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Through the creative use of cable-binders, I was able to mount my Gorilla-tripod to the OTrike. After a quick test in the parking garage, I set off for a short ride from my apartment parking garage to my work place on the other side of Copenhagen.

With a bit of tinkering in iMovie08, I produced a simple video of the 30 minute ride, cutting out 4 minutes of video -the waiting between stoplights- and accompanied with music that I typically listen to during a daily commute to and from work.

So if you are *really* bored or need to kill 25 minutes, sit back and enjoy the ride! (And try to ignore my ear dominating the right side of the screen.)

(better quality video is available directly from http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-548569904767998020 )

Heh. Pretty interesting ride you got there.
I skipped through it quite a bit, it's still kind of interesting, though. This song actually went pretty good with it, the last few lines were "I'll ride you out".
Funny how scooters are a pain even to bikers!

I like how all your roads are bike accessible. Around here, I'll be ran over in the first 1/4 mile. Not only are the roads not made with biking lanes, cars have no respect for bikes.
Now is a good time to start educating people that cyclists have the same rights to the non-highway roads as cars do, and should follow many of the same rules (stopping at lights, yielding to traffic that has the right-of-way, and so on).

especially when velomobiles will gradually start to become more commonplace over the next 5-10 years.

New kids on the block just this year:

Gylde:
http://www.gstrikes.com/Glyde.htm

Borealis:
http://www.ice.hpv.co.uk/trikes/accessories.htm#borealis

Leitra Sport and Thunderstorm:
http://www.bike-revolution.at/velomobile

This gives us about 20 different models of production velomobiles to chose from!

I don't live in a big city(although I do live in a city). Too many people need to go too far(I drove 20 miles to my mom's house today, and that's a normal trek). Most people aren't going to give up their car for short commutes because short commutes are rather rare.

It wont be until bikes become as common in our local big city as it is for yours that the small city I live in can have anything close to that.
Danial.Beta wrote:
It wont be until bikes become as common in our local big city as it is for yours that the small city I live in can have anything close to that.


towns and villages across Denmark are just as cycle friendly as the 'big cities'. the size of a city does not change, influence, nor prevent the over-all effectiveness or benefits of cycling or using velomobiles. it's people getting off their ass to design, develop and promote a working cycle/velomobile infrastructure and culture that will make the difference. "we won't get it until someone else does" is just a cop-out.

the point of velomobile development is to provide an alternative to the car for short-to-medium range transportation needs (up to 40-50 miles for example). Your 20-mile trek to mom's house could be done in an hour or less, easily, using a velomobile. You are generally faster than a regular cycle, more comfortable, protected from the elements, can carry nearly as much as a compact car, and more visible to bigger vehicles. All that *plus* not wasting money on gas or motor-vehicle insurance.

More importantly, people really need to start getting it through their heads that running down to the local shop/grocers for a case of beer or a carton of cigarettes (let's say less than 10 miles) doesn't require a car/truck. there are now cheaper, better, and healthier alternatives. throw in an electric motor, and your 20-mile ride to mom's can be done cheaper and almost as fast as a car (unless you use the highway, but then again i've seen electric-powered velomobiles that do 70mph!).