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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Velomobile Luggage Capacity

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updated 2 March 2007

Velomobile luggage capacity
Velomobile luggage capacity is hard to measure, because it's often behind or below the seat, and large riders lose luggage space.  The Alleweder "A3" is the Alligt Alleweder prior to 2006 (often available used);  the A4 and A5 have more luggage space.  Older Flevobike Alleweders (sometimes called "A2") may differ from the US version being produced by VelomobileUSA. 		Luggage capacity (volume)

Likely to have been measured by inconsistent methods, so be cautious about making comparisons.

Total load capacity (kg) Luggage area problems? Locking luggage space? Trailer options?

check with manufacturer about trailer hitches that are compatible.

 External tie-on possible?
Aerorider 120 liter ? ? ? probably not
Alleweder (Alligt A3) around 25 liter

 sloping floor. no yes yes
Alleweder (Alligt A4) 40 liter? yes yes yes
Alleweder (Alligt A5) 40 liter? yes yes yes
Alleweder (Flevobike) Large, around 60 liters, except for tall riders with seat in far-back position.   no yes yes - sturdy construction allows strapping gear on outside of body.
Alleweder (US Flevo) large, around
60 liter 		no yes yes - sturdy construction allows strapping gear on outside of body.
Aurora large, over 120 liter ?
Butterfly 55 liter ? ? ? probably not probably not
Cab-Bike 120 liter - very large and
convenient 		150 kg  no yes no
Cab-Bike Speedster fairly large 150 kg no yes
go-one3 25-30 liters divided into small bags, according to one rider who is 174 cm tall no problem carrying anybody who can fit into it. often cited as the velomobile with the least luggage room. no yes optional rack over the rear wheel is suited to small or medium packs.
Leiba fairly large sloping area requires fasteners to secure bags. no yes no
Leiba Briese ? ? ? ? ? ?
Leitra (small) 100 liter box 100 kg interior has openings in floor no (but closed) yes no
Leitra (Sport and medium) 100 liter box 100 kg interior has openings in floor no (but closed) yes no
Leitra (extra long/tall) 100 liter box 100 kg interior has openings in floor no (but closed) yes no
Mango fairly large no yes some
Quest (best for long, thin items) large long, thin objects fit best no yes some
Sorcerer 60 liter no ? ?
Stormy Weather - this appears to be the only commercial velomobile with a tandem velomobile option, though it requires hitching two of them together. large - 140 liter 125 kg no optional trailer hitch.  Also optional tandemizer hitch. ?
Sunrider ? ? ? ?
Thunderstorm ? ? ? ?
Versatile large no yes ?
WAW large no ? ?

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