Great video, thank you for your excellent work (Tokyo at night was very cool [at any camera angle 🙂]). @shenzhenpingpong2 - If you ever come to Boston, MA, US to speak, you must be our guest! Cold, wet, and grey is a seasonal specialty. No bike shop with velomobiles to test drive though 😞. Sometime let us know what you thought of the tank steering. Hanno's bike shop itself is a thing of beauty. Doesn't every bike shop have a hearse in storage (1:49)?
That's such a good level of service for them to size you and resize a chain... and let you go for a 60km test ride! Did you go all the way to Germany just to check out new velomobiles? What's your x-seam? I didn't think the Bulk was meant for larger riders... I thought it was similar to the Milan SL.
The Bülk fits rider from 5’2” to 6’4”, depending on x-seam. In this case the rider has an unusually short x-seam for his height. Even in the w9 he will only be able to use a single chainring. The derailleur mount would not be able to be moved far enough back for him. A Milan SL with no Y support going up to the hood might be able to fit him with a double chairing.
As I expected, the Bülk would not work with your unusually short x-seam. The W9 can, but only if you use a single chainring. The derailleur has to be mounted underneath and the stem mount for it will not have enough room to be set so close.
@@woife01 not everyone wants to or can put so much force on their knees nor is it efficient to pedal so slowly up a hill. It is very fatiguing compared to a faster spin cadence. I have tested this on hills where I live. On this topic Daniel is wrong. Single speed is not always better. The gear spacing is also quite poor on 12 speed and it is much more difficult to achieve smooth and efficient shifting.
@@mnveloguy for perfect spacing between the gears you need to go for pinion p1.18 + an Rohloff Here is this video and @shenzhenpingpong2 the topic And He is a strong rider, you could see in his other Videos For a weak rider would be a 60 tooth chainring with the option to and the Mountain drive
@@mnveloguy Single speed is always better its the most efficient gearing. big chainrings 80+ will convert your force the best way. fast spining cadence will result of 30% energy loss. it feels fast in your mind but you are not going really faster. pushing realy hard into the pedals will make your knees stronger and healthier like legpress machine.
I love your videos for their attention to technical details and meticulous filming.
Thank you! You are very kind.
Great video, thank you for your excellent work (Tokyo at night was very cool [at any camera angle 🙂]). @shenzhenpingpong2 - If you ever come to Boston, MA, US to speak, you must be our guest! Cold, wet, and grey is a seasonal specialty. No bike shop with velomobiles to test drive though 😞.
Sometime let us know what you thought of the tank steering.
Hanno's bike shop itself is a thing of beauty. Doesn't every bike shop have a hearse in storage (1:49)?
Thank you. I’d love to ride my velomobile in New England. Whereabouts in the Boston area are you located?
@@shenzhenpingpong North, up the coast about 20 minutes.
That's such a good level of service for them to size you and resize a chain... and let you go for a 60km test ride! Did you go all the way to Germany just to check out new velomobiles? What's your x-seam? I didn't think the Bulk was meant for larger riders... I thought it was similar to the Milan SL.
I’m here for an academic conference that I’m speaking at. 94cm x-seam
The Bülk fits rider from 5’2” to 6’4”, depending on x-seam. In this case the rider has an unusually short x-seam for his height. Even in the w9 he will only be able to use a single chainring. The derailleur mount would not be able to be moved far enough back for him. A Milan SL with no Y support going up to the hood might be able to fit him with a double chairing.
As I expected, the Bülk would not work with your unusually short x-seam. The W9 can, but only if you use a single chainring. The derailleur has to be mounted underneath and the stem mount for it will not have enough room to be set so close.
he should be strong enough to go easily for 70 52-11(should be rideable for him up to 20% ramps)
@@woife01 not everyone wants to or can put so much force on their knees nor is it efficient to pedal so slowly up a hill. It is very fatiguing compared to a faster spin cadence. I have tested this on hills where I live. On this topic Daniel is wrong. Single speed is not always better. The gear spacing is also quite poor on 12 speed and it is much more difficult to achieve smooth and efficient shifting.
@@mnveloguy for perfect spacing between the gears you need to go for pinion p1.18 + an Rohloff
Here is this video and @shenzhenpingpong2 the topic
And He is a strong rider, you could see in his other Videos
For a weak rider would be a 60 tooth chainring with the option to and the Mountain drive
@@mnveloguy Single speed is always better its the most efficient gearing. big chainrings 80+ will convert your force the best way. fast spining cadence will result of 30% energy loss. it feels fast in your mind but you are not going really faster. pushing realy hard into the pedals will make your knees stronger and healthier like legpress machine.
@@DarkLord666-f1w my knees and power meter beg to differ.
These machines are overcomplicated engineered.
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