Velomobiling Guide

The Velomobiling site Gallery features Velomobile Albums including Aerorider, Alligt Alleweder, Aurora, Berkut, Birk Butterfly, Cab-Bike, C-Alleweder, Flevo Alleweder (FAW), Go-one, Leiba, Leitra, Limit, Mango, Quest, Sunrider, Versatile, and WAW, with a miscellaneous album for limited-edition and home-built velomobiles, including La Fleche. "Building a Velomobile" showcases velomobile construction projects. Velomobile Circus celebrates wild and colorful velomobile designs.

The quick velomobile overview page is up again in English en in het nederlands.

They're still incomplete, but the Velomobile Comparison Tables are far enough along to mention here.

We've assembled some links to 2-person velomobiles, 2-wheel velomobiles, tandem recumbents, side-by-side and back-to-back tandem bikes and trikes. Whether you want two-person, two-wheel, multi-rider, or some other variation on the human-powered vehicle, we've tried to include it.

From any page on the site, just click the header photo of the velomobile in the tulips to return to the home page. On the "book" pages, it looks like this:

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The original Velomobiling.net site will be closed down and merged with this site some time in 2007. (If that link brings you back here, it's already happened). We are creating archives of the articles and "blocks." Velomobile information, articles, event announcements, and links related to human-powered vehicles will be appearing on this Drupal version of the velomobiling site.

For articles and reviews on velomobiles, velomobile-building, and velomobiling (in English and Dutch), from the original site see the Archives list. paginas in het nederlands

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Velomobile Advantages and Strong Points; Disadvantages and Weak Points

Return to home page  Velomobile Advantages/Disadvantages (velomobiel voor- en nadeelen, Velomobil Vorteilen und Nachteilen)

To build a small human-powered vehicle that is affordable, light in weight, easy to maintain, comfortable, fast, roomy.... eventually there are compromises.  This list focuses on commonly-mentioned points that may be important to potential buyers.  Consider your own priorities and remember that all of these velomobiles have enthusiastic partisans.  If you want to suggest additions to this list, contact us by typing the letters "w" "a" "l" "d" and "o" after the com/ in the address bar.  

Velomobile (velomobiel, velomobil) Advantages and strong points Disadvantages and weak points
Aerorider sturdy, good weather protection heavy, hard to ride without the electric assist.
Alleweder (Alligt A3) ? poor drive-train protection
Alleweder (Alligt A4) Low maintenance, all wheels side-mounted for easy tire-changing, increased luggage space with locking compartment. ?
Alleweder (Alligt A5)
Alleweder (Flevobike) ? ?
Alleweder (US Flevo) ? ?
Aurora easy entry ?
Butterfly very easy entry the most expensive velomobile
Cab-Bike fairly easy entry without stepping on seat, largest baggage space, good weather protection interior noise - hard to hear other riders and traffic when windows are closed.  
Cab-Bike Speedster fairly easy entry without stepping on seat ?
Cab-Bike (2006-2007 updates) fairly easy entry without stepping on seat, largest baggage space, good weather protection, improved seat adjustability interior noise - hard to hear other riders and traffic when windows are closed.  
go-one3 (carbon) light weight, good view of the path ahead, especially for small riders, splendid appearance difficult to repair, limited baggage space, some problems with "greenhouse effect," fogging, and glare from large front window (but not as bad as expected, according to two owners), removable roof can't be stowed in vehicle.
go-one3 (fiberglass) good view of the path ahead, especially for small riders, splendid appearance limited baggage space some problems with "greenhouse effect," fogging, and glare from large front window (but not as bad as expected, according to two owners), removable roof can't be stowed in vehicle.
Leiba small, fits the smallest riders (and also up to 200 cm) ?
Leiba Briese ? ?
Leitra (small) disassembles for transport, very tight turning circle, good baggage capacity. very wide - does not fit through standard door,
Leitra (Sport and medium)
Leitra (extra long/tall)
Mango all wheels side-mounted for easy tire-changing not as fast as the Quest and has less luggage space
Quest (26" - current model) very fast, all wheels side-mounted for easy tire-changing requires two sizes of inner-tubes.
Quest (20" - low floor) very fast, all wheels side-mounted for easy tire-changing susceptible to tipping in some conditions, very large turning circle, long vehicle (hard to park or transport)
Quest (20" - flat floor)
Sorcerer ? too narrow for many riders
Stormy Weather modular construction (can be disassembled;  individual sections can be replaced) ?
Sunrider ? ?
Thunderstorm ? ?
Versatile easy entry, low maintenance, all wheels side-mounted and accessible for easy tire-changing heavier than some other velomobiles
WAW very stable, disassembles for transport, and  individual sections can be replaced if damaged. no reverse gear
new 2007 WAW no reverse gear, 16" wheels may make tire-changes difficult


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