July is for riding
In the velomobile world people are focused
on riding at this time of the year.
There are several racing series taking place, it is time to reap the benefits
of the long hours developing and refining velomobiles. In Europe people are getting ready for their
annual vacations so things appear quieter than usual.
Over the summer I may not be able to post
as often as I too will be enjoying the summer and I hope you will too!
BeND
In Europe, the BeND series taking place in
Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany the first four races have been held and
racing is now taking a break until September.
The last two races will take place in Cologne on September 5th
and the last race will take place in Assen on September 27th. Currently Matthias
König riding a Milan SL is in first place and Ymte Sijbrandij riding a DF-XL is in second place. There are 3 DF riders from the IntercityBike
team in the top 5. You can check out the standings
here.
Dekra
This weekend is the annual record-breaking
event at Dekra. Ellen van Vugh riding the
custom made Velox-S2 streamliner.
She not only
improved her six-hour world record of 365km for the women category. In total, she completed 404.04
kilometers in six hours, or a 67.3 km/h average which is also more than all
currently homologated men records.
Ellen also set a Dutch record for the
one-hour record travelling 80.5km, which is a bit short of the world record set
by Barbara Buatois (84.02km). Ellen set
this record while attempting to beat her 6-hour world record.
Australian Pedal Prix
Last week I mistakenly reported that the
Victoria Park race was taking place last weekend., the race is in fact scheduled
for the weekend of July 25 and 26th In
the mean time, you can check the standings here.
Feitser.be
Feitser.be just announced that they are
moving their office, design and workshop at the beginning of August. They will be on vacations for the last two
weeks of July prior to the move and will only be available for urgent warranty
repairs. Until mid August.
Trump Trikes
Trump Trikes teamed-up with Platt Racing
and are currently working on a Coroplast (Coroflute) velomobile body kit for
the Trump trike that will soon be available for Pedal Prix racing teams who do
not have the budget to purchase a carbon fiber body. The new product’s shape will be based on the top
finishing TX2 composite body and similar to the one used very successfully by
the Darleen Team. It is important to
note that this is a track vehicle and it is not made as road going velomobile
but it shows homebuilders that Coroplast bodies can be very well designed and
competitive.
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