Hey bicyclists. Time to get yourself a real bike

[midnight armadillo]

Yeah baby. The Velokraft NoCom.

[Iggo]

1. If I had that bike...

...I'd get runded over the first day.

[midnight armadillo]

3. Actually not

Riders report a serious "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT" reaction from drivers that gives them lots of passing room. That said, this is not the bike to ride in urban traffic.

[flvegan]

2. I hate clipless pedals.

I trust that there are disc brakes on the other side of the wheels?

Otherwise, badass ride.

[CatholicEdHead]

5. They are not too bad once you get used to them

You gain an easy 20-30% in energy efficiency even with the cheaper ones.

[LeftyMom]

8. Me too.

I have, inefficient as they may be, platforms. I ride in-town, so ability to be off my bike ASAP matters more to me.

[RandomThoughts]

4. Hows this

:)

Look at the shirt! :rofl:
Irony at its best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmPLSF8-qik

[NNadir]

6. As the veteran of 3 serious bicycle accidents, one quite nearly fatal, I just want to say

that I wouldn't be caught alive riding on this thing.

Except for the dubious value of lowering wind resistance, it really seems to have no real advantage and the major disadvantage of severely reduced safety levels.

Now it happens that there is a rather murderous subset of drivers who <em>try</em> to injure bicyclists, but far more common is when the participants in the car CULTure stumble accidentally into stuff - like say, for instance, the destruction of earth's atmosphere - never mind killing people who are not participants.

The participants in the car CULTure are already blind enough. There is no good reason to make them even less able to see.

[midnight armadillo]

9. Just to clarify this is a racing bike

While there are some who ride these bikes on the public roads, it's really meant as a no compromise ('NoCom') bike for speed. It's home is a track or velodrome where they will lap those fancy upright time trial bikes.

Hey, some people will drive Aerial Atoms or Porsche 911 GT3's on the road too, which is not really what they're meant for.

A rather more practical recumbent bike for going fast on real roads is something like this, a Rans V3:

[LeftyMom]

7. Hell no. I was in a minor car-on-bike accident a few years back, escaped with some road rash

and a wrecked bike. On that thing, I'd have done some serious hospital time, at best.

I like my head not being tire/bumper height, thankyouverymuch, since I'm rather fond of it.

[Orsino]

10. If you're gonna get in trouble, go 'nads first! n/t

[seemunkee]

11. That is the first bent I have seen that the rider did still had any dignity

Sorry to the bent riders but they just look goofy.

[DS1]

12. dubbed "The Mulletator", the unique bicycle was quickly banned in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi,

and Tennessee.

[Tripper11]

13. with video...these things look comfortable and very cool!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o20PKc-NkwA