Hi, Quest 818. Beautiful video, nice to see and hear a visitors point of view of my home country. Good to see you got good weather on the south-east corner, which is actually rather unusual. Sorry about the not-so-friendly people at the camp site, probabl yjust cultural differences and the gap may be so wide that they were unable to meet you mid-way. It would be interesting to get in touch and hear a little bit about your experience with icelandic traftic and drivers, especially how considerate (or not) they were towards your velo. I am the chairman of the largest cyclist association in Reykjavik (Reiðhjolabændur, meaning Cycing Farmers) and am working towards getting authorities to take cyclist safety more seriously. Again, thanks for the great video. Best regards, Birgir Birgisson.
Hello Birgir! Thanks so much for the nice comments about my trip! Those folks at the campground were not Icelandic...and I have no hard feelings now about the interaction, in fact I feel a bit silly about it now but I did want to record my impressions exactly as they were at the time. I had mostly a very positive experience in Iceland with fellow drivers. Primarily the east end of the country was very quiet and I didn't encounter a large amount of traffic until passing west of Hofn. I had one driver near Starmýri almost hit me head-on. I didn't get it on video but he was using his cellphone to record me as he drove toward me. He drifted left over the centerline and was about 1-2 seconds from hitting me head-on when he veered back into his lane. I really had nowhere to go either as there was a huge drop-off on my right. I was pretty shook up from it and stopped on the side of the road for a while. I'm not sure why I never mentioned it until now. The only other really close call was in Denmark. I found cycling on the road too uncomfortable as I got to Selfoss as there were too many big trucks and cars and it was too dangerous for them to all be passing me. It was a good choice to go south from there. I noted that there is no suitable bike path from Keflavik to Reykjavik, and had to ride on the shoulder of the main road (highway?). Cycling in downtown Reykjavik was excellent and a lot of fun. Some decent bike paths to be found, but I always felt comfortable on the smaller streets. Other than the coarse road surface and winds, I found the trip across your country to be the most amazing cycling experience of my life. I only wish I could have met you or someone from your organization. I didn't really make a big deal about the trip at the time, and I wish now I would have used it as a means to spread acceptance for cycling. Anyway all the best!!
Been binge watching this series. very nice. As an ex skydiver I wanted to suggest a BASE 24" (or bigger) pilot chute with bridle would be good. Pack it into a BOC spandex pocket with hacky handle near the cockpit and just throw when needed.
Hi, Quest 818. Beautiful video, nice to see and hear a visitors point of view of my home country. Good to see you got good weather on the south-east corner, which is actually rather unusual. Sorry about the not-so-friendly people at the camp site, probabl yjust cultural differences and the gap may be so wide that they were unable to meet you mid-way. It would be interesting to get in touch and hear a little bit about your experience with icelandic traftic and drivers, especially how considerate (or not) they were towards your velo. I am the chairman of the largest cyclist association in Reykjavik (Reiðhjolabændur, meaning Cycing Farmers) and am working towards getting authorities to take cyclist safety more seriously. Again, thanks for the great video. Best regards, Birgir Birgisson.
Hello Birgir! Thanks so much for the nice comments about my trip! Those folks at the campground were not Icelandic...and I have no hard feelings now about the interaction, in fact I feel a bit silly about it now but I did want to record my impressions exactly as they were at the time. I had mostly a very positive experience in Iceland with fellow drivers. Primarily the east end of the country was very quiet and I didn't encounter a large amount of traffic until passing west of Hofn. I had one driver near Starmýri almost hit me head-on. I didn't get it on video but he was using his cellphone to record me as he drove toward me. He drifted left over the centerline and was about 1-2 seconds from hitting me head-on when he veered back into his lane. I really had nowhere to go either as there was a huge drop-off on my right. I was pretty shook up from it and stopped on the side of the road for a while. I'm not sure why I never mentioned it until now. The only other really close call was in Denmark. I found cycling on the road too uncomfortable as I got to Selfoss as there were too many big trucks and cars and it was too dangerous for them to all be passing me. It was a good choice to go south from there. I noted that there is no suitable bike path from Keflavik to Reykjavik, and had to ride on the shoulder of the main road (highway?). Cycling in downtown Reykjavik was excellent and a lot of fun. Some decent bike paths to be found, but I always felt comfortable on the smaller streets. Other than the coarse road surface and winds, I found the trip across your country to be the most amazing cycling experience of my life. I only wish I could have met you or someone from your organization. I didn't really make a big deal about the trip at the time, and I wish now I would have used it as a means to spread acceptance for cycling. Anyway all the best!!
Breathtakingly beautiful country!
Thank you for sharing your adventures.
I'm glad that you enjoyed the video!!
Love these videos, I always dreamed about a trip like this in velomobile. Thank you very much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Finally got round to watching part 4, a fantastic vlog dude.
Thanks John! Iceland was the best part of the trip! Hope to see you again at Spezi someday.
@@quest818velomobile6 your vlog transported me there, I will follow in your footsteps one day #inspired :🙂
@@velo-ads4206 If you ever get to Iceland to ride your velo, let me know and I will help out with some local knowledge.
Been binge watching this series. very nice. As an ex skydiver I wanted to suggest a BASE 24" (or bigger) pilot chute with bridle would be good. Pack it into a BOC spandex pocket with hacky handle near the cockpit and just throw when needed.
I finally bought a cheap, small exercise chute and I hope to test it out this summer.
@@quest818velomobile6 post the results here...
Wonderful series, thank you. Would you recommend your tent ? Are you still a velomobilisti ? Cheerio from Germany
A cycling trip to Iceland is my pedal dream!
With a standard bike it can be done easily and fairly cheap. A complete circumnavigation of the country should be possible in about 2-3 weeks.
what solar panel do you use? great vids, looking forward to using my velomobile more once everything settles down!
Hello! I used the 28 watt Big Blue solar panel. Produces two outputs of 2.0 amps each at full sun.
Bike weighs 350lbs? How on earth fo you get it up hills with that weight?
我一直试图观赏异国风光，但始终被新闻播报员的模式阻挡着
也許使用VPN？
kindly cut your video for 10 minutes please. :-)
Seriously!?! Checkout when he talks about one of camp sites around the 20min mark. Sometimes you just gotta slow down and take a look around 🤔
Really !