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Old 05-30-09, 10:36 AM
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Never been done!!!

Electrics + Aerodynamics =
https://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat...g-bicycle.html
Great to see "new" ideas.
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Old 05-30-09, 10:50 AM
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It's been done before.
https://www.aerorider.com/
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Old 05-30-09, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by AllenG
It's been done before....
Of course; Vector about '70, speed records in So. CA. in the '80s (not sure if one of them ever got a motor), etc; mainly a tongue in cheek comment very few were mentioned as P-A for speed- especially interesting is all aerodynamic additions. I suppose some of the World War II pedal-cars were quite modernistic.
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I hope the designer was intentionally ignoring ergonomics because he really missed to boat on that one.
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