FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe velomobile: high-tech bike or low-tech car?www.lowtechmagazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldbicycling@lemmy.world
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkThe velomobile: high-tech bike or low-tech car?www.lowtechmagazine.comFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldM to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldbicycling@lemmy.world
minus-squareBlamemeta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoIts a bicycle with a shell over it. Yes, you can go a little faster on the flats, but hills are much worse.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI’d take an electric recumbent trike like this though.
minus-squareLarmyOfLone@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoFrom what I’ve read, it’s not that much worse. Especially since if you can build up and keep momentum which is easier with better aerodynamics. Also the weight doesn’t have to be that much more.
Its a bicycle with a shell over it. Yes, you can go a little faster on the flats, but hills are much worse.
I’d take an electric recumbent trike like this though.
From what I’ve read, it’s not that much worse. Especially since if you can build up and keep momentum which is easier with better aerodynamics. Also the weight doesn’t have to be that much more.