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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ม.ค. 2022
- Well, it has been a long wait for my Snoek to be built and arrive on Covid island, but finally, it is here. And what a machine it is,i cannot wait to put it to the test on a race track where I am sure it will come into its own.A big Veloads shout out to the crew at Velomobiel.nl for designing this bike.I have not named the Snoek yet so all suggestions in the comments section would be most appreciated.
First Snoek Velomobile in the UK / 2021/ First impressions.
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Great mini review, John. FWIW…I take delivery of my Snoek today. I believe I’ll be the first velo rider in the Western Hemisphere to take delivery. #9
How is it?
I'd be scared of big vehicle blind spots (as a former bus driver). Looks like a really well made and fun machine. I'd love to see them become more popular!
And you are not scared of blind spots when on a regular bike?
Have a bicycle and recumbent trike. Not scared of blindspots nomatter what I ride as take them into account as I ride. I actually find a trike alot safer on the road due to how traffic treat you than a bicycle which i assume will also apply to velomibiles. To be honest dont have issues nomatter what I ride or drive due to being trained as an advanced driver and rider.
Fantastic looking machine! Great way to start the new year. Thanks and cheers!
Very nice, John. Thanks for giving all of us a look.
I'm 185cm, so I don't pay a lot of attention to the Snoek, though I think it's a cool machine. But I had to watch this because it's you, John.
This vehicle looks to be so much fun!! 😁👍
First impressions.... I'm in love!
Nice review and beautiful machine 👍
Love it John!
Thanks John, for the video, good to see the Snoek in a bit more detail, it would be great if you could do video looking at how Velomobiles have evolved (Stuart mentioned the different generations) so we can see the differences side by side (not sure if this is possible). Potentially looking at something for commuting, but seems decision to navigate for a novice like me.
Ah ah ah ah, stayin alive!
Goodluck bro, keep save!
Wow, love the snook, sexy lines!!!
Even Stewart smiled...
Thank you for sharing John
Kudos on your filmmaking. It seems more stabilised than it used to be. I noticed you have changed the colour-grading on the camerawork, too. Excellent presentation/review.
Cool action shots!!
Very nice machine John! About time someone came out with a velo suited to those of a smaller physique, I think it will sell well, and with 7 on order at present, one I note through Velo-Ads, plus 12 delivered in 2021, it looks successful to me :-).
Look's incredible, can't wait for an XL/L model :D
Same here, hope for XL/L model. I am too wide. A Work of Art.
very nice velo John I have no change fiting in it love the colour 😀
It's got a real Suessian flair.
I would ride it in the street, I would ride it with my feet. The crook, the schnook, and captain hook all went far on their Vela Snoek...
I'll see myself out..
awesome video! im subscribed to your channel, amazing content
GT Martell race colours, SSWWeeeeeeet 👍💪
Very cool! 👍
Fabulous
Very Interesting!
Looks to be quick on it's wheels and brilliant aesthetics. Ride in the rain? Yes please.
My only concern would be inattentive motorists (thousands more of those every day).
Totally agree with you ,enough cyclists killed sitting upright ,God knows with this so low!
@@raychambers3646 From someone riding fixie, cargo bike, open recumbent (M-Racer) and various velomobiles: The height doesn't make a difference. It's basically the size of a Locost or Caterham, only misses some width but has full-body color to make up for that.
People who rarely ever look up from their phone aren't even going to miss a truck; because of this, speed is the biggest danger with a velomobile. It's not like a normal bike, where you can brake your way out of everything. Once you put some power in this thing you're over 40 mph, as long as you ride defensive and keep your mind on what you're doing you're fine.
Very informative team interesting 👏 👍, rather small for me though, great watch though, thanks
Long time no see I hope your keeping well. maybe Boris will get is act together and this covid business will be over. I don't think Sualky will be swapping his quotrovelo for that anytime soon. it does seem very small in their👍
John, you have the Alpha 7, Milan, and the Snoek, 3 of the fastest velomobiles. Could you do a comparison? Efficiency, hill performance, ride quality, handling, comfort, noise/vibration, etc.?
Yeah, this has definitely got a "IT" bike of south park vibe going on here🤣
Beautiful machine, and if I were to ever got a velomobile, I think this would be my machine of choice. Good to see you showing us to you get into it too, but for reference, what height are you? (at 170cm myself, I don't think I would have much trouble, but just in case).
180.cm
I'm actually curious as to how well does it do on inclines or hills.
Will be harder than a recumbent trike due to extra weight , a more horizontal riding position effects the lungs aswell. On a recumbent trike, I don't struggle due to low gearing but takes alot longer than a bicycle which is not fun.
Next time you want to stealthily and discretely cycle through London lol.
Dosn't seem like a tourer, but man that thing is HOT!
My favorite looking Velomobile so far, too bad my shoulders are too wide for it (50 cm). Otherwise with my 171cm it would be a perfect fit for me.
Would be really cool to see someone squeeze one of those two stroke pushbike engines in this
Snoek is Dutch for Pike (the fish)
Snoek, pike in English I think. It is the name the Dutch gave to the Citroën DS. Guess now it a question does it fit...
Do velomobiles have any sort of protection when it comes to crashes? Like anything to protect you from instantly being crushed or having your head smashed off the hard bits
wow
Informative and entertaining too!
Thanks for sharing... But boy, is it ever small. You could maybe call it Sardine?
There is no chance of me fitting in that Snoek (name of another small fish I've only ever seen in a tin), I would not even have fitted in it when I was 12 years old. OK, I'm jealous. But . . .
As a (now long retired) engineer I cannot help thinking that there is little point in reducing the frontal area that drastically, never mind the inadequate length inside for blokes like me, since they have left that lumpy lamp out in the breeze. I'm serious!
Properly slippery vehicles are easily ruined by just one lumpy item. Do you recall the Aptera? A very slippery vehicle, which interested me professionally, so I dropped in on them when I was still working for a US company. At that time Aptera had just completed the testing of an aero enhancement - which had concealed the (single) parked wiper blade behind a suitable fairing. Hardly worth the bother, surely?
Wiper, car, relative size and drag? On a Land Rover, sure, but not in this case.
The point is that hiding that wiper blade reduced the overall drag of the Aptera car by very nearly half. Wiper blades are all corners, see. So without cranking up a CFD engine, I feel that the lamp looks like it needs fairing in! Has a wind tunnel test been done, yet?
Really worth checking that if you are serious about going racing.
Thanks again, great video!
Maybe U could call it, the Cure !
Hi guy where can I either buy one already done like that or make one abit like it or get a mould done and made like that awesome ideally was going to try and build and make one myself one for enjoyment and fun and 2 to get around places thanks much appreciated thanks again for your responses and help 😀
I think I could easily get in and out of that awesome machine. I'm only 5'4 heheheheh
I still need to try it 😂
You will
Phenominally fast but I assume will be phenoemally slow up hills due to the weight, Have marathon plus on the recumbent trike as really don't want to get a puncture on it, hate the throught of getting one on a velomobile
Which is faster the Snoek, Alpha 7 or the Milan?
Do they come with any suspension travel?
I just bought my first trike, a Catrike 700 which is pretty quick but also very stiff, no suspension.
Hi John, this thing is awesome, how heavy is it? I don’t imagine it’s very much, what with it being so small/low.
@M1lansl have fun over there!! 🤩
Apparently around 22/23kg but have not weighed mine as yet.
@M1lansl Surely not. My DF was about that weight when I bought it; the Snoek is quite a bit smaller. VM.nl were originally aiming for 20kg, then it turned out to be 21-21.5kg but 25kg seems incredibly heavy, about as heavy as what a Romanian Alpha 9 is supposed to be! Perhaps lighter components can’t be sourced?
I am surprised it is so small considering the average height of Dutch riders. Does it come in different sizes for bigger riders?
@ 14:23 he needs to cut his hair,before he gets to ride that!🤣🤣🤣
Quite a sudden END!
Somehow the lid appears to be a bit floppy! The visor mechanism is a bit "basic and so seems to be the rubber gaskets...
I like the overall shape of this velo but i´m not sure about the bottom access part. I prefere to have access from the upper part...
why not both sides ?
Would be more usable if it were a clamshell body with a damper for top shell lift. Security? This would be in the back of a van in a flash.
drool... good job... i am less than 1'80 so whats the crucial width across the shoulders?
I'm 46 cm across the chest ie shoulder to shoulder, there is a tiny bit of of leeway there.
Snug SnoeK
snoek translated pike and i seen eva hers it is verty narow that is fast wow john
John can you order a velo in every possible color choice, so I can have some hope on choosing a color scheme. I keep thinking I know what I want and then I see a new color combo
Yes any RAL colour
@@velo-ads4206 My only hope is my love for Orange, but now this one has be thinking
You can also order it in a car colour too.
I’m 32 and I’m at a point in my life where I’m looking for a new hobby. I’ve enjoyed watching your videos for a while and I’m wondering how a complete novice, physically tests out which velomobile would be best?
My fetish used to be the Milan. Now i am wondering if this will not take the spot! O.O'
Do you know how wide could one reasonably be, shoulderwise, without getting stuck/uncomfortable ?
For nitpicking's sake: many dutch speakers pronounce snoek with a slightly longer "oo". The sound lingers on a little. Maybe because the actual fish is quite long too ;-D
I'm 46 cm across, and I would not want to be too much wider.
interesting...but my big concern is rider visibility.....can you see and be seen? ...all of these must be liveryed high intensity color schemes.....no all-black ☹️
Recumbent riders get this comment all the time. Its a bit ridiculous. Can you see the lines on the road?
@@bikefix do lines on the road move?
is it actually safe?
hows the crash for a person?
How can I go about getting one to the U.S. ?
Will there be a Snoek XL?
Eventually.
Oh, it's so cool! Would like to test one. If you fit in, I should fit in, I'm few cm shorter than you.
When this is anti gravitated...cool...or fully electric
that is scary booth
Would this bike function as a brevet / randonneur long distance bike. Needs easy access for on the road repair and a bit of room for gear and tools for 24 hour riding. Is stability ok or touchy at speed. Would comfort be ok for hours of riding? Would electronics be solid for this kind of beating?
yes to nearly all, you would have to tip it on its side to change tubes though,Eva Jacobs has a video of a long brevet i think on her youtube channel.Think it was a 600 km in her Snoek.
@@velo-ads4206 thank you
At 15:31 its Black, whats happend while rendering the Video?
Hi John, how tall are you and how is your shoulderwidth?
180 cm - 46 cm shoulder width.
Is there room in that for a carrier bag of shopping, or is it strictly no luggage?
Yup, there’s some room behind the seat and to the rear left hand side; a rider in France has gone camping with it.
@@andrewallen9918 Hello Andrew, will you be getting one of these, then? I doubt that I would fit into the Snoek, but I think it is more along the lines of what you were looking for; more so than the QV, that is.
Hi and yes plenty of room in there.
@@Brian-bp5pe Funnily enough I would’ve been the first person in the UK to have one so graciously cancelled my order so that John could claim the video’s title 😉 In fact Lee Wakefield was the first person to have a Snoek in the UK and he let me ride his almost 3 months ago. No, actually a personal situation led me to cancelling it; don’t know yet if I’m going to reorder one. I fit in it alright though.
If this is the snoek where is the sweet potato (patat)?
65 an 42 infront what kind of derailleur is it infront ? 28" in the back, yes ?
Yes in the back, the front mech I need to check
How is riding in the city in traffic with the hood and the mirrors, especially concerned about the mirrors not giving enough view of the side and rear, which is critical for safety.
The mirrors work very well and can see everything behind. Traffic treats you with more respect in London than a standard bicycle, I assume it is just because they have never seen anything like this before.
@@velo-ads4206 there's lots of safety in looking different and cool!
Beautiful machine John, but my wife is really upset with you because you “stole/copied” “HER!!” Colour scheme she chose for my QV!!🤣 needles to say you need to drive it over for the next “Spezi” to tour with the “two brothers from different mothers” same same but very different! Unfortunately I won’t fit in a snoek (pike) with 1.85m😔
That's the closest you can come to a Lightcycle from Tron!
Wonder what the first Snoek Vs head on with a 4x4 will look like?
If the 4x4 driver is in the normal speed range, probably better than you think. Velomobile constructors pay a lot of attention to safety measures. And - comparing to my fixie - I prefer collision with 2 tons of steel to be feet-first over head-first.
It also functions as a lovely casket
@@LeesChannel Maybe just be happy your child isn't in it. I wouldn't be too sure about them not ending up in one with the number of 4x4s with huge blind spots around nowadays...
thats an argument against cars, not velomobiles. there's at least 3 major reasons to ban all cars (that includes those bullshit solution ecar things). which they would have been decades ago if most humans were not total arseholes and governments were not owned by car companies.
What is the link for U.K. to buy please?
www.velo-ads.com/#:~:text=VELO%2DADS%20was%20set%20up,making%20videos%20for%20the%20channel.
is it street legal?
No accident, incredible and marvellous, with accident, no headprotection and no crumple zone. I broke almost my neck, luckily I'm alife, but with pain for years to come.
Thats terrible, can you detail further what happened so maybe others can avoid it?
So don't get into accidents
@@100toeface Nobody is in the situation to proklame he never will have an accident. So I think, that the constructor of a Vehikel that is running in normal circulation has to consider this in constructing this Vehikel and velomobiles as they are constructed now, have no protection of the head and no crumple zone.
@@andreashenzler7124 Velomobiles have more protection and stability than any other bicycle. You forget that this is a bicycle, not a car. How much protection do you have on a brompton?
@@100toeface You are right, it is a bycicle, not a car, but with some adjustments it would become even more secure. How happy I would be, if they wouldn't have been forced, to cut me out of the velomobil not being concious, but getting out myself healthy!
Its quite sad that there isnt much money going into the velomobiles. Atleast not if you compare them to road bikes.
Velomobiles are faster, why faster... except for steep mountains that is. They are more comfortable and more efficient. Even the environmental aspect cant be beaten.
The problem, that all this money is going into the road and timetrial bikes, comes from the uci i guess. What are your thoughts about this issue?
I'd like to chime in, if that's OK. If you're just talking sport, then the UCI figures into velomobiles, yes. That aspect will be whatever it is, but given the history of the UCI, I don't expect much.
My personal interest is in velos as personal transportation and as a greener option.
I see the development of velos like the beginnings of automobiles. We are now past the early experimental stage and have found a consistent form factor. We have racing machines, like the Snoek, for 'sex appeal', if you will.
To me, the next leg is comfort, security, and mass transportation, especially here in N. America. That means e-assist, more cargo and passenger space (Quattrovelo), and more dedicated commuting infrastucture.
And it begins with more riders, more visibility, wider acceptance, and more people like us. I'm waiting on my first machine. Cheers.
IMO cycling as a sport has done net zero for the the promotion and development of cycling as a practical form of transport.
howcan you ever except going in that
It looks very vulnerable,like a Sinclair C5 with a roof.I would be very wary on the road with it,but I think on a cycle lane it makes more sense.But I bet it can shift...
At 190cm it's not for me
"Snoek" estas bela ciklomobilo.
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I want one how can I get this in the USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bicycle Evolution in Plano Texas is the place to go if you live in the States.
Looks like a shoe...
Only cost you 10,000 euros
For public roads I don't think that I could ride that without a flag on it. The velo is too low for what I would consider to be comfortable in traffic.
flag wouldn't do anything but slow it down dramatically.
FYI: A flag won't help you. Might even cause you trouble, since in most mind "flag" means "child on bike", which equals "slow". This one might even be a little bit lower, mine (a Milan) is as high as a Caterham. I commute up to 600km/week with it.
Ride defensive, expect people will not give you right of way, and you'll be fine.
Kevin Johannes, I ride a road bike and still have a flag sticking out side ways, it stops the close passes, makes me a little more visible, it does work, and only knocks off about 1 kmph on a 50 min run (extra 2 mins)
@@007floppyboy Flag sideways? On your road bike that's only 1 km/h. On a recumbent or velomobile, it will cost you more.
Aside that, it will probs only stop close passes because people don't want to scratch their car without at least hitting you? ;)
@@4nz-nl I agree, possibly more on yours, but even if its 2-3 km/p/h its still worth deterring those close passes, it (my flag) has been hit twice, I think thats 2 times I would have had an incident.
why does this upside down boat with some pedals cost ten thousand euros
It looks like a clown shoe...!
I'd put an electric motor in it make it go 80 miles per hour