME East and West Coast HPV Challenge


 * The Mark IV

The Mark IV was the first bike to use a tub frame design. The ribs were made of Nomex honeycomb, and the skin was made of carbon fiber, Kevlar and carbon/Kevlar cross-weave. Unintentionally, the skin was structural. Although this allowed for an extremely strong bike, it also made the bike very heavy. Nonetheless, the bike reached 45.6 mph, with an endurance speed of 28.7 mph in a 1 hour race.


 * The Ragnarok

The Ragnarok is well into production, and builds upon the successes of past years while fixing problems found in previous years while. The team is confident that the Ragnarok will be the best bike they have made.