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check out velomobile, recumbent bicycles with a fiberglass shell that can go crazy fast (60km/h is not unheard of).
by citrusybread 3y ago
check out velomobile, recumbent bicycles with a fiberglass shell that can go crazy fast (60km/h is not unheard of).
- tromp 3y 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 3y ago60km/h is sprint speed for elite cyclists on road bikes, I guess recumbent bikes can go way faster than that.
- lmm 3y agoI hit 90 km/h on my recumbent as a fat bloke loaded up for touring. It was on a downhill though :).
- Turskarama 3y 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 3y 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.