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> The nominal mode enables motion through the water at 3.6 km/h, and for speed-seekers, the SEABIKE can reach a maximum of 7.9 km/h – much faster than normal sw
by neerajk 2y ago
> The nominal mode enables motion through the water at 3.6 km/h, and for speed-seekers, the SEABIKE can reach a maximum of 7.9 km/h – much faster than normal swimming speeds or even flipper-assisted swimming.
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Pretty fast, but "superhuman"? For short distances Michael Phelps can swim faster :)
- mrfox321 2y agoMichael Phelps is an alien..
- deltarholamda 2y agoIncorrect, he is an evolved dolphin.
- badcppdev 2y agoSo dolphins are aliens??
- el_duderino_ 2y agoThanks for all the fish!
- willcipriano 2y agoTraveling at that speed for a long distance would be beyond human capabilities, wouldn't it? Super just means beyond, not way beyond. I blame Superman for this notion.
- sandworm101 2y agoNot really. Most serious lap swimmers can do a kilometer every 20 minutes sustainably, akin to a marathon runner's pace (Sprint pace would be 100m/minute, with 50m/minute being what you would see in the fast lane of most recreational pools). So 3.6 kph isn't all that different, maybe a little faster than average but I assume they were also using a better-than-average bicycle person when doing the test. There real advantage here is that you can use leg muscle. Distance swimming is all about upper body muscles, with legs being the afterburners only really used for sprinting. This machine would invert that arrangement.
- willcipriano 2y agoPerhaps the question must be then is Michael Phelps (or whoever) faster on it? If he or someone else breaks the record with it, he's going beyond human level speed. Until then this may only have the potential to do so. I imagine the first bikes were slower than the top runners of the time? I see potential for the idea.
- sandworm101 2y ago>> is Michael Phelps (or whoever) faster on it? Nope. He would be horrible with this device. That would be like asking a champion sprinter to compete in a wheelchair race. He would be using totally different muscles, legs rather than arms, and get schooled by most everyone with a longer history. A champion bicycle rider would do better on this contraption than any champion swimmer. (Due to water's density, champion speed swimming is also 80% technique and body shape rather than muscle/cardio. So until the technique is developed, nobody would be "good" with this thing.)
- iambateman 2y agoTBH I think Michael Phelps would do just fine with this. :D
- lupusreal 2y agoNot sure why you're downvoted. Five minutes for a 500 Free is a pretty typical time for boys on highschool swim teams.
- sandworm101 2y agoIt has been a while since I was a competitive swimmer (AAA+) but imho five minutes is a very good time for 500m. That would be faster than 95% of master swimmers at such distances, and well into the 0.01% of humans overall.
- lupusreal 2y ago
- rrobukef 2y agoImagine how fast Phelps could swim with this!
- matt_heimer 2y agoGiven that he optimized his training for swimming and not cycling I think he might do better with fins. His top speed of 7.2 - 9.6 km/h is freestyling without fins. He reached somewhere around 13 km/h using a Lunocet monofin.
- space_oddity 2y agoI'd watch this
- dylan604 2y ago[flagged]
- globular-toast 2y agoFor short distances Usain Bolt can run faster than most people can cycle.
- dyauspitr 2y agoFor very, very short distances I can run faster than most people can cycle.
- tetris11 2y agoFor mere fractions of a second, I can outwalk a jet.
- IncreasePosts 2y agoWell that's easy, jets can't walk.
- globular-toast 2y agoActually I think you are making a slightly different observation about acceleration. We were talking about top-end speed, not acceleration from a standstill.
- space_oddity 2y agoUsain Bolt is a superhuman
- richardw 2y agoMain difference is recruiting much larger muscles, so at some point most humans will be faster over a longer period with the widget. Let Phelps train with this for a couple months and he'd be faster. Although probably sad, because he likes swimming.
- jl2718 2y agoI’m skeptical because the limiting factor for a person using flippers is their lungs, and a propeller is less efficient for propulsion.
- space_oddity 2y agoAnd their cardiovascular fitness and overall endurance