'Underwater bicycle' propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed
'Underwater bicycle' propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed
French company Seabike has developed a swimming device that uses your own leg power to accelerate you through the water at superhuman speeds. This crank-driven pusher prop looks a bit like an underwater unicycle... We'd love to take one for a spin!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/159545
At this point, you start gliding through the water with the splendid, gracious ease of a cruising dugong with an outboard up its bum.
Pulitzer candidate right there.
So Swiss-Army-Man fast.
I can't tell how fast it is, is there a comparison of someone using this vs. a regular swimmer?
The real comparison will be this thing vs a set of basic swim flippers.
I'd still go with the flippers. The sacrifice to articulation seems like a deal breaker.
Some videos in the article show a guy cruising while barely using his arms, and then SCUBA divers only pedaling with their feet but they were pedaling slower
Super cool, bu are they faster/more efficent than a good pair of diving fins?
They don't discuss specific speeds, but this is from the last paragraph:
This jigger, according to the manufacturers, makes you handily quicker than an equivalent swimmer with fins on.
Why would I want this as opposed to an electric one that I hold in my hands, that can zoop me across the ocean without consuming extra oxygen from physical exertion?
Price and depth
This is a really cool idea and I'd try it. But also the video was kind of underwhelming and they look like huge nerds.
I don't think they really understand that there isn't much market for swimming fast, but there is a good market for swimming/snorkeling lazy, which is where this may actually exist as a product.
So ... with that central rod up your butt (for stability) ... the land bike counterpart is this:
it beats dealing with the airline companies.
Way better seating too.
Seabike says the prop turns slowly enough that you can safely use it at the local pool – although you'll certainly cop some dirty looks from the Speedo brigade in the fast lane.
You're going to get dirty looks because you can't do a flip turn and block the rest of us. This is cool in the open water but not for lap swimming in a pool.
I feel like this is how you get chased by sharks and killer whales
This needs to be cross posted to "Fuck Cars".
No
How many cars have you put in the water?
https://lemmy.ml/c/fuck_cars is about cycling and walking, so a under water cycle is relevant for Venice maybe?
I can't see where amphibious cars would fit in?
Well I haven't swam in over a decade but I want one.
Car enjoyers in shambles... Again
seems a little bit scary being clipped into the contraption. maybe not as bad if scuba is involved. but what if the mechanism fails or gets snagged while you’re clipped to it?