Wim Harwig

Category: velomobile

  • ligfiets& online !

    The Dutch magazine Ligfiets& is online for once. It’s a unique possibility for non-readers to see what they’re missing. see ;  http://downloads.ligfiets.net/ligfiets-en/LF&3_LR.pdf

  • bell

    I want the other bicyclist to hear me when I use the bell. They didn’t hear me approaching when I used the original bell that is installed inside my Quest; so I bought this large model and put it outside the fairring. I can even use the bell when the cover of soft foam is…

  • Harold

    Since a few years my colleague Harold had the intention to visit Henk (another colleague who lives in Waarde). Today was the day !  Middelburg-Waarde-Middelburg via the LF-13 cycling route appeared to be 100 kilometers exactly. Of course I made a short video, just for the record !

  • paastreffen (eastermeeting) 2009

    3 days camping with recumbent cyclists on the Veluwe ! There was a campfire. Shutter-speed was 13 seconds, so you can’t recognize anyone 😉 A crash of recumbents. We had to make a group-photo, and this was the result. You can recognize us by our recumbents 😉

  • easter meeting

    Next week I am going to the “eastermeeting” for recumbents, at a camping in Harskamp on the Veluwe. For an impression you can have a look at the next video I made during the meeting in 2008. I hope there will be no snow this year !

  • new tyre

    After two flat tubes in one week I decided to buy a new Schwalbe “Big Apple” for the rear tyre of my Quest. The old one made 6000 commuting-kilometers, without any problems. The front wheels have “Marathon Plus” tubes and did the same 6000 km. They don’t show too much wear and neither take any…

  • Quest flow simulations

    Airflow simulations for a Quest velomobile : compare it with the simulation for a Mango : or with a alleweder : The internet can give a lot of info, but is it scientific proof ? I don’t know …… but what the hack, I am glad that “polbecca” uploaded these videos. I am not a…

  • a new cap

    I bought a new cap. I think it will be of good use when I’m cycling in my Quest. It is made of “goretex” , although you’re never sure when it says “made in China” too.   😉 Berghaus is well known, but I never saw a cap like this before. Usually caps are “one-size-fits-all”, but…

  • retroreflection

    I bought a few meters retroreflection tape and used it to show my logo on the Quest. I got the best quality of this tape at a boat shop in Middelburg ( Boone ).  Now I am curious if there still will be guys saying ; “Sorry Mate, I Didn’t See You ” ……… The…

  • before – after, the crash !

    before ; After ; Thank you Allert and Ymte !

  • photos and video “oliebollen”-tour

    I didn’t take my video-camera with me, so I took some short videos with the old Canon Powershot. Edited with Windows Movie Maker, because all my old editing-programs don’t seem to work on this Vista-notebook. Some photos ; I get the impression that a photo-camera is a standard component in a velomobile 😉 For the…

  • “oliebollentocht”

    Saturday I’ll go to Dronten, to velomobiel.nl ; because my Quest is repaired ! I’m curious to see the result. On Sunday I will join the first part of the “oliebollen”-tour. 100 velomobiles will make a tour around Almere ! To get an impression there’s a video of the last “oliebollen”-tour that was organised in…

  • Police unaware of accidents .

    I called the police to make a declaration about the traffic accident in which my velomobile was damaged. A nice policeman explained that when the insurance-documents were filled in correctly, the police doesn’t do anything. So I asked her where the statistics for dangerous traffic-situations were based on, if nothing is reported in situations like…

  • damaged quest

    A young guy wanted to park his car at the parking. He therefore had to cross the bicycle-path alongside the road. After he damaged my quest velomobile he said that he didn’t see me in my red, 2.8 meter long quest …….. The polyester coated fairring is very thin and vulnerable, but nevertheless it protected…

  • drum brake

    I had to clean the two drum-brakes because my quest-velomobile was giving extra resistance for a few seconds every time I used the brake. To clean the brakes I had to disassemble the wheel and when doing so, I noticed that my quest has another type of ball-joints than is shown in the manual.