David Hembrow on Nostr: I reached 70000 km with my Mango velomobile today. I have other bikes to ride, and ...

I reached 70000 km with my Mango velomobile today. I have other bikes to ride, and other things to do, so it's taken me just over 12 years to cover that distance at only about 5800 km per year.

Anyway, short 12 year experience review:

It's fast, comfortable, safe, practical for everyday use, lots of fun, keeps you warm and dry in bad weather (e.g. today), let's you pretend headwinds don't exist, has needed hardly any maintenance beyond tyres and very occasional chains (the drive chain is entirely enclosed, as are the brakes), has plenty of storage space inside which is also out of the weather, uses no fuel beyond the food you were going to eat anyway, and it's an absolute *bargain*: total cost at this point is just a few cents per kilometre.

To paraphrase Mark Twain, "Get a velomobile. You will not regret it!" (The other part of the quote is funny but really makes no sense for such a safe vehicle).

Also it's probably time for me to update this review:
https://hembrow.eu/personal/sinnermango.html
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