I'm a bike commuter, and in the past 3 years electric bike commuter. I had leg injuries and the electric bike I purchased enabled me to continue commuting by bi

I'm a bike commuter, and in the past 3 years electric bike commuter. I had leg injuries and the electric bike I purchased enabled me to continue commuting by bike with light peddling. For the past 3 years my commute is 4 miles each way, with 1 mile of climbing on the way home. I did not find the arguments laid out for velomobiles all that compelling. All but 2 advantages of a velomobile can be had with a US $1000 electric bike, such as: * pedal assist for acceleration and hill climbing * not arriving sweaty * very low fuel/electricity cost The velomobile could potentially give me: * rain protection * faster speeds But it would also lose me: * portability (can carry up stairs, take in commuter rail train, etc.) * storage space (barely bigger than a regular bike so home: garage, work: office). * multiuse paths Even at the SAME cost these disadvantages would outweigh the advantages for my use case - it currently only takes me about 3 minutes extra to get to work and about 6 minutes extra to get home over a car. The roads to work are all 25 MPH with lots of stop signs and traffic lights so being able to slide by cards on the right is an advantage of a regular-sized bike. And it doesn't rain that much where I live - I commute via bus 5-10 times/year due to rain. I really don't like taking a bus so that would be a time I'd love to have a velomobile - but not at a cost of thousands of dollars so I can skip taking a round trip bus ride 5-10 days a year! On the other hand, I can certainly imagine a use case for a velomobile: If you live in a flat area with lots of rain and snow and a commute that uses roads that go faster than 25 MPH - perhaps the Midwest of the U.S. edit: formatting