Versatile velomobile for two

Pedal-powered fun for the whole family.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Versatile
• velomobile

[KooolaNL]

DOES IT HAVE GEARS

[TheJoggler1]

Yes, it has 14 gears on an internal Rohloff Speedhub.

[emforty2]

proof that riding velomobils makes a happier society

may just be the solution for traffic congestion and rampant obesity

[ravnfroe]

Oooh, from the preview thumb I though they had finally created a decent velomobile tandem.

[bellaggio1770]

I wish this was a real tandem streamlined bike. Imagine how fast that would go!

[Texmurphy51]

@KrunchyJD

You would not be able to ride it here in Pa during most of the winter.

Major highways are clear but side roads are not. The road to my house gets plowed but still inches of snow on it. You cannot drive a car rear wheel drive car on it without snow tires. .

Nothing is flat here either. I live close to work but have a vertical climb of 500 feet twice to get there.

I have a stone driveway that would give that thing trouble with no snow.

We get snow all winter unlike the Netherlands

[KrunchyJD]

@Texmurphy51 They ride these things in The Netherlands in winter and in the snow. In fact they are warmer in winter then a bike. I dont think weather is an excuse, traffic, maybe, but not weather!

[scrillah81]

How often do you take your velomobile out for a ride? Do you use this more than your car now?

[bigbadbecks73]

Yeah I'll admit I thought it was a two abreast velomobile not simply mum taking junior for a spin down the street - oh well

[tcw00]

@emforty2 lol I agree. I so want one

[Texmurphy51]

@themanyone Well I dont do printer repair but work as a 12 hour shift as a Maintenance Tech in a factory. You might have lots of energy cause your job does not require much physical work but I am spent after 12 hrs. I can tell you now that you would Never be able to ride that bicycle on our roads here in the early morning after a snow. I am glad you are saving fuel so Obama can burn it in in his jet on the way to golf, while his dog flies in a seperate one.

[themanyone]

@Texmurphy51 I'm 43, but I plan to keep going. In a printer repair video, KpeH95uYodA I take a break and ride my bike down the hill in the snow to the home depot to buy a longer screwdriver. It's a recumbent, so if it tips over I just put my feet down flat. The velomovile is a trike, however, so no falling over, and the enclosure makes it more streamlined. I already pass traffic, so reduced drag would just make that easier. Hills would be a problem, but there is always electric assist.

[Texmurphy51]

@themanyone Dude I am 60 years old and dont think I want to be out in -10F riding a bicycle to work in the snow. If you feel that doing this will save the world then go for it. I am telling you, if you rode that thing here you would get run over of knocked off the road in the winter. I have snow tires with studs to make it to the main road when it snows. Do you really think that a bicycle could make it? I have a neighbor who walks to work so that might work

[themanyone]

@Texmurphy51 I don't think I'm tough or anything, average maybe, but I rode my bike all winter in Alaska for many years. An enclosed version would be a tad warmer, if not more practical. Just enduring the wind takes two pair of everything...