Enclosed bicycle: this just looks GREAT
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This just looks GREAT:
http://www.velomobiling.com/gallery/Vel ... 1.jpg.html
If I had the money I WOULD get one.
PS. They are called velomobiles: enclosed recumbents
http://www.velomobiling.com/gallery/Vel ... 1.jpg.html
If I had the money I WOULD get one.
PS. They are called velomobiles: enclosed recumbents
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Yes, LeeW's Quest was at Hillingdon the other week, a lovely machine.0
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Too hot and sweaty for me...looks cool though...........0
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But it's called a Birk. What a silly name :P0
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can one go faster in one of those contraptions than on a regular racer then?0
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hamboman wrote:can one go faster in one of those contraptions than on a regular racer then?<a>road</a>0
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bloody sweaty though, no?0
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Cheaper "kit" here:
http://www.dutchbikes.nl/pagina/frame_v_kits.html
Note the use of th term cheaper, and not cheap - £1700 is aboutthe same as many standard recumbent trikes though!<b><i>He that buys land buys many stones.
He that buys flesh buys many bones.
He that buys eggs buys many shells,
But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
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That looks pretty damn cool, i do like the french chaps modification with child seat, Imagine arriving at the school gates in that!Bianchi Infinito CV
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I'd like to have one just to deprive a car of a parking space.0
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pedalpower wrote:I'd like to have one just to deprive a car of a parking space.
and you could join the rest of the cars in the traffic jams too :?
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It would not be practical for my commute!0