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...
The idea is simple enough; you extend the Seabike's pole to the appropriate length, then strap it to your waist with a belt. Then you find the pedals with your feet, and start turning the crank, with the waist strap to push against. https://newatlas.com/marine/seabike-swimming-propeller/
"I'm leaving the #train at the next stop. Please check if you have your wallet. If not the person with the reflective yellow jacket and the little clown bike in the first carriage is holding it for you."
Context: I found a wallet and tried to hand it to the conductor. He instead told me to hang on to it as it's likely to be from someone still on the train, and as he's leaving I'm holding on to it for now. He also said how much he likes Bromptons..
You all knew I would do it right? I did have to walk long sections. Some of it was the snow but more often than not it was stuck cars or slow walking pedestrians getting in my way. I feel the city council needs to make a law that slow moving vehicles and pedestrians should move out of the way for us fast moving unicyclists!
Been quite a while since I was proficient at unicycling and I've never tried mt biking on one. It looks interesting, but I think I’d miss blasting carefree downhill, doing little jumps, and not having broken bones. ‘;^)
There's people that unicycle on our (rough) mtb trails. One year the kid and I were hiking in the middle of winter when a guy went by on his unicycle, through the snow, his dog on a leash beside him. 🥹
This is nothing like the intended final configuration. It is lacking a brake and has a wheelset that is too small but I just wanted to quickly put something together for the sake of "trying out" the new frame. I just used the spare parts I had to hand.
Nonetheless since it is rideable I might use it like this for tomorrow's commute, just for fun. 😉
Did some grocery shopping with the #Brompton on the way back from the server room. Took my Brompton inside as usual. But I wasn't the only one who took a bike inside. A young girl was pushing a #unicycle through the small supermarket. And a lot of people were wearing their #bicycle#helmet inside. Counted at least four persons. Outside were at least a dozen bikes, though.
So remember: Always take your bicycle helmet inside when doing errands to show that you're shopping with a bicycle. #quaxing