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Recumbent vehicles like velomobiles: https://trisled.com.au/hpv-type/road/ https://trisled.com.au/hpv-type/road/ These bikes are insanely fast. An untrained per
by bjourne 4y ago
Recumbent vehicles like velomobiles: https://trisled.com.au/hpv-type/road/ https://trisled.com.au/hpv-type/road/ These bikes are insanely fast. An untrained person can easily keep up with Tour de France riders. Now add a small 300W electric motor to it and you don't need a car for most transportation at all. Their Achilles' heel is that carbon fiber production is labor intensive so velomobiles are expensive since their frames are made of carbon fiber. If someone could automate carbon fiber manufacturing and bring down costs they could revolutionize urban transportation.
- heavyset_go 4y agoAs a cyclist, I know a few people with these. The consensus I get is that they're basically invisible to trucks and SUVs, and riders are only comfortable riding them on trails closed to cyclists and pedestrians only. I certainly wouldn't ride one in mixed traffic even in the most bike friendly cities in the US.