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I used to see these occasionally on the road in Switzerland and often would drive behind them, as they were naturally a lot slower on the open road than most cars.
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I've had to do all of those things, and still agree that towns and cities being designed with cars as the default mode of transport is insane
I'm just curious if you grew up in a very large city and haven't been to other countries? Because public transport as a primary form of transportation simply isn't feasible in many places. And I was responding to the statement about cars being the worst invention of the 21st century...
These are awesome, but they are too small (and too slow) for the road and too big for the bike path or sidewalk. I ride a scooter to work everyday. (Inokim Ox). Its legal on the sidewalk where I live. I really think scooters are the future.
Yup, they are built roughly 5 km from where i live, and you can see one or two on a daily basis. They have this '80s eco design' charme and after a testdrive a few years ago i can say: If i had the money, i would buy one anytime.
I had something similar, although simpler: it's called a velomobile ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velomobile ). It's a bike but with some added aerodynamics. You can easily ride at 40km/hour (~24mi) only with your muscles. It was very nice to drive: very stable and rather fast and i did 2x20km/day to work. However its bigger weight compared to a simple bicycle makes it not suitable to mountains
I love this in principle, but the one thing I always wonder about recumbent bicycles is how visible they are to lorries / trucks. I've seen some with a tall aerial-like stem and a flag on top of it, but knowing how bicycles can be pretty invisible to cars even when wearing a reflective top at their eye height, I think I'd always be anxious about being crushed from behind. I suppose that says a lot about cycling infra…
I had something similar, although simpler: it's called a velomobile ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velomobile ). It's a bike but with some added aerodynamics. You can easily ride at 40km/hour (~24mi) only with your muscles. It was very nice to drive: very stable and rather fast and i did 2x20km/day to work. However its bigger weight compared to a simple bicycle makes it not suitable to mountains
Why don't you have it anymore?
I bought an electric bicycle instead :-)
I had something similar, although simpler: it's called a velomobile ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velomobile ). It's a bike but with some added aerodynamics. You can easily ride at 40km/hour (~24mi) only with your muscles. It was very nice to drive: very stable and rather fast and i did 2x20km/day to work. However its bigger weight compared to a simple bicycle makes it not suitable to mountains
I would love to buy one and do some nice trips in the Italian back country. Problem is, it's very hard to understand which model(s) are well designed, and also hard to understand where to buy it to get the best price. Is there any recommendation you could provide?
In EU (FR/CH/DE) there are specialized forums about them and I bought mine second hand. You'll love it !