Living with a velomobile
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby il padrone » Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:51 pm
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby Rhubarb » Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:56 pm
$14,500 does not include the indicators or shipping which is quoted as $500-$1000 within Aus on their website.Baalzamon wrote:At $14,500 with optional turn indicators OUCH
Fully specced mango way cheaper than that
I'm sure this would be an excellent velo but just as their website states, it is designed to maximise speed at the expense of practicality. The rotovelo is their practical model. I wanted/needed something in between, ie faster, lighter and more comfortable than a RV, but more practical for my everyday commuting (luggage and ramp clearance) than an Avatar.
I actually have serious concerns about the Avatar in Qld summer heat & humidity, combined with our hilly terrain. In hot humid conditions, crawling up a 15% slope at 7km/hr, small air intakes at the rear wheel (Avatar) just don't cut it. A fully open visor on the mango hood even needs about 12km/hr of speed to cool me effectively.
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby Bartek » Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:06 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eCfM0J20jA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby Aushiker » Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:23 am
Nice to see another Mango in action in WA. IN the cycling lanes where you riding out a bit or is that the camera angle?Bartek wrote:My first 'Mango' video, not up to Paul's standards
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby Bartek » Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:20 am
I do tend to ride a little wide, so that I always have a 'escape' route when drivers get too close, but it could also be the camera angle.Aushiker wrote:Nice to see another Mango in action in WA. IN the cycling lanes where you riding out a bit or is that the camera angle? Andrew
On You-tube you mentioned a 'quick release vibration plug', what is that?
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby burnt » Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:26 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-JGO8mJ9PY
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby Aushiker » Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:56 pm
It is this thing ...Bartek wrote:On You-tube you mentioned a 'quick release vibration plug', what is that?
There is a video on fitting it below
As to the angle, I notice with Burnt's video is much the same so suspect it is the camera.
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby Bartek » Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:14 pm
ah yes I have a couple of those, no there wasn't one fitted. I thought you meant something that should be fitted to the Mango Doh!Aushiker wrote:It is this thing ... Andrew
I will try to remember to fit one next time.
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby Joeblake » Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:19 pm
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby John Lewis » Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:16 am
I'd better figure out some way to mount the camera decently and make one too.
Sticking it on with velcro was a failure with too much vibration.
bartek, that patch you were riding through has changed since I lived in the area. Back then it was mostly bush and wild brumbies. That was back in the 50's.
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby burnt » Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:55 am
http://logical-vehicles.org/tour13forum ... msg731#new
Wonder if you can rent a velo from somewhere, this would be great fun!
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby Bartek » Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:28 pm
Thanks John, there is still plenty of bush around (enough to keep us busy with fires!) no wild brumbies that I have seen but plenty of other 'wildlife'John Lewis wrote:nice vids burnt and Bartek. Good to see those mangos out and about.
I'd better figure out some way to mount the camera decently and make one too.
Sticking it on with velcro was a failure with too much vibration.
bartek, that patch you were riding through has changed since I lived in the area. Back then it was mostly bush and wild brumbies. That was back in the 50's.
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby burnt » Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:26 pm
Of course that would be the easy part, getting authorisation from the Minister of Finance would be the hard part!!Wonder if you can rent a velo from somewhere, this would be great fun!
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby AndrewBurns » Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:11 am
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby Rhubarb » Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:47 pm
Trisled sell a lot of HPV racing velos to schools etc for competition in the Australian Pedal Prix series. Some of the vids of these events really make you want to race .... until you see the crashes ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIFGR8DvCOI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;AndrewBurns wrote:I wonder what the velomobile market is here in Australia and worldwide. Trisled seems to be doing ok and there's a bit of demand in Europe it seems but I can't imagine it being very easy to run a business making them in this country. The demand in Australia couldn't be very large and the distance from here to Europe would be a huge reason for them to buy locally and not worry about shipping, you have to wonder how Trisled do it.
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby Aushiker » Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:57 pm
Trisled I believe also focus their overseas business on the US rather than Europe. They have a rather active US dealer from what I have seen.Rhubarb wrote:Trisled sell a lot of HPV racing velos to schools etc for competition in the Australian Pedal Prix series. Some of the vids of these events really make you want to race .... until you see the crashes ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIFGR8DvCOI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby John Lewis » Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:25 pm
Yes that's right for sure. My better half is off on a cruise to NZ tomorrow and visited USA last year so she could hardly complain if I wanted to go visit Euro Tour.burnt wrote:Of course that would be the easy part, getting authorisation from the Minister of Finance would be the hard part!!Wonder if you can rent a velo from somewhere, this would be great fun!
Getting a velo to use might be a problem. I wonder if I could trust Sinner to build me one in time? Then have to sell this one to help finance it. Probably not the most sensible idea but could work.
Of course its all pie in the sky really for me because my health situation would prevent me from meaningfully participating anyway.
Still it would be nice to visit and see all the velos , visit some of the manufacturers etc. Wonder if they need some support crew?
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby Rhubarb » Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:03 pm
Don't Sinner have an electrango (e-mango) as a test ride now? 20 minutes ... 3 weeks ... a test ride is a test ride yeah ???John Lewis wrote:Yes that's right for sure. My better half is off on a cruise to NZ tomorrow and visited USA last year so she could hardly complain if I wanted to go visit Euro Tour.burnt wrote:Of course that would be the easy part, getting authorisation from the Minister of Finance would be the hard part!!Wonder if you can rent a velo from somewhere, this would be great fun!
Getting a velo to use might be a problem. I wonder if I could trust Sinner to build me one in time? Then have to sell this one to help finance it. Probably not the most sensible idea but could work.
Of course its all pie in the sky really for me because my health situation would prevent me from meaningfully participating anyway.
Still it would be nice to visit and see all the velos , visit some of the manufacturers etc. Wonder if they need some support crew?
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby Rhubarb » Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:04 pm
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby Roinik » Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:52 pm
Except when someone tries to organise a classic car run to Albany in November, eh John.
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby John Lewis » Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:59 am
Roinik wrote:Let's see someone do that on a bike! Kind of scary really. Sometimes I'm glad that there isn't much snow in Aus.
Except when someone tries to organise a classic car run to Albany in November, eh John.
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby AndrewBurns » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:13 am
In Australia as soon as he spun the cars behind him would have exclaimed "Beauty!!" and sped past him, not allowing him back onto the correct side of the road.Rhubarb wrote:And here's some extreme velomobiling ....
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby petie » Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:16 am
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby Rhubarb » Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:15 am
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Re: Living with a velomobile
Postby John Lewis » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:10 pm
Just watch out for the speed cameras.
For all his acceleration it didn't seem to do him a lot of good as he seemed to be held up in the traffic ahead.
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