Some time ago the BBC did a report on Ian Fardoe and his home built velomobile for the Midlands Today program. The clip is available via Ian’s Youtube channel below. At the time he was using the velomobile to commute to work, a 12 mile round trip according to the reporter. The tone is very positive and it is interesting to note the distinction made with the infamous Sinclair C5!
Ian has since upgraded to a Quest from Velomobiel.nl and a couple of driver’s eye videos from his daily commute are shown below. There is visual commentary superimposed on the video and at one point he highlights his speed as 54 mph based on GPS data!
Much of the following video is played back at high (x 4) speed which distorts the true sense of speed. It is none-the-less of value as it illustrates a range of different UK roads over which Ian commutes.
UPDATE:
Here is the video Ian refers to in his comment below:
tbh the middle video isn’t my commute route (I did used to commute that way some time ago, on unfaired recumbents), but the others are optional ones 😀
There’s also plenty of others on my channel that do show riding at non-sped up speeds,on other routes, if anyone’s interested, should be able to get a taste of my speed along the last stretch of road on the third video by the way I overtake the woman on the bike, she was going pretty well !
This may be a better taste of my commute (a lot quiter traffic than usual, but shows the speeds attainable on the flat) as it’s 1x speed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WTl2cqHZ_I
I must put some up with the new racekap I’ve just finished making, it goes pretty well, I can clear the m-way bridge at 33mph now (3 minutes-ish in that video)
cheers!
fards
Ian, Thanks for you comments! I have updated the post to embed the video. Sorry for the delay in approving and replying – winter sickness has been passing through my family for the last few weeks!