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In last year one could see many velomobiles to change from only pedal powered to electric assisted. Well, if you look at it from the “eco” point of view,  it is a good step and the vision of greener transportation is even nicer with such velomobiles in use. Pannonrider is a new and much longer step ahead because it is a velomobile with integrated solar panels in its body and from what I know it is the first velomobile with such advantage.

It is obviously designed to be used in cities and in the traffic so it has pretty big ground clearance, most probably very good turning circle, full cover etc.The solar panels are integrated in the roof and on the rear side which gives it a very special look. Maybe not so aerodynamic, but this velomobile is not supposed to be a racing machine but more to be a practical vehicle for everyday use.

I was pretty much surprised by their modern web page, unfornatenuly only in Hungarian. It seems that Hungary starts to be pretty important part of the recumbent world because they have shown quite some interesting machines in last months.

More pictures can be fund on http://picasaweb.google.com/pannonrider.II/PannonriderIIMegvalosulas#

Official web on: www.pannonrider.com

Thanks to the reason that Velomobiel.nl produce the shell for Strada in Slovakia now, they need to transport big amount of shells from there to Netherland. Because of that they have built a special trailer for 18 Stradas plus they can put two of them on the roof of their car. I think that it must be a real surprise for all those drivers on european highways who pass this super long set up.

Tripod looks as a new velomobile on the velomobile scene. At least I have not seen it yet. The producer is Columbia Cycle Works and here is what they have written on their web page:

“Columbia Cycle Works, LLC is the manufacturer and seller of the Tripod, a fully enclosed commuter tricycle. The Tripod was developed as a sporty, economical and ecologically sustainable alternative to fossil fuel based commuter vehicles. Columbia Cycle Works is located in Portland, Oregon. We invite you to explore our website and learn more about an exciting new way to commute to work or just get around town.”

Many of you already know. Many don´t. There are not many informations about the new velomobile from most known velomobile producer – from Velomobiel.nl. Their new model´s name is Strada and one can hardly find any picture of it on internet. The idea is based on the Mango velomobile (produced in Ligfietsgarage Groningen now) which was developed and produced in Velomobiel.nl few years ago. But Strada has 26″ rear wheel. Compare to Quest, Strada has open front wheels, it is shorter and it has bigger “smurf hat” – the bump behind the rider´s head.  And you can have it in any RAL color you want, which is not possble with Quest. As same as Quest, you got the Strada fully equipped for riding, with spare tube, service kit, lightweight pump, lights and a velomobile bag which fits inside next to the seat.

Thanks to the open from wheels and shorter wheel base Strada has shorter turning radius which makes it more usefull in cities and in case you need to turn on very small place. The cost of this advantage is worse aerodynamic and lower speed. But it seems to be a true velomobile from Velomobiel.nl with perfect aerodynamic shape what makes it fast anyway.

We will come with some more news from Velomobiel.nl soon. You can wait also a double interview with Allert Jacobs and Ymte Sijbrandij – two main guys from Velomobiel.nl.

Few posts ago, we have mentioned a polish velomobile. Finally the story is a little bit different, because Maciej Kaczmarek from Poland seems to be only a maker and the velomobile is a new version of Cab-Bike – originaly a german velomobile company which is pretty known in EU as same as in US.

The old web site of Cab-Bike seems to be pretty long time not updated and there is a new web on http://www.info-cab-bike.de.tl/Home.htm

Here are some new pictures from their new web.

Where to continue:

- Amphibian velomobile
- Russian velomobile homebuildres
- Vaniczka home made streamliner
- Recumbent trike fairing

Here is a nice video of Sunrider velomobile with electric asist in standard. The video is from USA, but the producer is from Holland.

Where you can continue:

- Amphibian velomobile
- Russian velomobile homebuildres
- Velomobile from Poland
- Recumbent trike fairing

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