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!
  • sqw@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    hard to imagine it’s truly the same. would be interested to see the process

          • sqw@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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            1 year ago

            i hadn’t seen the seat, just the clipped-in feet.

            when its underway i guess the “seat” lets you steer (with your thighs) a bit and gives a point of leverage for the unclipping (especially when its the singleton clip/unclip).

            not sure why, but it all seems a bit inelegant. but if it multiplies effort anywhere near what a bike can do, that’s a big achievement.