Links to nice bicycles

[threaded]

Perhaps they should bring one out that does 0-30 in 3 seconds and with a top speed of 30mph? Instead of 15mph.

And if they connect the motor to the dynamo, no need to carry them batteries either!

[TimberWolf]

And if they connect the motor to the dynamo, no need to carry them batteries either!

If that's that's the kind of performance you get with leg power, legs should be banned / limited too!

Okay, what about incumbents?

[TimberWolf]

If that's that's the kind of performance you get with leg power, legs should be banned / limited too!

Okay, what about incumbents?

recumbent even.

[threaded]

Okay, what about incumbents?

Recumbents?

Very fast, incredible dangerous.

Love em.

[TimberWolf]

Recumbents?

Very fast, incredible dangerous.

Love em.

Have they ever raced them against normal bikes?

[TheBigYinJames]

Recumbents?
Very fast, incredible dangerous.
Love em.

Heroin-chic Sinclair C5

[threaded]

Have they ever raced them against normal bikes?

Yes, much faster, especially if there's a head wind, they're better at climbing, and cornering, well just about anything you want from a bike.

IIRC basically the reasons they're banned from the TdF.

[ThomasSoerensen]

Yes, much faster, especially if there's a head wind, they're better at climbing, and cornering, well just about anything you want from a bike.

IIRC basically the reasons they're banned from the TdF.

Have they ever done down-hill off-road on recumbents - could look fun.

[Moscow Mule]

Have they ever done down-hill off-road on recumbents - could look fun.

And more dangerous than cheese-rolling. Would make a great spectator sport, probably not so good for mass participation...

[TimberWolf]

According to the Wiki recumbents have set the records for both distance and speed, by a good margin.

To paraphrase it:

"Flying 200 m", a distance of 200 m on level ground.
81.00 mph on a fully faired front-wheel-drive recumbent. The record for an upright bicycle with a hardshell fairing around him and the bike under similar conditions is 51.29 mph.

The IHPVA hour record is 53.432 miles. The equivalent record for an upright bicycle is 30.882 miles.

The UCI no longer considers the bike Chris Boardman rode for his 1996 record to be in compliance with its definition of an upright bicycle. Boardman's Monocoque bike was designed by Mike Burrows, whose Windcheetah recumbent trike (see above) also holds the record from Land's End to John o' Groats, 861 miles (1,386 km) in 41 h 4 min 22 s.