fietser.be WAW123 (RAW version, probably non-UCI-legal)

ligfietser

Rumour has it my new road bike does not comply with UCI standards, but I like the ride so I'll keep it for commuting.

Sharpy_lad

Nice boat!

alihisgreat

what's under the fairing then?

ligfietser

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

what's under the fairing then?

It is not really "under" the fairing, as it is a semi-monocoque design wit only a subframe to support the bracket; aramid skin with carbon ribs. But it's a tricycle with suspended frontwheels and Ackermann steering geometry.
Further:
- SA drum brake hubs front, 36 spokes, with locking mechanism for parking
- Chris King classic hub rear, 32 spokes, no brake there
- SRAM X.0 11-36 rear
- SRAM Rival/TT 39-55 front
- left and right vertical steering pokes made of carbon, TT-shifters on top
- carbon seat, removable and usable as camping seat :-)
- Bebop pedals
- Schwalbe Kojaks, 50 mm rear, 35 mm front

Light system is under development. I hope it will be finished before winter.

greetings,

Walter

Paul 8v

That's pretty cool, what sort of speeds can that get up to?

nathancom

You should paint it black, Batman would.

napoleond

My Mrs has a smaller version of that. She got it from Ann Summers.

baldwin471

NapoleonD wrote:

My Mrs has a smaller version of that. She got it from Ann Summers.

How much smaller?

ligfietser

Paul 8v wrote:

That's pretty cool, what sort of speeds can that get up to?

On a flat road it's about 15~20% faster than a TT bike. Uphill sloooow because of the weight, on a long descent you need a braking parachute. Seriously.
While commuting, I ride 45~50 km/h. Haven't used it in a race yet.

Walter

Paul 8v

Yeah it does look like it might be a bit of a pig going uphill! Wouldn't mind giving one a go one day just to see how fast it would go. Shame Obree's attempt never really got off the ground.

nathancom

Where do you keep it at the end of the commute? How do your colleagues react? It looks like a lot of fun to ride.

ligfietser

nathancom wrote:

Where do you keep it at the end of the commute? How do your colleagues react? It looks like a lot of fun to ride.

There is a relatively safe parking place underneath the office, close to the fitness where I can take a shower. At my girlfriends house, there is a place behind a gate where it is safe.

Many colleagues are curious, but they like it. When it's raining, they're jealous ;-)

Walter

Paul 8v

Have you got any pictures of what it's like inside, I'd be intersted to see the field of vision you get and see what it looks like in there.

ligfietser

Paul 8v wrote:

Have you got any pictures of what it's like inside, I'd be intersted to see the field of vision you get and see what it looks like in there.

Not yet, but it's a good idea. I'll try to make some.

Walter

ademort

ligfietser wrote:

Rumour has it my new road bike does not comply with UCI standards, but I like the ride so I'll keep it for commuting.

I live in Middelburg, Zeeland. Somebody has something very similar to this one near me but it,s Red in colour. Also on doing the ride for the roses last time there was another one similar but in light Blue.
Ademort

tptvmbircn

I like it, would love a go also! the only thing for me is that I heat up very fast. Like others would love to see some images of the inside.

MattC59

ligfietser wrote:

nathancom wrote:

Where do you keep it at the end of the commute? How do your colleagues react? It looks like a lot of fun to ride.

There is a relatively safe parking place underneath the office, close to the fitness where I can take a shower. At my girlfriends house, there is a place behind a gate where it is safe.

Many colleagues are curious, but they like it. When it's raining, they're jealous ;-)

Walter

Riding that, I'm surprised that you have one

samhedges

Show us the cockpit!

tptvmbircn

type velomobile into youtube, loads of videos on there, quite impressive!

ligfietser

SamHedges wrote:

Show us the cockpit!

Oke, I made some pics, but my camera is broken so I had to use my phone. Sorry for the low quality.

This is the cockpit. Here you see the steering handles and Ackermann mechanism, lower end of the seat, GPS and the pump. While riding, the pump is connected to a horn near the foot hole in the front bottom of the bike.

The rear end of the cockpit. The red bag on the right side of the rear wheel contains my office clothes, the one on the left contains the rooftop while riding "cabrio mode". Also visible are the carbon ribs laminated into the aramid shell.

This is my view when riding "cabrio"...

... and with the rooftop.

This is the bottom. Yes I did touch quite a few speed bumps. That is why it is made of aramid

Regards,
Walter

ligfietser

MattC59 wrote:

ligfietser wrote:

There is a relatively safe parking place underneath the office, close to the fitness where I can take a shower. At my girlfriends house, there is a place behind a gate where it is safe.

Riding that, I'm surprised that you have one

What would you expect? Two, three? Ten? I'm sorry, but I'm not that type of guy.

Walter

Paul 8v

Cool! Nice to see something a bit different!

Paul 8v

ligfietser wrote:

MattC59 wrote:

ligfietser wrote:

There is a relatively safe parking place underneath the office, close to the fitness where I can take a shower. At my girlfriends house, there is a place behind a gate where it is safe.

Riding that, I'm surprised that you have one

What would you expect? Two, three? Ten? I'm sorry, but I'm not that type of guy.

Walter

Lets face it, it's not like riding a road bike all lycra'd up makes you a sex god either!

samhedges

Looks like loads of fun!

stuaff

Nice indeed to see a velomobile on here. I regularly ride with one of the two (AFAIK) UK owners of a WAW- his is also the RAW version. Back last November, he'd ordered it but had a heavier loaner version (his own bike being delayed), and along with some other guys I know rode down to Brighton alongside the Veteran Car Run. The WAW was getting more attention than some of the cars. And as for the speed: pulling away from them even when they were doing 40 mph downhill.... He rode 300 miles down to Lands End in 21 hours overall, regularly does 18-19 mph runs...
I'm having a go sometime. Might be bad for the bank balance.