Short video clip

Here is a short video of one of the first outings. Enjoy!


And an article I wrote explaining a few of the details of the velomobile:
http://www.velomobiles.ca/varticle.pdf

A few more pictures

Car roof rack for the velo:In the last few days we have has about 5 inches of snow here, so I haven't had much of a chance to really try the velomobile, hopefully by next week I will be able to do some more testing and longer runs with it once most of the snow is gone. I now have the motor (400 series Crystalyte model in the front wheel) and the two batteries installed, hopefully giving me a range of about 80km per charge. I still need to install the headlights and the DrainBrain (speedometer).

Don't be Shy

Well, if you are a shy person, you should definitely not be riding around in a yellow velomobile. So far in the roughly 20km I have ridden around the neighborhood, I have had people follow me in cars to ask what I am driving, small children point and laugh out loud, people stop and talk to me as I pull into the driveway, and many many people smiling and pointing. Some people think it's a great idea, some people probably think it's ridiculous, but at least it gives everyone something to look at, smile, and think about.

Delivery of The Yellow Velo!

I received my yellow Aurora velomobile on Jan 7, 2007. I spent the day installing the electric assist motor (Crystalyte) and the batteries (48V, 16Ah) and controller(35A). The next few days will be spent testing and tweaking. I will post updates here periodically.