Protection from the elements

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

Quoted message said:

I've just come across this
http://www.go-one.de/ukindex.shtml

I'd love a go on one, I'm sure the recent winds would cause it no problems.

From the FAQ:
When will the new go-one³ be available?

The manufacturing and developing company Beyss
plans the completion of a prototype in december
2001. After the test running and the tuning is
concluded, the production of go-one³ will start
in april 2002.

It must be Halfords by now.

--
Hywel http://kibo.org.uk/
I do not eat quiche.

Hywel Jenkins said:

From the FAQ:
When will the new go-one³ be available?

The manufacturing and developing company Beyss
plans the completion of a prototype in december
2001. After the test running and the tuning is
concluded, the production of go-one³ will start
in april 2002.

It must be Halfords by now.

Have to settle for one of these instead.
http://www.tripendo.com/EDEFAULT.htm

Tony

the.Mark said:

I've just come across this
http://www.go-one.de/ukindex.shtml

I'd love a go on one, I'm sure the recent winds would cause it no problems.

9,500 euro! Get an Anthrotech and a large condom :-o

Tony Raven said:

Have to settle for one of these instead.
http://www.tripendo.com/EDEFAULT.htm

Have you seen how much that thing weighs? Just say "no", kids...

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World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

Response to the.Mark:

Quoted message said:

When I corner at moderate speeds on the windcheetah I have to lean quite far
over. If I had to do the same in a Go-one I'd bump my head.

In the past I've wondered how fully-faired trikes manage with sharp/fast
bends. My commute home includes an excitingly sharp left at the bottom
of a hill, and (assuming traffic conditions allow me to take it at
speed) I can choose to lean pretty damn hard, or briefly (or not so
briefly) lift a wheel. Both options have an element of fun...

--
Mark, UK.
Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.

in message <[email hidden]>, the.Mark

(') said:

I've just come across this
http://www.go-one.de/ukindex.shtml

I'd love a go on one, I'm sure the recent winds would cause it no
problems.

Yes, very nice. I sort of started a draft of a business plan around a
similar concept, here:

<URL:http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/tmp/velociraptor/>

Note that I now believe the costings in this document are extremely
unrealistic. Still if it inspires anybody, feel free to use any of the
ideas, or plagiarise as you think fit.

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the.Mark said:

When I corner at moderate speeds on the windcheetah I have to lean quite far
over. If I had to do the same in a Go-one I'd bump my head.

My first experience of a recumbent trike was a Kettweisel, where leaning
was an absolute necessity otherwise a wheel lifted (Possibly an aspect
of the delta layout).

I then rode a Windcheetah, but as it belonged to a "real person", rather
than a shop, I didn't really feel it was right to push it too far. I've
since ridden a selection of Trices. My experience of those Trices
(Trici?) I rode was that the leaning wasn't any where near as necessary.
It was more to help me stay in a sensible place than to keep the wheels
down. I didn't manage to lift a wheel on the Micro at all, and I through
that round some pretty sharp bends at a fair bit faster than I had
intended! ;-)

I think that the solution is to get the CoG below the axle height of the
front wheels (Assuming they are the smallest).

Jon

Jon Senior said:

the.Mark said:

When I corner at moderate speeds on the windcheetah I have to lean
quite far over. If I had to do the same in a Go-one I'd bump my head.

My first experience of a recumbent trike was a Kettweisel, where leaning
was an absolute necessity otherwise a wheel lifted (Possibly an aspect
of the delta layout).

I then rode a Windcheetah, but as it belonged to a "real person", rather
than a shop, I didn't really feel it was right to push it too far. I've
since ridden a selection of Trices. My experience of those Trices
(Trici?) I rode was that the leaning wasn't any where near as necessary.
It was more to help me stay in a sensible place than to keep the wheels
down. I didn't manage to lift a wheel on the Micro at all, and I through
that round some pretty sharp bends at a fair bit faster than I had
intended! ;-)

I think that the solution is to get the CoG below the axle height of the
front wheels (Assuming they are the smallest).

I ride an Anthrotech on two wheels :-o I dont think the 'tadpole'
format helps either.

In article said:

the.Mark said:

When I corner at moderate speeds on the windcheetah I have to lean quite far
over. If I had to do the same in a Go-one I'd bump my head.

[...]

Quoted message said:

I think that the solution is to get the CoG below the axle height of the
front wheels (Assuming they are the smallest).

You could make the whole trike lean:
http://www.tripendo.com/EDEFAULT.htm
http://www.maxmatic.com/soohoo.htm

Making such a design work while enclosed by an efficient fairing is left as
an exercise for the reader.

In article said:

the.Mark said:

When I corner at moderate speeds on the windcheetah I have to lean quite far
over. If I had to do the same in a Go-one I'd bump my head.

[...]

Quoted message said:

I think that the solution is to get the CoG below the axle height of the
front wheels (Assuming they are the smallest).

You could make the whole trike lean:
http://www.tripendo.com/EDEFAULT.htm
http://www.maxmatic.com/soohoo.htm

Making such a design work while enclosed by an efficient fairing is left as
an exercise for the reader.

In article said:

the.Mark said:

When I corner at moderate speeds on the windcheetah I have to lean quite far
over. If I had to do the same in a Go-one I'd bump my head.

[...]

Quoted message said:

I think that the solution is to get the CoG below the axle height of the
front wheels (Assuming they are the smallest).

You could make the whole trike lean:
http://www.tripendo.com/EDEFAULT.htm
http://www.maxmatic.com/soohoo.htm

Making such a design work while enclosed by an efficient fairing is left as
an exercise for the reader.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I've just come across this
http://www.go-one.de/ukindex.shtml

I'd love a go on one, I'm sure the recent winds would cause it no
problems.

I've heard of several velomobiles (Quests mostly) that got bowled over
in gale-force winds.

Quoted message said:

Yes, very nice. I sort of started a draft of a business plan around a
similar concept, here:

<URL:http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/tmp/velociraptor/>

Must admit I've only skipped through the text, but I'm not entirely
convinced a monocoque can be build lighter than a frame-and-fairing;
the Trisled Sorcerer ( http://www.trisled.com.au/sorcerer.htm ) is 5
kgs lighter than the Go-one (if their respective websites are to be
believed) and most monocoques are another 5-10kgs heavier.

Mark van Gorkom.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I've just come across this
http://www.go-one.de/ukindex.shtml

I'd love a go on one, I'm sure the recent winds would cause it no
problems.

I've heard of several velomobiles (Quests mostly) that got bowled over
in gale-force winds.

Quoted message said:

Yes, very nice. I sort of started a draft of a business plan around a
similar concept, here:

<URL:http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/tmp/velociraptor/>

Must admit I've only skipped through the text, but I'm not entirely
convinced a monocoque can be build lighter than a frame-and-fairing;
the Trisled Sorcerer ( http://www.trisled.com.au/sorcerer.htm ) is 5
kgs lighter than the Go-one (if their respective websites are to be
believed) and most monocoques are another 5-10kgs heavier.

Mark van Gorkom.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I've just come across this
http://www.go-one.de/ukindex.shtml

I'd love a go on one, I'm sure the recent winds would cause it no
problems.

I've heard of several velomobiles (Quests mostly) that got bowled over
in gale-force winds.

Quoted message said:

Yes, very nice. I sort of started a draft of a business plan around a
similar concept, here:

<URL:http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/tmp/velociraptor/>

Must admit I've only skipped through the text, but I'm not entirely
convinced a monocoque can be build lighter than a frame-and-fairing;
the Trisled Sorcerer ( http://www.trisled.com.au/sorcerer.htm ) is 5
kgs lighter than the Go-one (if their respective websites are to be
believed) and most monocoques are another 5-10kgs heavier.

Mark van Gorkom.

Alan Braggins said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Jon Senior

Quoted message said:

the.Mark said:

When I corner at moderate speeds on the windcheetah I have to lean
quite far over. If I had to do the same in a Go-one I'd bump my
head.

[...]

Quoted message said:

I think that the solution is to get the CoG below the axle height of
the front wheels (Assuming they are the smallest).

You could make the whole trike lean:
http://www.tripendo.com/EDEFAULT.htm
http://www.maxmatic.com/soohoo.htm

Making such a design work while enclosed by an efficient fairing is
left as an exercise for the reader.

Sacha "Caravan" Knoop bult the "Dreiwebel", a fully-faired leaning trike in
the early nineties. He commented that it wasn't such a brilliant idea in
the metal as it had been on paper, and did not persevere therewith.

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

Alan Braggins said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Jon Senior

Quoted message said:

the.Mark said:

When I corner at moderate speeds on the windcheetah I have to lean
quite far over. If I had to do the same in a Go-one I'd bump my
head.

[...]

Quoted message said:

I think that the solution is to get the CoG below the axle height of
the front wheels (Assuming they are the smallest).

You could make the whole trike lean:
http://www.tripendo.com/EDEFAULT.htm
http://www.maxmatic.com/soohoo.htm

Making such a design work while enclosed by an efficient fairing is
left as an exercise for the reader.

Sacha "Caravan" Knoop bult the "Dreiwebel", a fully-faired leaning trike in
the early nineties. He commented that it wasn't such a brilliant idea in
the metal as it had been on paper, and did not persevere therewith.

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

Alan Braggins said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Jon Senior

Quoted message said:

the.Mark said:

When I corner at moderate speeds on the windcheetah I have to lean
quite far over. If I had to do the same in a Go-one I'd bump my
head.

[...]

Quoted message said:

I think that the solution is to get the CoG below the axle height of
the front wheels (Assuming they are the smallest).

You could make the whole trike lean:
http://www.tripendo.com/EDEFAULT.htm
http://www.maxmatic.com/soohoo.htm

Making such a design work while enclosed by an efficient fairing is
left as an exercise for the reader.

Sacha "Caravan" Knoop bult the "Dreiwebel", a fully-faired leaning trike in
the early nineties. He commented that it wasn't such a brilliant idea in
the metal as it had been on paper, and did not persevere therewith.

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

Alan Braggins said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Jon Senior

Quoted message said:

the.Mark said:

When I corner at moderate speeds on the windcheetah I have to lean
quite far over. If I had to do the same in a Go-one I'd bump my
head.

[...]

Quoted message said:

I think that the solution is to get the CoG below the axle height of
the front wheels (Assuming they are the smallest).

You could make the whole trike lean:
http://www.tripendo.com/EDEFAULT.htm
http://www.maxmatic.com/soohoo.htm

Making such a design work while enclosed by an efficient fairing is
left as an exercise for the reader.

Sacha "Caravan" Knoop bult the "Dreiwebel", a fully-faired leaning trike in
the early nineties. He commented that it wasn't such a brilliant idea in
the metal as it had been on paper, and did not persevere therewith.

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

Alan Braggins said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Jon Senior

Quoted message said:

the.Mark said:

When I corner at moderate speeds on the windcheetah I have to lean
quite far over. If I had to do the same in a Go-one I'd bump my
head.

[...]

Quoted message said:

I think that the solution is to get the CoG below the axle height of
the front wheels (Assuming they are the smallest).

You could make the whole trike lean:
http://www.tripendo.com/EDEFAULT.htm
http://www.maxmatic.com/soohoo.htm

Making such a design work while enclosed by an efficient fairing is
left as an exercise for the reader.

Sacha "Caravan" Knoop bult the "Dreiwebel", a fully-faired leaning trike in
the early nineties. He commented that it wasn't such a brilliant idea in
the metal as it had been on paper, and did not persevere therewith.

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)