The 39-year-old, travels the six-mile journey from his home in Whitmore Reans, Staffordshire, in the wacky vehicle, which consists of an adapted tricycle wrapped in a plastic casing. Sitting only a ...

The Leiba is a low-cost, fully-enclosed velomobile built in Germany. View Slideshow It's January and very cold in most of the northern hemisphere, but some innovative and persistent cyclists have ...

Just before takeoff, the velomobiles assembled in front of Salmon Street Fountain in downtown Portland. (Photos © J. Maus) Leave it to Portland to give a hero’s ...

“I don’t like paying for a door hinge,” I said to the TV reporter as I opened up the flexible polycarbonate part of my velomobile door, “when I’ve already bought a windshield.” At the time, I was ...

My brain registered that I was clearly cycling. My feet were clipped in to pedals, my legs were turning crank arms, and the arms were linked via a chain to one of the wheels. But pretty much ...

Though perhaps an overused phrase these days, aiming to be “the world’s first” or “best” is a daunting and challenging task that can – and most often does – end in failure. Meet Snoek, the ...

If you take a recumbent tricycle and enclose it in an aerodynamic fuselage, what you end up with is known as a velomobile. The vehicles are significantly faster than bicycles on the flats and ...

The only thing better than a Velomobile is an electric Velomobile, which is the exact same thing, but with the addition of a kit to electrify the bike. We bought an electric bike in lieu of a second ...