| Name: | Andreas Fuchs <fuchs@isbe.ch> | |
| Age: | M 33 (March 22, 1963) | |
| Mass: | 85 kg | |
| Size: | 197 cm | |
| Bikes: | Leitra, Lightning P-38 XXL | |
| Rides: | 2000-3000 km/year; With the Leitra: daily commutes of approx. 5 km round trip. In 1992 rode from Bern to Munich along the river Donau to participate in the European HPV Championships. Ride Lightning mainly for fun; sadly, the XXL steel frame is not stiff enough to carry touring gear. | |
| Where: | Bern, Switzerland | |
| Works: | PhD in climate-physics. To earn money: Lecturer/researcher at Fach- hochschule; specialize in 'ultraenergy-efficient vehicles'; developer of ultralight hp-electro hybrid vehicles (using less than 3 kWh/100 km from the electrical grid). Hobbies: promote velomobiles; Velomobile science (wrote a paper for the proceedings of the First European Seminar on Velomobile Design, Farum, Denmark, 1993; also published in Human Power). Collect scientific literature about velomobiles. | |
| Likes: | Hanging out with my girlfriend... Meeting all sorts of 'strange' people at hpv events! | |
| Climbs: | 5; Quite strong legs... need them in Switzerland to climb hills ... and in the Netherlands to fight against the wind! | |
| Crash: | not surveyed | |
| Beard: | No beard | |
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