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A scabbed-over road burn on Erik Chamberlain's forearm serves as a reminder of a defining moment for a group of Portland State engineering students who competed at the annual ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge last weekend.

Chamberlain and a group of four other PSU students built their own Human Powered Vehicle (in layman's terms, a bicycle) for the Reno, Nev. competition, an event that measures how well students can design and build durable, fast and reclined bicycles.

During the endurance portion of the competition, Chamberlain took a hairpin turn too fast and crashed the bicycle, snapping one of its custom-made bike chains. It was one of many crashes the teammates took while pursuing victory in the competition.

"We all got some scrapes on us," Chamberlain said.
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