[Velomobile] What do you consider a velomobile?

[Chris Jordan]

What do you consider a velomobile?  In 1999 or so the first description I saw was fully enclosed, so I believed only that and only that until 2005 when I had to cut out a Flintstone Hole to back up.  Then I understood the "heads out" or different frame concepts.  Mine was a streamliner concept with 2 Zzipper fairings ("chopper" model to reach from nose to tail) more like a mini-submarine on 3 wheels; all  taped up with that shiny silver tape with a little slit for the back wheel.  In 2009 I cut the cockpit open and unbolted the roof making the velomobile look more like a rolling bathtub 4 inches high.  I liked the wide open feeling, appearance, and view so I left it off until 2011.  This part of central coastal California has not accepted velomobiles.  Even now!  I'm only in 3 Yahoo groups at this time- including Recumbent City and PeoplePoweredVehicles groups.  
 
__Chris Jordan__
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