Merrill's Velomobile Adventures: October 2011

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Interviews of ROAM Riders

The guy who interviewed me at the campground in Indiana sent me a link to this video. It's a nice compilation of interviews with some of the ROAM riders. It is a 30 minute video. I'm interviewed about 25 minutes into it.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

A friend just directed me to this interesting video of Harald Winkler's presentation on his 12 kilo foam velomobile at the 6th annual velomobile seminar.

While I was on the Community Video website I found all of these other videos about velomobiles.

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Why?

The question "Why?" frequently comes up when I tell people I'm doing the car free challenge. Here in working class New Britain, CT I get lots of comments about how high the price of gasoline is, but the fact that gas is at a record high price is really only a coincidence. It doesn't seem like a day goes by that I don't hear or read another story about global warming and its effects. I wonder what kind of mess we're leaving for our kids. As I ride I see that most cars on the road have one person in them and I've read that 40% of car trips are just a few miles long. So in a way I'm trying to prove to folks who see me that it can be different. It is possible to do most of what we use a car for by human power. Besides, there is the obvious answer that most people can figure out from the big grin on my face as I ride the trike (I'm having a blast) I like it when people admire my creation. On a typical day I'll get 15 or 20 thumbs up, lots of waves, and 4 or 5 people will roll down the window at a stop to ask me about the trike.

Merrill's Velomobile Adventures

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Interviews of ROAM Riders

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

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