10 Best Velomobiles and Human Powered Vehicles
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- What is the best Velomobile available today? What about the fastest Velomobile?
These human powered vehicles aren't your usual means of transportation, but these personal transports sure are turning heads.
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10. Quest Velomobile
9. The Alleweder Velomobile
8. DF and the DFXL Velomibiles
7. Leitra Velomobile
6. Orca Velomobile
5. Rotovelo Velomobile
4. Waw Velomobile
3. Mango Velomobile
2. Milan Velomobile
1. Quattrovelo Velomobile
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Most of these 'velomobiles' are brightly colored; therefore, if someone says they "didn't see it" they need to lose their drivers license until they can prove they can SEE.
Agreed.
There is more to it than that. I don't know if you drive, but you have something called a blind spot. Being so small they could easily not be seen.
@@enslavedbrit7089 then you shoudnt be able to see speedbumbs
its true there are blindspots, bc you should be aware of them in case you encounter pedestrians
Last week a car driver did not notice a tram...
Very informative video. There is never enough of good quality velomobile videos, so thanks for doing this 👍👏
Now if only these damned things didn't cost as much as a used car...
Great clip!
Small matter: at 1:20 "Alleweder.. German for Everyweather" Nope, translation's fine but Alleweder is not German, it's Dutch (you can see the Flevobike txt on the Alleweder when you look closely). Think of the Dutch word "alle-man" which translates into "every-man".
I grew up in Flevoland and rode on the very first prototype of the original Flevobike recumbent (early nineties) that I got 2nd hand from Vrielink (he taught mechanical engineering and designed the bike for his trip to school every morning). Cheers!
What’s with the pricing on these? It’s a fucking bicycle. I could see them them taking off in popularity at like 1-2k not $10,000 wtf.
Third time I watched this video, I think they are so darn cute. I would like to drive one around!!!!
Hi Karen!!!!
Let's go!
When you'll have tested and "tasted" one, it will not be possible for you to turn around!!!
Forza!
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Alleweder is NOT German for All Weather. It's Dutch, but archaic Dutch.
where is the difference between archaic dutch and archaid north german dialect before germany was formed though?
Velomobiles costs way too much for the moment. Why would anyone choose velomobile over a car, their prices are similar. Only for enthusiasts.
there are four-wheel bikes for sale in the US and they are often for rent in cities and parks around the country. Let's bring Podbike to the USA.
I think I would have to agree. Great post!
The inventor who makes an affordable one will prosper.
I built and rode a fully enclosed convertible velomobile for $3000.00 in 2003. Added an electric hub motor in 2005: cost $300.00 and 3 years to finish. Rode it with no problems at all, but I stopped and dismantled it for many reasons stated here- continued maintenance and repair when things wear out would be very costly, a matter of safety concerned me, and in 7 years not ONE other velomobile appeared. I loved riding it; but at 66 years old now but 1 downhill accident might do me in!
@Chris Jordan WOW I wish I could do that build a fully enclosed Velomobile with an electric hub to boot? Cool
@@DerVampyrEngel There are probably plenty of plans out there - I'm building a bamboo recumbent trike at the moment - no previous skills - do some research and go for it - should say, you should try and find somewhere that sells them so you can have a go, you might love it or not
@@wotsthisay OK thank you
$10,0000......welll
How many velos are sold annually? They look cool. I think combined with trains and parking stations and friendly streets could save tons of car pollution I really think our children will judge us on what we do now and how we leave the earth ..
they are around a hundrer per maker
i think the limiting factor is the number of molds they have, the owner of the romanian factory of intercity bikes, said that they could only make 2 per week using same mold
"Alleweder" is Dutch, the language from the Netherlands, not German.
Very cool! A new bike path is being built on my street which goes to east to town or west into the mountains, can’t wait to use it! As a former large aircraft aluminum fabricater I would like to build the retro style velo.
i live in france and i would like to have information in french, is it possible?
Hello Joel Peyron, for your convenience, the website links are listed in the video description. Thank you for watching!
Trump trikes, gtrikes and trisled are the best.
Love this video just want to keep getting more info want to buy one so bad just to curse around on a Sunday afternoon
And how much USD? And what is the weight in American standard?
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Such an upgrade, from the drecky "Flop 10 Zone", which pretends objectivity, but - in reality - just throws 10 items, of China-krapp at you, complete with suspiciously glowing 5-star reviews, from every Buyer...my; what a wonderful world, of always-perfect products! ;-)
Well done comparison!
I think velomobiles would be popular if the price wasn't so high problem is its getting loads of workers to build the velomobile I for one would love to produce a fully enclosed one for $3000 but I would need a factory and quite a few investors in the UK to start off with I think the market is there is you can mass produce the vehicle and you could have several vehicles one for the purists who only want human power and one for those who want a combination of electric and human power and you could build several models from low speed to very high speed Any takers?
its a bike with a shell overpriced making these shoudnt cost much but they sel it starting from 5000 euros this is bullshit mmmmm i wonder if i can make one
This is such, with blinkers on, nonsense. Look at these prices, the weight, the lack of visibility, not going uphill, the weight on the lower legs, not under, but away from the body...Give me a break!
Thanks for the Quattrovelo in this video. And on the number 1 spot.
I'm trying to build a wind car to sail on the beach, its summer and it must be nice to have.
Land yachts are dead simple to build- rigging off a rotted out sailing dinghy and ride on mower wheels. A T shaped frame and add disc brakes to the rear wheels from a dead pocketbike.
the velomobiles are cute if nothing else
I watched this video again and I still think they are cute and I would like to drive one!
how can they be changing the way we travel when they are like 10,000 dollars to buy :(
This is actually a great question. When people buy a bicycle they have a quite specific picture in mind. While there are tons of improvements in the patent database very few of them make it to the mass market. The thereby relatively standardized market greatly helps the economy of scale. ("Ordinary" designs can be produced in really large quantity) So the market that remains is people willing to pay a lot. The revolution wont happen until someone mass produces them which seems to require the technical challenges to be further fleshed out.
I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF OR SEEN A VELOMOBILE BEFORE SO THIS WAS SOMETHING NEW. I REALLY LIKED WATCHING THIS VIDEO!!
They are fun. But too damn expensive.
You can easily go 50 kph and if you sprint 80 kph isnt abnormal.
People wants they have 80 speed perkilometer also high speed in top narrow high hills long mountain road with 50 speed up
thank u for letting us know the availabilities
Very cool but the price...
Hi and thanks!
Very good presentation, short, but 👍!
Forza.
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why don't any of these companies produce a velomobile with a trailer for either liad carrying or sleeping in
I want to see a ModelT pedal truck buitlto pull a bike campers & T cargo trailers
A great video and very informative, but I would have liked to know more about weights of the velomobiles
the orca is the best here. the milan looks like a sub, the quattrovelo has too many wheels to be legal at least in the US, & the rest look like coffins on wheels. how about some practical velos? for example, the pebl from better.bike or the elf from organic transit. they're both over $6000 but at least otherwise they're more practical than any of these, & better looking. the iris etrike is another example. it's around $3000.
The Orca looks very good because accessibility but is by far heaviest. The WAW has a removable front and rear to make servicing by far easiest. Alleweders are heavy and look a bit too steampunk to take seriously. Rotovelo 2 is out now with full suspension and I'd go carbon at under au$ 11,000 for a 20kg velo.
NEAT! Ideal for cold, wet climes. It could REALLY be fun if equipped with a small 2-stroke powerplant, as used in motorized bikes. Or an electric motor, but the battery would be heavy and expensive. Yeah... I'd take the gas-powered version- I could buy fuel anywhere, allowing unlimited travel distance. Then we could organize gas-powered velo bike races! Yeah! That's be a kick!
The Quest and several others are really fast due to the aerodynamics. A fit rider can average over 30mph for long distances. A 53 year old gentleman from Austria holds the 24 hour record of 757.5 miles and an AVERAGE speed of 31.56mph. In a Milan, which is a stock velomobile. Get in shape and have unlimited travel distance. I watch some of these old guys that ride 2-5 hours to get to a race.
why would you
Electric setups aren't as heavy as you might think, but are much smoother and quieter than a petrol motor. Also, why use a noisy, smoky, short life 2 stroke when there's plenty of small 4 strokes- you could use the motor from an old 300 watt Honda generator set, I have 3 I got free from the scrapyard and though they don't produce power they run very quietly.
add electric motor and flexy solar panel on this and it's will perfect for me!
They are cute, intetesting, but... overpriced
Don't see any of these surviving in our cty's traffic, especially considering the attitude of most drivers & limited number of dedicated bike-paths!
I'm sure there are, but here in Australian cities there's some real antagonism towards cyclists from many drivers , some of whom will even drive as close as they can to harass riders (sadly, often with fatal results)!
Maybe because it's because they hate being left way behind in heavy traffic?
Yeah, but there are plenty of lightly-travelled side streets and country lanes. The world's already a dangerous place for bicyclists, so maintaining your situational awareness shouldn't be a problem.
Sure you own one. If it is slow, then you need to get in shape. If it is 3x the road width of a bike then you've attached wings to it. Most of them are a bit wider than your shoulders, so I don't know where you came up with that. None of them are even 2x the road width of a bike unless you want to discuss the DuoQuest which seats 2 people side by side... or 3 people with one in the rear.
You can go 50 k/h with modern velombiles so no, they are fast enough for 50 k/h roads.
@ J Clar No, about the same like a regular bike. You don't own one otherwise you would know better.
Paul Elkins has a pedal car based on early velomobiles frame , one could even use fiberglass and make a enclosed vehicle for a lot less then these velomobiles. and have multiple speeds , be lightweight . and actually look more like a car , or anyone could have a rhodes pedal car etc. and make a body for it . or the vierbike pedal car , thats cheaper then the rhodes pedal car .
Paul's creations are great, I'm working on building something based on a Mochet myself. It won't be as fast, but I'm after cargo capacity and a 2 seater like the one he built for Burning Man. Rhodes cars suck though, horrible steering geometry, brakes and they weigh a ton even as a stripped down single seater.
These all seem unreasonably expensive. They're literally just trikes with a shell. Even if going electric, I'd wager itd take less than 2000 to build
It takes 120 to 160 hours to build one. The production capacity are low, so delivery time is between 3 month till 9 months. There is not enough buyers to go industrial production for the carbon/ fiberglass laminating.
Ride one properly and you'd think differently. For medium range travel, it's a fantastic investment. They're very durable too. Quest #1 is still riding. Old Alleweders too.
Expensive? Ik use my Quattrovelo to go to my dayly job. Compared to a very cheap car I need 3-4 year for the break even point. Expensive? Only the parts and materials are already more then the 2000 euro you are talking about. For me it's the cheapest way of transport to my work.
The overheads (design etc.) have to be divided by a fairly low number of units sold and they aren't mass produced so there's quite a lot of manual labour going into each of them.
You are right...look at xyz spaceframe vehicles for free construction plan. building an ugly shell around it is just one step more. Don´t costs 8000€ :-)
Anybody experiment with a delta recumbent trike layout that can be made stable?
Velomox? A canadian company is making delta style velos
Wait until you see the garage I build to park it in!
I have a C alleweder bud i love the Go one
My impression is that a driver of these vehicles generally has poor visibility. That would be a deal breaker.
It hasn't. It's actually way better.
I drive WV Caddy at work and Quest velomobile outside work. Quest has radically better visibility than any car I've driven. It's comparable to custom motorcycle like Yamaha Virago, with the difference that looking behind is easier (no risk of steering while looking) and one's eyes are on lower level.
Indian want this
lol too expensive, you can get a regular car for this money. this is only moneymaking for .......... .
Please make a new one updated with links to purchase thank you
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Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
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yeahh!! welcome to the future,, bikes are more expensive than cars yeahh!! ,,,
Slippery looking.
Al - oooooo - min - eeeee - um? In any case, why would I spend all that money for a pedal car when I could buy a decent used real car for the same cash outlay? Jeez, if I want exercise, I have a pedal bike that cost about $350 with a lightweight al - oooooo - min - eeeee - um frame and 21 speeds, perfect for the super steep hills around here. The velomobile seems to be an ultra expensive toy for people who have no clue or don't care that you can buy BOTH a good used car AND a good bicycle for about the same money. Like $2000 shoes or gold faucets, just another toy for the uber rich. Oh, you've made the grade ...... good for you .... but the rest of us have to watch how we spend our money.
@Patrick Chubey Thanks for pointing out you absolutely have no clue ;)
How American opinion... you are comparing bicycles with the cars
There are 12,000 road bikes and MTBs
Shows you've not ventured into super steep hills on your poverty model (21speed) bike. On a recumbent trike or velo you can stop to rest and take off again on a 20% grade without falling over. Go faster downhill and generally ride all day without a sore ass, neck or wrists. At 35 i rode a mtb 160km in under 8 hrs, at 55 i can do it easier on a recumbent trike, faster. No fairings. theyre better and worth the money. People spend 50k on harleys they ride once a month if you wanna talk about wasted money- i ride my greenspeed magnum every day weather permitting and at au$5500 it saves me so much fuel each week I'd otherwise be feeding into a 6 cylinder falcon ute.
I guess you're just so much better than ordinary people. How wonderful.
I drive a Nissan leaf, I like the idea of a velomobile but they seem so dangerous, being so low to the ground and less visible next to another vehicle at junctions in traffic etc. I would not consider putting myself in the way of such harm. They have no crash protection at all and you are much more unable to be thrown clear of a crash like a push bike, you are locked there waiting to be crushed.
On the other hand, a diamond-frame bike is far less visible on the road than a velomobile is. In case of a crash, you won't end up flying over the bike, like you do with a regular bike, which means you won't break your neck as easily when hitting the ground. Finally, the velomobile has a shield that absorbs energy.
And a leaf is low and vulnerable compared to a patrol.
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Most of them are ugly! To much aerodynamique and less design. All of them are to low and dangerous between cars and vans. And no one Talks about the view the driver has. So i think the future is : Schaeffler bio Hybrid or the podbike Perhaps a mix of them.
To ride one, the view in it is very good! And with 2 mirrors I can also see behind me. It is better than in a car, not big metal beams blocking the view (beam linking roof and car body I mean)
There have been velos hit by cars doing 75mph+ (side swiped on a road in Texas) and the velo driver was injured but not killed. They offer a high amount of protection. There have been Alleweders T-boned by cars and the drives only had bruises and/or a sprained ankle.
@Romain Condat - I have a recumbent Quad with a 16" seating position, which is higher them most velomobiles, their visibility is poor with a very low sight line. There is no contesting that complaint for most veloes. The exception would be something like the ELF, PEBL, Podbike, Sinclar Iris or Virtue Pedalist.
Of course there are those who flatly deny that the ELF, PEBL, PodBike and Pedalist are even Velomobiles.
I won't disagree with your opinion. It's yours, and politely stated. Thanks. I am also very interested where all this will go and how it will ultimately coalesce. It all reminds me of the early days of the automobile - a myriad of designs, shapes, and even poweplants (gasoline, diesel, steam, electric.)
Prices are so greedy.