It is nice seeing the Ristretto still in action. I saw both Frandesco and Oliver riding it and I always liked the elegant lines of the body. Good luck, Neil!
@@rockrl98 Depends of many factors, I guess. This velomobile is ment to break records, not to be comfy. But if adapted to the great public, it would surely need to be scale up a bit (comfier seat, more shoulder space, tighter turning radius, better suspensions, room for electronics and luggage, retractable stabilizing side wheels etc)... meaning more heavier. But that fairing shape is so amazingly gorgeous and pure!! 👌
@@La.máquina.de.los.sueños weight really doesn't matter, and if you have hills, just use a normal bike, or install electric system making it even heavier, but regen saves brakes on downhill so it only makes sense...
@@rockrl98 3000% agree that an electric assisted velomobile is a must when living in places where there's hills everywhere. For normal people, in everyday life, +/- a few pounds doesn't really matter, specially if it make our rides more enjoyable. But for these that break records, or when living in a town where there's stops at every 100 feet, or these that make very long trips,...less heavy is always better (to maintain high speed much longer, better accelerations, less weight when climbing, usually smaller wind cross section etc). 😁 I'd surely not chose a coffin tight velomobile for everyday small trips, or to go to my job. My area is very hilly, exposed and windy.... also, my knees are a mess... so electric assisted FTW!! An "oversized" version of that 2 wheeler velomobile + all options could be INCREDIBLY FANTASTIC! 😀
In the years before the start of the 2000s, I watched a HPV speed contest on Brighton front from the. now shut Cast Iron Walkway. There was a machine of exactly the same shape as this, and a back to back tandem version that was a bit faster. A traditional tandem was entered by Ken Bird Cycles, also of Crystal Palace, ridden by local TT elites whose race time was extremely close to the HPV tandem.
This channel is great, after nearly 30 years as a regular upright racer all this HPV is such a breath of fresh air. I just clicked through from your Mike Burrows video and I agree the UCI and Pro tour racing as just gotten so dull on technology standpoint. Marginals gains is not innovation nor is bike design. There was glimmer of hope with Bradley Wiggins UKSI Olympic bike in 2012 but that's been one only interesting thing on road since the mid 90's. When I lived briefly in Sacramento I really now regret not attending one of Battle Mountain events
what does the gearing math say regarding top speed? any chance you could convince fellow Brit Tom Pidcock to get in it? Sweet design though I'd prefer a little more crash protection.
Seriously nice bike, but I think that Neil should replace that fixed idler with a spring-loaded tensioner. Maybe I´m wrong but it would save quite a few watts.
Good luck Neil. The lack of a camera pod must be worth quite a few watts at the speed you will be going. I seem to remember someone calculated a pencil at right angles to the body at 30 mph cost 8 watts.
Cheers, let her rip, great machine design, beta & have fun, thx for review 🍺 [I'd stretch plastic wrap over the slight 'tadpole tail" recurve on a test run a flash]
On both the front and back wheels when they spin... neither tire seems well seated. They seem to have flat spots or wobbles. However, that is a beautiful bike and if I lived in the US I would let you ship it to me, stay at my house and even use my car and work on the catch or launch team just to help out.
here in Brazil it is practically impossible to be able to travel on the roads with a velomobile. lack of awareness in traffic (respect) to the sportsman.
Scary. Even if anyone would extend an invitation to drive it, now way I would even try it. One reason is fear of breaking it, the second thing would be claustrophobic environment... Apart from that, fear for life and limbs plays part in it too. Good luck Neill, respect to try it.
@@MarkNieuwenhuizen and still there are those around who will tell you they can. That is one of the reasons I don't like going to moto gp races. Those, eh, 'motorcycle enthusiasts' on their way to the races behave atrociously.
That is an insanely cool looking bike. I'd love to squeeze into one of these and send it down the road just to feel how fast it'd go (not that I'd fit, lol) Something like this that's just a bit bigger would be a great car replacement, especially if it had a motor or engine. Ridiculous range/mileage just from the aero. you'd have to compremise a bit to be able to, you know... *turn*, but still! I guess that'd be a regular velomobile though.
Ce vélo a un porte-à-faux, conceptuel, trop important de l’avant. Les oscillations dues au pédalage, le rendent très instable passé 80 km/h et proche de sa limite vers 90….
These Velo-mobiles are really cool, but I doubt it will ever catch on in the U.S. in any numbers. People are lazy here, and need their cars to go down the street to the store for cigs'.... Hell, most don't even understand e-bikes!!! Compared to Europeans, we are still "cave-dwellers."
So nice to see my beauty still living! Go on Neil, let‘s rock!
Can you give us any information on the building of this beautiful machine…..!! I’m about to start building….🙏
It is nice seeing the Ristretto still in action. I saw both Frandesco and Oliver riding it and I always liked the elegant lines of the body. Good luck, Neil!
It look crazy fast… and crazy uncomfy!! It have some of the purest lines I've ever seen :)
Scaling it up a bit should solve everything, right?
@@rockrl98 Depends of many factors, I guess. This velomobile is ment to break records, not to be comfy. But if adapted to the great public, it would surely need to be scale up a bit (comfier seat, more shoulder space, tighter turning radius, better suspensions, room for electronics and luggage, retractable stabilizing side wheels etc)... meaning more heavier.
But that fairing shape is so amazingly gorgeous and pure!! 👌
@@La.máquina.de.los.sueños weight really doesn't matter, and if you have hills, just use a normal bike, or install electric system making it even heavier, but regen saves brakes on downhill so it only makes sense...
@@rockrl98 3000% agree that an electric assisted velomobile is a must when living in places where there's hills everywhere. For normal people, in everyday life, +/- a few pounds doesn't really matter, specially if it make our rides more enjoyable. But for these that break records, or when living in a town where there's stops at every 100 feet, or these that make very long trips,...less heavy is always better (to maintain high speed much longer, better accelerations, less weight when climbing, usually smaller wind cross section etc). 😁
I'd surely not chose a coffin tight velomobile for everyday small trips, or to go to my job. My area is very hilly, exposed and windy.... also, my knees are a mess... so electric assisted FTW!! An "oversized" version of that 2 wheeler velomobile + all options could be INCREDIBLY FANTASTIC! 😀
Way to goooooo Niel! Good luck with it.
Battle Mountain!!!! Would love to see Neil over here putting that amazing Ristretto through its paces in the desert. Super interview, John!
Thanks Gary.
That looks so fast!
Beautiful machine, thanks for the walk around and interview.
Very interesting video. Hope Neil gets a chance to compete for a world record.
Great to see under the skin of the streamliner.
Is the bike for sale??
Sold.
What is going on with the bike now?
What has happened with this bike since 2020?
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In the years before the start of the 2000s, I watched a HPV speed contest on Brighton front from the. now shut Cast Iron Walkway. There was a machine of exactly the same shape as this, and a back to back tandem version that was a bit faster. A traditional tandem was entered by Ken Bird Cycles, also of Crystal Palace, ridden by local TT elites whose race time was extremely close to the HPV tandem.
Why would the breathing hole be at the front and not at the back for better aerodynamics?
I guess airflow would be almost 0 in that case - and a hole in the front right where it sits might not even cause a lot of aerodynamic issues
This channel is great, after nearly 30 years as a regular upright racer all this HPV is such a breath of fresh air. I just clicked through from your Mike Burrows video and I agree the UCI and Pro tour racing as just gotten so dull on technology standpoint. Marginals gains is not innovation nor is bike design. There was glimmer of hope with Bradley Wiggins UKSI Olympic bike in 2012 but that's been one only interesting thing on road since the mid 90's. When I lived briefly in Sacramento I really now regret not attending one of Battle Mountain events
Looks amazing. Good Luck Neil.
what does the gearing math say regarding top speed? any chance you could convince fellow Brit Tom Pidcock to get in it? Sweet design though I'd prefer a little more crash protection.
Cheers, great work!
Good luck Neil. Amazing bike and a great bloke too.
I will be watching with bated breath.
bated*
@@cebruthius thanks.
Ligne extraordinaire !...
I needed to see this. 60 MPH?! That's nuts. Good stuff John - thanks for posting - the gear system is very interesting.
Wow!!! That must be very very fast!!!
Well done, great to see your doing well, good luck
Seriously nice bike, but I think that Neil should replace that fixed idler with a spring-loaded tensioner. Maybe I´m wrong but it would save quite a few watts.
Increasing from 175 W to 285 W, wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go Neil!!!!
I remember getting a look at that bike when Oliver had the bike in Finland quite a few years ago.
Very very fast. One of the riders from my race team had the battle mountain record for abit a few years ago
thanks john.
Wow nice... But where is the luggage rack
What do you do when you come to a standstill? Let it tip over? :s
I hope i have one.
Good luck Neil. The lack of a camera pod must be worth quite a few watts at the speed you will be going. I seem to remember someone calculated a pencil at right angles to the body at 30 mph cost 8 watts.
Muito maravilhoso.👍the magnific.
That is outrageously cool…. 🆒😎
I like neils positivity.
Cheers, let her rip, great machine design, beta & have fun, thx for review 🍺
[I'd stretch plastic wrap over the slight 'tadpole tail" recurve on a test run a flash]
Gorgeous aerodynamic shape, but a little bit harsh to use, for most of us.
Good luck for Battle Mountain and the hour-record!
Very similar to Fishing, but the other way around. Release , record , catch. I hope that Neil finds the backing to get him to Battle Mountain.
Best looking HPV in the universe
I though it was sold to Finland... back then
Fantastic bike and great challenge ahead for Neil 👍
Slightly disappointed though....I was hoping that John was also going to test it!
I am Brazil. City of Campo largo - Parana. I love velomobile.
On both the front and back wheels when they spin... neither tire seems well seated. They seem to have flat spots or wobbles.
However, that is a beautiful bike and if I lived in the US I would let you ship it to me, stay at my house and even use my car and work on the catch or launch team just to help out.
The question we all want to ask: how much did Neil pay for this? I'm sure we'll not find out as this is between buyer and seller bit I'd love to know.
For sure not more than a common velomobile. Nobody is interested in buying a streamliner. When I sold it, I got money to build a new one.
@@Russo_Speedbike Thanks for the reply Francesco. It's amazing what you've built and what you and others have done with your creations. Well done.
very nice machine
here in Brazil it is practically impossible to be able to travel on the roads with a velomobile. lack of awareness in traffic (respect) to the sportsman.
I live for streamliners
i want one!!!
Scary. Even if anyone would extend an invitation to drive it, now way I would even try it. One reason is fear of breaking it, the second thing would be claustrophobic environment... Apart from that, fear for life and limbs plays part in it too.
Good luck Neill, respect to try it.
Hahahahahahah 😂 thanks.
Paul C wise words. Just like it is not a good idea to step into an F1-car
@@MarkNieuwenhuizen and still there are those around who will tell you they can. That is one of the reasons I don't like going to moto gp races. Those, eh, 'motorcycle enthusiasts' on their way to the races behave atrociously.
Interesting machine. I think I'd need 2, though - one for each butt cheek...
Can we not get a uci cyclist in something like that to really show the maximum mechanical advantage of such a machine?
I believe 100mph is achievable
Amazing this streamline speed bicycle John and Neil. What is the gear ratio and what is your body weight, Neil?
i would screen up that breather to avoid a nasty stinger that could get sucked in and ........
Need a camera and no need for windows at all
Battle Mountain has been cancelled for 2020.
I’m surprised the bike can even sit still for that long 🤣
That is an insanely cool looking bike. I'd love to squeeze into one of these and send it down the road just to feel how fast it'd go (not that I'd fit, lol)
Something like this that's just a bit bigger would be a great car replacement, especially if it had a motor or engine. Ridiculous range/mileage just from the aero. you'd have to compremise a bit to be able to, you know... *turn*, but still! I guess that'd be a regular velomobile though.
Annoying intro music is too loud.
Ce vélo a un porte-à-faux, conceptuel, trop important de l’avant.
Les oscillations dues au pédalage, le rendent très instable passé 80 km/h et proche de sa limite vers 90….
And that i call bullet bicycle
I'm sure I could still beat him in a race through the city.
Rubbish the iris is better then that
These Velo-mobiles are really cool, but I doubt it will ever catch on in the U.S. in any numbers. People are lazy here, and need their cars to go down the street to the store for cigs'.... Hell, most don't even understand e-bikes!!! Compared to Europeans, we are still "cave-dwellers."