I remember a cold night riding with some friends looking a xmas lights around the city. Every time we stopped, the others on standard bikes were freezing, while I kept un-dressing as I got warm inside my velomobile
So in our neighbourhood her in Southern Saskatchewan winter temps can get well below the zero mark, like down to 40 below F or C. And the grocery store from where I live is 14 miles or 20 K each way. And I don't drive a Velo. It's an open Trike. I think I will just use the car for the winter.
-40F would be pushing it for me in the velo. I’m pretty sure the batteries in the e-velo wouldn’t even work at those temps. I might try it at -5F, but probably not below that.
@@FranklinNewhart on smooth roads that might be fun, but it doesn’t have suspension so it probably wouldn’t be very safe, comfortable, or fun on rougher roads. For about the same price you could get a Milan SL or Milan GT that would also be incredibly fast and has suspension so it can be ridden most anywhere.
@@mnveloguy I ride a Performer JC 70 right now and it doesn't have suspension. When you go for a good price on a fast bike you accept the lack of suspension. The Trump Trike Ultimate has 16 inch wheels all round but can be upgraded to 20 inch which would give it two more inches of ground clearance. It is meant for track but that would make it road rideable for a decent price. Velo's are just getting too damn expensive.
@@FranklinNewhart a bike without suspension and a trike without suspension are two very different things. If you rear wheel loses contact with the pavement on a bump, you can easily lose control of the velomobile and crash. Unless you are running a wide rear tire at low pressure to soak up the bumps, you are taking a considerable risk with a very expensive velomobile. The Trump Trike is made for track riding, not for road. It’s your money and your risk, but I would strongly advise against it. I don’t know of anyone riding such a velomobile on roads. Honestly, I very much doubt it would be much of any faster than something like a Milan SL or Snoek.
The interior doesn’t really need it, but for extreme cold weather that could be useful to improve battery performance over a longer ride. For 10-15 minute errand run it’s fine. Really the only thing that bothers me for winter riding is the higher rolling resistance. I miss going faaasssstttttt.
For info, I experienced the same feeling on my Upright bike. With winter clothes, I was warm during all of my trips under 3 to -4°C. Only my hands were cold but I plan to buy E-gloves... But, I expected to see more heat retention from your velomobile's built... 🤔😯
Amazing what your own body heat can do....that is a 30 degree difference from outside to in...I bet a steak dinner that if you had to ride for another hour the temp inside would probably went up to 40-45 inside
And that’s with my homemade racehood and visor not fitting tight. A commercially made velomobile and racehood with no foot holes should do even better. The body is tremendously good at heating up a velomobile. My favorite part is I posted this on the German forum. Those guys don’t get this level of cold usually and yet seem to have all kinds of ideas about how I need to dress and how dangerous they think this little grocery run was. For us here in Minnesota this is normal winter weather 😂
I am going to change your winter velomobile life with my comment, DIESEL AIR HEATER. It will cost you all of 200 Canadian or less, and you will need to put together a small lithium pack to run it. You will be riding around in winter without a jacket on. Trust me........
I was plenty comfortable IN the velomobile. I don’t think a heater would help me when I had to get OUT of the velomobile. That’s what the nice thick jacket was for. I think you’d be hard-pressed to find space with groceries in a velomobile to fit even a small heater. But, thanks for the thought and for watching.
I remember a cold night riding with some friends looking a xmas lights around the city. Every time we stopped, the others on standard bikes were freezing, while I kept un-dressing as I got warm inside my velomobile
You would think that alone would convince a roadie to make the sensible switch, and yet….
I really like your job on the velo body it is beautiful! I was a wood worker and always wanted to do similar but went other routes. Nice job!
So in our neighbourhood her in Southern Saskatchewan winter temps can get well below the zero mark, like down to 40 below F or C. And the grocery store from where I live is 14 miles or 20 K each way. And I don't drive a Velo. It's an open Trike. I think I will just use the car for the winter.
-40F would be pushing it for me in the velo. I’m pretty sure the batteries in the e-velo wouldn’t even work at those temps. I might try it at -5F, but probably not below that.
@@mnveloguy I want a Tump Trike Ultimate
@@FranklinNewhart on smooth roads that might be fun, but it doesn’t have suspension so it probably wouldn’t be very safe, comfortable, or fun on rougher roads. For about the same price you could get a Milan SL or Milan GT that would also be incredibly fast and has suspension so it can be ridden most anywhere.
@@mnveloguy I ride a Performer JC 70 right now and it doesn't have suspension. When you go for a good price on a fast bike you accept the lack of suspension. The Trump Trike Ultimate has 16 inch wheels all round but can be upgraded to 20 inch which would give it two more inches of ground clearance. It is meant for track but that would make it road rideable for a decent price. Velo's are just getting too damn expensive.
@@FranklinNewhart a bike without suspension and a trike without suspension are two very different things. If you rear wheel loses contact with the pavement on a bump, you can easily lose control of the velomobile and crash. Unless you are running a wide rear tire at low pressure to soak up the bumps, you are taking a considerable risk with a very expensive velomobile. The Trump Trike is made for track riding, not for road. It’s your money and your risk, but I would strongly advise against it. I don’t know of anyone riding such a velomobile on roads. Honestly, I very much doubt it would be much of any faster than something like a Milan SL or Snoek.
How did you lock your velo while at the grocery store?
I use a New York U-lock through the rear wheel to lock it to the bike rack.
hey there good fellow, i have a suggestion on winterising your cedar velo. The silver emergency blankets stuck to foam board (both sides of board)
The interior doesn’t really need it, but for extreme cold weather that could be useful to improve battery performance over a longer ride. For 10-15 minute errand run it’s fine. Really the only thing that bothers me for winter riding is the higher rolling resistance. I miss going faaasssstttttt.
For info, I experienced the same feeling on my Upright bike. With winter clothes, I was warm during all of my trips under 3 to -4°C. Only my hands were cold but I plan to buy E-gloves...
But, I expected to see more heat retention from your velomobile's built... 🤔😯
This was -18C, so a bit colder. Inside it was about 0C. Quite a bit warmer. I bent some of the steam by raising the visor at traffic signals.
@@mnveloguy The harder you pedal, the warmer it gets ;)
@@4nz-nl true statement.
Amazing what your own body heat can do....that is a 30 degree difference from outside to in...I bet a steak dinner that if you had to ride for another hour the temp inside would probably went up to 40-45 inside
And that’s with my homemade racehood and visor not fitting tight. A commercially made velomobile and racehood with no foot holes should do even better. The body is tremendously good at heating up a velomobile. My favorite part is I posted this on the German forum. Those guys don’t get this level of cold usually and yet seem to have all kinds of ideas about how I need to dress and how dangerous they think this little grocery run was. For us here in Minnesota this is normal winter weather 😂
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I am going to change your winter velomobile life with my comment, DIESEL AIR HEATER. It will cost you all of 200 Canadian or less, and you will need to put together a small lithium pack to run it. You will be riding around in winter without a jacket on. Trust me........
I was plenty comfortable IN the velomobile. I don’t think a heater would help me when I had to get OUT of the velomobile. That’s what the nice thick jacket was for. I think you’d be hard-pressed to find space with groceries in a velomobile to fit even a small heater. But, thanks for the thought and for watching.
Post a video of your solution.
@@TomWalterTX are you referring to me, or the guy that suggested the heater?