Velomobile vs. Group of Road Cyclists | Cycling event Arvon kuntoajo, Kälviä, Finland
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- I went to this local cycling event, Arvon Kuntoajo, on 1.7.2017. This time I decided to go fast and maybe have some competition with other cyclists. But as it turns out, other cyclist were much more slower, so there was no competition. The fast group of road cyclist were definetly stronger riders than I am. And they were riding as a group, which makes them even faster. But still I was able to go much faster than they.
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Great video, it's refreshing to see all the roadies left behind! Cut the volume of the background music a bit, please!
Never! You cannot defeat the metal!
The reason Saukki doesn't get in bar fights with the upright cyclists is that by the time they get to the bar, he's GONE!
loved it Saukki, I like your thoughts on the quality of the road surface. I think I learned a few obscenities to go with my already profound collection 😉
Just discovered your velo videos and am learning from them every time. Nice production quality and commentary as well.
I own an orange XS w/hood and have been velomobiling since ‘04. Like I said, I learn every time I watch. Thanks and keep them coming. Btw, you are a strong rider!
Concerning uphills, I read an article recently about how to climb. In the past, my legs would go sour and I would have to back off (in glass fibre Quest). The article stated that the trick is to make sure you get an excess of air into your lungs, so what I do now is steer with one hand, try to relax my back and put one hand to the side, so I can breathe in deep and do "Trumpet-breathing" out (hard out, and use your belly to breathe too). The interesting thing is that now, my heart rate goes up a lot quicker and I can climb steadier and longer. Also, for me this is making about a 20-25% difference in speed. (from avg. 15,4 to 19,1 km/h on my reference hill). Compared to a friend with a normal bike, the weight of my bike is partially compensated by the fact that it's so much easier to deliver the power, and the fact that it's not possible to "open up" your chest on a fast racer with really low handle bars.
Your videos keep getting better and better. It's not simple making an engaging video about riding velomobiles-- I've sought out and watched all I could find on TH-cam, and yours really stand out.
Great video Saukki...but I'm almost finished watching velomobile videos because I got an email from Theo today...my Quest is ready!!!
Thats great news! Congratulations!
John Duffy congratulations John, your life will never be the same 😊
Congratulations! My Quest is ready second week of August.. :-) Almost there..
recumbents have always been faster, that's why they got banned from all the competitions
Congrats you smoked “em” all!!! I really enjoyed watching this video, I’m just getting into riding recumbent cycles (KMX)and I’m looking into the world of possibilities !!! This makes me want get a Velomoble really really bad , I’d get a kick out of smoking some hardcore cyclists with there $ 10,000 CF bikes with CF wheels 😆😆😆😆👍, You look like you hardly broke a sweat 😆!
Awsom shit brother. You didn't beat them, you annihilated them. Nice.
Totally cool, a excellent replacement for most cars in the city!
You are exactly right 😄
Similar to Quebec, forests, lakes, hockey and crappy roads !
This is a interesting video. Also with the end data. And of course, thanks again for the nice video. (And nice music)
Does 156km route and still beats 110km group lmao
HA! Your thoughts on the road conditions are hilarious!
As a group, Velobikers are way cooler and chill compared to regular cyclist/racers, who are often real jerks. Why is that?
There is snob factor with roadies.
Velonauts get the hot chicks 🐥.
Well, you are basically far more aero. I love the way you talk. You win subscriber bro.
Can you tell us please who's music you are playing in your videos? Thanks.
TH-cam needs a feature to turn off background music
That is fast. 45 km per hour. Wow
The music in this video makes me realize that riffs do not have borders.
Hola ,soy un seguidor español.
Tu trabajo es impresionante. Me estoy construyendo un velomobil.
Salud amigo !!
Great Saukki. Glad to see you had your entrant number on your shirt for all to see. hehe.
I had been wondering: how does a velonaut return the wave from cyclists? In this video I see, you beep your horn :)
The lusterkas tylnas
Hi - Skip the ”music"
Impressing speed over 160k. What tires are you using and how much pressure?
Front: Shredda, rear: Marathon Almotion. Max pressure according to tyre side wall. Front 5 bar, rear 4 bar.
I want one!!!
That’s awesome! You were so much faster, they didn’t have a chance. Don’t know where you find the energy to get up all those hills, I got tired & sore just watching!(-:
Luckily our hills around here are quite small 😄
Very satisfying watching you fly by and crush the rest of the field;^) Another great vid, Saukki!
He: next 25 km uphill
Me: next 5 km and i'm dead
Yeah, but you need to know that we who live on completely flat land, we can find uphills from places other people see as flat 😂
Hey Saukki, great Video, I had the Quest Carbon 462 and put a Bionx 250W HT System and NuVinci 360 in it in the next weeks. because the hills in south Germany much harder than yours ;) today´s max Speed was 96,3kmh. If you on Facebook, send me a Mesage
The problem is uphill
Yes you are right. But only if the uphill is long enough so you loose your momentum or you can’t get enough speed before the uphill.
Another great video , so I finally subscribed :)
Sir will you give me this velomobile for my birthday please? I would be so happy
I'm a roadie but this look really cool! Can you provide any GPS data?
Great video! Incredible average speed also.
Ok sorry. I skipped to the end and saw the GPS data.
Imagine an off road velomobile... or at least one with a bit of suspensions to not have so much difficulty with imperfections in the road.
Do they have a Velomobile with clear side panels so that the chicks can see my statue-of-David grade quadriceps?
Nice ride. It must make some bike riders crazy that your heavy velomobile can beat their light bikes.
You have a fast bike, but you’re also fast!, holy cow, 160kms in 3.5 hours! I also ride a quest velomobile, and i did 100kms in that time. I thought i was fast!😜. You make great video’s. Thanx!!👍
More people should buy Quests & Elfs. Keep it up man :)
Nice one, Saukki! I like how you explain the numbers in the end.
Great work! Both the video and the race! Fun road condition comments ... :)
Great information. I'm assuming that the main advantage is aerodynamics.
Yes, you are correct.
I find it now in the summer often too warm in my quest, what is your idea about that?
Looks much faster and without the sun zapping your energy, you didnt even sweat. Soooo, riding an upright road bike is a better workout? Yes?
Awesome, maaannn! Congrats!!!!!
That was so much fun to watch. You are one bad ass racer!
I dig your style.
Fantastic I need one!
I like the music!🤘😎🤘
deffo need one of velos
You need a heads up gps speedometer
Amazing
Beautiful!!!!!
awesome =D
This is a really nice video, I watched it a few times :D
I see that you had problems with getting onto the larges cog on your gears. Did you really needed the lowest gear? Or were you also on the middle chainwheel in the front at the time in this video?
I am working on building a velomobile and your videos are very good inspiration and also they give a good insight into how the Quest is built :)
On the front I probably had the largest chainring. This was long time ago and I have already fixed the sifting since then. So now everything is working as expected.
That was amazing. The velomobile must be WAY heavier than the conventional bikes but it is much faster. Shows the importance of aerodynamics.
True!!!!
8:38 - LMAO ;'D
Sounds like me when I'm driving a car with a very stiff suspension.
Ti M you admit to that??
a fair competioin is only when the sport instruments are the same....thats why th UCI has banned recumbents bikes. .....a quest or any other bike with a fairing is very expensive so not everybody can use it.....in the 1930 some races are banned gear shifting, because not much people had the money for it. The UCI s Job is to garantie a fair competition between sport guys, so the best athlet will win and not the athlet with the best material.
True, but I don't think the purpose of this video was to find the best athlete. Saukki was clear that at least the best of the road cyclists were stronger than he was. This was a test of which mode is more efficient.
43kph is a high average speed over the distance. In your opinion how fit are you? I’m considering buying one but I’m not sure if it’s worth the extra cost
I consider myself as an average rider. You are not going to get that kind of average speed on your commute. For example my avg speed on my commute is sonewhere around 35 km/h. But the speed is not the only advantage of velomobiles. Velomobiles are also more comfortable than upright bikes and you get great weather protection. For example the drivetrain is protected from mud and water. That’s huge advantage during rainy days.
You really pushed 604W without assist?!))
Are you referring to the Strava power data shown at the end of the video? That's only estimated power. I don't have power meter. Strava is estimating power for upright road bike. It doesn't understand that I'm riding a velomobile.
Thanks for answer and for nice video!)
no electrical assist?
I don’t need e-assist. It would only slow me down 😄
is it scary to ride with other bicyclists around knowing that one could possibly crash into your velo , makes me nervous but still cool . yet another great video
Yes, I was bit nervous about that. But it was only few kilometers when I had to ride with them.
I think would be awesome on a cold or windy day. I just think a bit unpractical with roads and cars
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Try one first
Tuleeko tossa hanuri kipeeks niin kuin normi pyörällä?
Tällä ajaessa ei tosiaan tule samanlaisia kiputiloja, kuin pystypyörällä ajaessa. Mutta pitkällä aikavälillä saattaa perse hieman puutua. Samoin kun esim autolla pitkää matkaa ajaessa. Tai ihan missä tahansa samassa asennossa pitkän aikaa istuessa. Siihen auttaa pieni jaloittelu, koska nojapyörässä ei oikein voi vaihtaa asentoa. Mutta tosiaan pystypyörästä tuttuja perse-, niska-, hartia-, selkä- ja rannekipuja ei tule.
onko tuo takavetonen lähteekö talvella linttaa😂😂
On takaveto. Voi sitä yrittää 😂 th-cam.com/video/BikQfxB_Xk0/w-d-xo.html
How much is the difference on the flat sections?
The roadies kept their speed steady at 38 km/h. On flat sections my speed was about 40 - 45 km/h
Saukki and I suppose they did that by riding in groups and taking turns on the front.
Yep, I think so too.
Is it possible to assist each other with 2 or more velos?
Hi very interesting video I subscribed, from your videos seems that is really hard to manage the velomobile to face steeper uphills so can you tell me with what crankset is equipped you model? I suggest they would have to put 3 crown gears like mountain bikes so you can use very low gears so that you can go trough the steeper uphills at decent speeds
Yep my crankset has 3 chainrings. The largest one is 57t, but I don't remember the other two. Maybe 44t and 34t or something.
@@TheVelomobileChannel pretty interesting, 57t chairing is pretty massive and with also the aredinamic shape of velomobile I would be not surprised if the top speed on flat surface should be around 100 km/h, on the other hand 34t for the smaller crown gear is the same gear with many road bicycles are equipped so I suggest the velomobile needs a smaller one to perform well in uphills
Yeah, but the rear wheel is 26” so that means, the 57t ring isn’t so massive after all. Actually after about 65 - 70 km/h the cadence will be just too much to hold that speed very long.
Is it OK to post velomobile rides on strava and destroy all the upright cycling KOMs? Technically you could say that riding a velomobile is "cycling" and therefore should be allowed on Strava...
Is it ok to take a triathlon bike and wait for the best possible wind conditions (strong tail wind) and then crush the Strava KOMs? Which is more cheating? Strava is not an official UCI competition. In my opinion all human powered efforts should be allowed in Strava.
I can imagine a lot of cyclists won't be happy with this and will flag your segments. At the same time, many of the more popular flat highway segments here in Latvia are won by drafters behind trucks at 80 - 90 kph. And they often don't even get flagged - it's become almost a norm, even though it is NOT human powered riding.
I must be very lucky. In my area others don’t flag my velomobile rides. Maybe they understand it’s human powered.
And what about sweating? There is no wind inside de velomobile. I live in Brazil, a tropical country, and prefer the wind to refresh myself...
If only you made this canopy with paraglider fabric... Much lighter
than carbon fiber.
Kova :)
Why do you need frekin spandex sitting inside the velomobile? Does it make you more aerodynamic getting out? SMH
I have ridden recumbents before and with recumbent bike you want to have tight pants. I don’t want any wasps or other insects flying inside my pant leg. So I have used to ride with tight pants and I find them comfortable inside the velomobile. The thing is that with velomobile you can use almost any kind of clothes you find comfortable. Or be completelly naked. No one will see 😄
@@TheVelomobileChannel I got stung a few times riding my recumbent and recumbent trike, when a rotten bug flew into the shorts' pant's leg...once I got stung 3 times before I managed to smack the bug dead. One time I was stung 5 quick times (I swear in under 2 seconds)...I smacked at it and had to fully stop, stood up and shook the bug out...I stumped on it to make sure that sob stinger was completely dead ha ha.
please make the bike music louder - crank it up to 11