thesuntrip.com

plactagonic, 2 months ago to solarpunk in Sun Trip: the world on solar bikes!

I just cross-post it to bikepacking community.

I just looked at few of these bikes and they look good. I would like to see them in person.

ex_06, 2 months ago to solarpunk in Sun Trip: the world on solar bikes!

Cool af!

queermunist, 2 months ago to solarpunk in Sun Trip: the world on solar bikes!

Putting that much weight and air resistance above your head on a bicycle seems impractical.

poVoq, 2 months ago

Given the multitude of bikes on their website that never the less do it, it seems to work fine, and the shade is probably an added benefit.

I would be more concerned about sudden gusts of wind tipping you over while riding, but for tricycles that’s probably not that much of a problem either.

queermunist, 2 months ago

Even without being tipped over there’s the possibility of a crosswind blowing the bike into traffic. 👀

ex_06, 2 months ago

Looks like they are not biking into cities nor highways, so it probably won’t happen anything dangerous regarding that :o

AnUnusualRelic, 2 months ago to solarpunk in Sun Trip: the world on solar bikes!

How does that work? Solar sombreros?

poVoq, 2 months ago

The website is literally fully of photos of all the various solar bikes 🙄

Oh and if you would have ever tried to ride a bike with a sombrero you would know that this doesn’t work 😜

AnUnusualRelic, 2 months ago

I’m not sure if large panels on the bike are any better if there’s any kind of wind.

The only practical way I see is a shell around the bike.