HP Velotechnik GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)

HP VELOTECHNIK, founded in 1993 by Paul Hollants and Daniel Pulvermüller, manufactures approx. 2,000 recumbents per year in the factory in Kriftel near Frankfurt (Germany) with 35 employees (including four trainees) and is thus market leader in Europe. The bikes are built individually by hand according to the customers wish and sold in specialist bicycle shops. The signs are pointing to growth: recumbents are sold in Germany and Europe; an increasing share is exported to more distant regions such as the USA, Australia or Japan.This successful business strategy was honoured in 2017 with the "Hessian Export Prize", which is jointly awarded by the State of Hesse and the Hessian Chambers of Crafts and Industry and Commerce.

HP VELOTECHNIK has developed 15 recumbent models that cover the entire range from everyday bikes to racing bikes. All models are available with powerful electric motors on request. Especially the models of the Scorpion series caused a sensation, winning the renowned "Eurobike Award" design prize three times in a row (2012 - 2014). The most recent award was won in 2018 by the Scorpion fs 26 S-Pedelec as a vehicle in the fast class with up to 45 km/h pedal support.

Even as schoolchildren, the company founders Hollants and Pulvermüller became national winners of the JUTEC Youth and Technology competition of the Association of German Engineers – the foundation of the development from a garage laboratory to one of Germany's most innovative bicycle companies. Since 2006 HP VELOTECHNIK has been awarded as one of the three best bicycle manufacturers in Germany by the industry association VSF several times.

Main Products

Grasshopper fx
- the foldable touring recumbent

Streetmachine Gte
- the long distance tourer with full suspension

Speedmachine
- the race recumbent

Gekko 26
- the comfortable, rigid entry level trike

Gekko fx 20
- the nimble, foldable allround trike

Gekko fx 26
- the brisk, foldable touring trike

Gekko fxs
- the trike that grows with your needs

Scorpion
- the touring trike

Scorpion fx
- the foldable touring trike

Scorpion fs 20
- the action trike

Scorpion fs 26
- the full suspension speed trike

Scorpion fs 26 Enduro
- the nippy offroad trike

Scorpion fs 26 S-Pedelec
- the E-Trike up to 45 km/h

Scorpion Plus 20
- the full suspension trike for daily use

Scorpion Plus 26
- the full suspension SUV-Trike

Comfort & ability accessories
- accessories for special needs

Streamer
- aerodynamic weather protection fairing for recumbents