Portland-based EcoSpeed gave a boost to velomobile riders making the trip from Portland to Washington, D.C. over a period of 30 days. Portland-based EcoSpeed gave a boost to velomobile riders making ...

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 ...

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this morning at 10 on the first leg of a cross-country trip. The velomobiles, sophisticated recumbent tricycles with colorful aerodynamic fairings, were heading south along North Vancouver Avenue ...

Velomobiles at the start of the Portland to Washington, D.C., ride. Expand to read more Some 40 velomobiles — aerodynamic, enclosed pedal-powered vehicles — are rolling out of Portland Thursday on a ...

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 ...

Velomobiles come in many shapes and sizes, but most of them look like a space ship’s escape pod. The average velomobile is a recumbent tricycle with a hard, usually aerodynamic shell around it. They ...

Velomobiles are recumbent tricycles with sleek, colorful outer shells called fairings, that can rocket down a roadway with amazing speed and efficiency. And for the next month 25 riders from Europe, ...

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 ...

If the words “recumbent trike” make your lip curl, we understand. Weird bikes often seem to perpetuate the myth that cyclists are fringey oddballs disconnected from reality. But the ELF deserves a ...

When we think of velomobiles (for those of us who think of them at all), we typically picture recumbent trikes with rigid aerodynamic shells. The Lightning F-22, however, is a little bit different – ...