Velomobile Production & "Commercials"

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:

Original site

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.

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Introduction - Road Test - Visibility - Gearing and Hills - Practicality - Maintenance & Accident Record - Production & "Commercials"

Production (as of February, 2005)
When started - how many made - How many vehicles in use with mileages?	Now 2 years old. 18 in regular use.	Approx 3-4 years old. Many in regular use. (See web site.)	Approx 3-4 yrs old. Many in regular use. (See web site.)	Now 2.5 years old. 7 in regular commuting use.	Many in use - (including some in the US)
Is there any policy on repairs in foreign countries - e.g. after a bad crash with damaged the body shell?	Not known.	A foreign owner would be expected to make this type of fiberglass repair.	A foreign owner would be expected to make this type of fiberglass repair.	Body shell is totally structural and should survive a roll with only damage to paintwork.	Self repair expected.
Shipping options -- have these vehicles ever been shipped - if so what did it cost?	Sales currently all within The Netherlands	?	?	Sales currently within Low Countries (one in Sweden).	Have been shipped to several countries.
Any in use in the UK?	No.	No.	Yes. (1)	No.	Not known.
"Commercials" (as of February, 2005)	Versatile	Mango	Quest	WAW	Cab-Bike
Is there a payment on order, if so what %	No.	No.	No.	No.	The vehicle I tested is currently offered for sale second hand. A new machine may have given better results.
What other payments are due before collection?	Payment 4 weeks before/ on collection	Payment on collection.	Payment on collection.	Payment on collection.	?
Are there future vehicles planned - if so what will change?	No (design is stable)	No (design is stable)	Design is very gradually evolving and improving.	Although the vehicle has already reached a very practical stage it is still developing.	?
What changes expected in the company in the medium term (1 yr)?	Production and sales to be handled by Tempelmans	Velomobiel expects to continue as a 3-man company at its present size and expects competitors to produce similar vehicles.	Velomobiel expects to continue as a 3-man company at its present size and expects competitors to produce similar vehicles.	Production increases to approx 10 per year.	?
Versatile Mango Quest WAW Cab-Bike