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Rotovelo's in Brisbane

Hi Bent riders. I'm looking a buying a velomobile and I'm trying to decide which way I should go. I'd like to try a Rotovelo but I'd rather try and avoid having to go down to Melbourne. Does anyone in Brisbane own one I could try?

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Permalink Reply by matt on May 22, 2019 at 11:48pm

Hi Bernard - Are you north side? I'm near the Nundah criterium with a Rotovelo you can test ride.

If you end up in the market for a second hand one, it really deserves more riding than I get out of it these days, so I guess it's available.

Matthew

Permalink Reply by Bernard Geebel on May 23, 2019 at 12:27pm

Hi Matthew

Yes I am; North West. Nundah isn't far for me. I'd love a do a test ride thanks! I'm also open to the second hand market. Sad to hear you don't ride it much.

I'm not available next weekend or the one after. How are you positioned on the 8th and 9th of June? I'm also open to the idea on week days but fading day light may make it difficult. I finish work around 4:30 but I could get off a little earlier.

Regards

Bernard Geebel

Permalink Reply by matt on May 23, 2019 at 1:58pm

Either of those days would be fine, so long as we can figure out the exact time closer to the weekend.

Week days would be okay if you prefer that, but daylight is going to be hard. I finish in time to meet around 5:30pm at the crit track, or could catchup before 8:30am if you are an earlybird.

Originally I bought it to commute from Nudgee to the airport, and it's an absolute delight for that ride. When I moved house to Nundah my commute got a lot less fun, so lately I only really take it out when I plan to do laps on the way home.

Regards,

Matthew

Permalink Reply by Bernard Geebel on May 27, 2019 at 8:59am

Sounds good Matt. I don't think weekdays would be a great idea in the end as we would not have much time available for a ride and a chat.

Permalink Reply by Bernard Geebel on May 27, 2019 at 9:00am

Let's aim or the 8th of June for the moment.

Permalink Reply by matt on May 27, 2019 at 9:40am

Sounds good - sent you a PM with my phone number, feel free to shoot me a text when it's a bit closer and we can sort out the time.

Permalink Reply by Bernard Geebel on June 4, 2019 at 5:51pm

I could no longer see your phone number once l went to your PM so l no longer have it.

How does 10am this Saturday sound to you?

Permalink Reply by matt on June 5, 2019 at 12:44pm

That should work - depends how much time you want to ride / chat.

I am penciled in to something at ~10:30, an earlier start would be okay if you wanted a bit more time.

Permalink Reply by Bernard Geebel on June 5, 2019 at 8:08pm

OK no worries. How does 8am sound?

We also probably need to work out where we should specifically meet on the track.

Permalink Reply by matt on June 6, 2019 at 10:48am

8am is fine.

As far as where to meet at the criterium, I'll be around the gym equipment - you won't miss me :-)

Permalink Reply by Bernard Geebel on June 6, 2019 at 12:26pm

True that ! Bit hard to miss a man with a with a 7 foot plastic banana.

Permalink Reply by Bernard Geebel on June 16, 2019 at 9:12am

Hi Matthew

Thanks for letting me try your Rotovelo; I'm delighted to be buying it. :)

A question with regards to the idler pulleys for the drive train. Where can I buy them from again? I know you mentioned it but we spoke about a lot so I didn't quite remember everything unfortunately. Since I am getting one for the drive side I may as well get one for the non-drive side as well.