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Honestly, this is the first time I've heard that word. Pretty expected that someone came up with it already, in retrospective.
by bheadmaster 4y ago
Honestly, this is the first time I've heard that word. Pretty expected that someone came up with it already, in retrospective.
- citrusybread 4y agocheck out velomobile, recumbent bicycles with a fiberglass shell that can go crazy fast (60km/h is not unheard of).
- tromp 4y agoAnd 144km/h is possible, but only for the world record holder: https://www.cbc.ca/sportslongform/entry/the-worlds-fastest-human-is-canadian https://www.cbc.ca/sportslongform/entry/the-worlds-fastest-h...
- vbarrielle 4y ago60km/h is sprint speed for elite cyclists on road bikes, I guess recumbent bikes can go way faster than that.
- lmm 4y agoI hit 90 km/h on my recumbent as a fat bloke loaded up for touring. It was on a downhill though :).
- Turskarama 4y agoAt high speed on flat ground aerodynamics matters significantly more than weight, so velomobiles tend to be a lot faster. Uphill is a different story.
- Schroedingersat 4y agoFaired can cruise at 60km/h on the flat at similar effort to 25km/h on a road bike. Marginally slower on steep uphill. Unfaired won't have you going much faster, maybe +5km/h on the flat and -3km/h on the uphill.
- AlbertCory 4y agoI see them on the street fairly often.