Are you pro- or anti-start-stop?

[seifrob]

that two kids on a trailer is a breeze compared to that on her fork and backpack on her back. Must be scary in crosswinds too.
I had similar setup. Kid in front (restless kid, tbh) makes riding really ...an experience.


(just a side note: I have start-stop with normal lead-acid car battery. The trouble is it shuts engine when it wants it shut, not when I want it shut.)

[Autobahnschleicher]

Originally Posted by Xist

Sadly no, just lame people and lame things, like... whatever this is:

Discussion of the Bike Train that didn't explain anything to me: https://www.reddit.com/r/CargoBike/c...9x/bike_train/

While cargo bikes are pretty cool and I'd like to get myself one eventualy, I was talking about using a bike to ride from and to train stations to take trains.
You can get around pretty well with a folding bike and trains.

[Autobahnschleicher]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I went with my friend in Eugene once to pick up his kids. He had one of these. I struggled just as hard to get myself up insanity hill meanwhile he was dragging 2 other humans up it.

It's less about the bike than the rider.
I get some odd looks when I pass some roadcyclists on my folding bike on the uphill
Or even better, in the flat lands on my most comfortable bike, picture related

[freebeard]

I struggled just as hard to get myself up insanity hill meanwhile he was dragging 2 other humans up it.

Was that College Hill, the one with the reservoir on top? I used to climb that regularly on a old bike that the frame would groan with each crank rotation.
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I used to divide my needs between a car, a bike and the city bus. One the face mask thing is over I might start riding the bus again.

[Xist]

Nobody responded to the bike windshield and umbrella, but would the windshield, which increases the surface area, increase aerodynamics with overall lower drag? It reminded me of Mythbuster's bubble bike, which I believe that I shared before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krCHwg3IeDo

Results: Without the aerodynamic shell that transformed it into the so-called "bubble bike," the motorcycle achieved 56.1 miles per gallon, but it ranked second-highest for carbon monoxide emissions and third-highest for hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen of all the vehicles tested during the show. The aerodynamic shell increased the bike's fuel economy to 70.9 miles per gallon, but its carbon monoxide, hydrocarbon and oxides of nitrogen emissions remained stubbornly high.

This only covers the top front, not the wheels, and we know the back is more important, but I am still curious.

I wondered when I saw one of those child seats that goes on the top bar, but nobody had a sleeping bag strapped to their handlebars, although I don't know how it is positioned.

I saw a rubber attachment for your handlebar stem multiple places because at least a couple of us are worried about hitting that.

I wouldn't want a child to hit it, either!

That is a tandem recumbent trailercycle?

I approve of the giant curved trailer arm, but is it designed to accommodate panniers? It would be easier on the rider, lower the center of gravity, and increase aerodynamics, right?

I don't know how much you can increase the aerodynamics of a bike for four...

Recumbent cycles came up in my search, but I couldn't find recumbent trailercycles for recumbent bikes.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Was that College Hill, the one with the reservoir on top? I used to climb that regularly on a old bike that the frame would groan with each crank rotation.
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I used to divide my needs between a car, a bike and the city bus. One the face mask thing is over I might start riding the bus again.

Willamette St

https://goo.gl/maps/BZExFFyRZSR2Urtx5

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by Xist

Nobody responded to the bike windshield and umbrella, but would the windshield, which increases the surface area, increase aerodynamics with overall lower drag?

Sorry, I was going to but I got distracted.

Where my thought went was the aerodynamic helmet, then off to mil spec because I thought you'd appreciate that. And I'm hoping the Arcimoto Platform 2 will have a bubble like the FUV.



When I went looking for a picture, DDG pointed me back to Ecomodder, and the Drag reduction for upright bicycles thread. I approved this at Permalink #3:



The "wedgiemaker" is a none-starter. Just use a back fender.

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by Xist

I don't know how much you can increase the aerodynamics of a bike for four...

I was looking for something else but maybe this will do:


[img]i.imgur.com/4j6Kj.jpg[/img]

Staggered tandem seating in a monocoque shell. We can now see Fuller's 'Air Keel' as front wheel spats feeding a central jet.

[Xist]

The wedgiemaker isn't to protect from water and mud from your back tire, it is to protect your head and chest from rain.

A couple of those posts about stupid bike accessories shared this, but just saying it was stupid was lame: https://musguard.com

It is a roll-up fender. When you need it it looks like fenders that I have seen for decades, but when you don't need it it rolls up around your bike frame or you can carry it with you.

[freebeard]

I like the design, but for me it would be semi-permanent. I have a banana seat instead of a rear fender, but I could use the front one.