Dutch recumbent competition: Alkmaar 2010, hares race

[@LWJCarroll]

Thanks for putting this up..really enjoyed being "along" for the ride....interesting to see the different designs too..Rgds...Laurie

[@viper8red]

The guy in the yellow canoe is like "Seee yah, I got places to be."

[@wolframazer]

the two yellow 2 wheel recumbent bike it's like lemans overtaking a gt car hahaha

[@jaconicus]

Gaaf! Errug van genoten. Heb haar inderdaad even aangemoedigd.

[@stevegek]

Lijkt me gaaf op kart circuits races te houden van 10-20 ronden... :D

[@MrFuznubz]

that looks incredibly fun

[@RafaelBorgesRDB]

is this a race? everybody looks so confortable... ;-b

[@MrChonkers]

Everyone is riding a bike, and then there are 2 guys in yellow submarines going "fuck this".

[@pjotr320]

@HumanRightsVideosT iirc There is a Nazca rider living in New Zealand. There's is left draft, but we also need less. We cetainly gain advantage by riding as a group. The UCI also involves a lot of rules regarding design and organization. We don't like that at all ;-) A lot of 'bents have suspension at the back. Handling can be very easy, but much depends on the geometry of the bike. Some 'bent builders haven't found out yet how to build a bike that handles proper.

[@roywhiteo5]

those guys in the 3 wheeled bananas were flying!

[@tualatindjep]

Many of the recumbent riders have a swaying motion, side to side while pedaling, while on a standard road bike I see riders hold a straighter line. Is that swaying typical for recumbents?

[@nhanlm0601]

Daniel Payne it's more of the design of handle bar that affects the stability of the bike. The smaller the harder; the further away from the steering axis the easier

[@AnthonyRizzo2]

I love that arena

[@pjotr320]

@HumanRightsVideosT The brand Nazca is named after the people in Peru who made gigantic signs. Google: nazca hummingbird. The founders of Nazca Ligfietsen (Nazca Recumbents) have travelled through South America.

[@GoldenSim27]

these bikes look so much more energy efficient (Ô_Ô) need one !

[@alexdelara9858]

yeah but wait until you get a 20+ degree uphill....... other than uphills, it's awesome.

[@twilwel]

Alsof je er middenin zit, bedankt pjotr320

[@Angelina-xj5zd]

Now I'm tired...

[@nyemartin5737]

Great video, thanks for sharing. There was a mid racer in the mix that looked more stable than the low racers, why are they so twitchy?

[@pjotr320]

A combination of rider skills and wobly geometrie.

[@guwapo90]

Indoor NASCAR with pedal?

[@martingrau98]

Interesting video. I ride a 'bent in NY, but much taller (and slower, and heavier). Can any of these riders safely ride the streets in the Netherlands in bicycles that sit so low? Those would be invisible to drivers here.

[@eaglei28]

with these bikes, when you stop, how do you not topple over ? ive never seen these before !

[@tonyboroni6949]

there the m5 racers look em up

[@roadstar499]

how fast can these bikes go for about 1 min at top speed?

[@ajrecumbent]

The quest's have a unfair advantage

[@viarnay]

Why traction on the rear wheel, wouldnt be better the front one? :-S

[@andy-the-gardener]

these tracks look really slippy. varnished wood doesnt seem that good a surface for fast bends

[@johnbarron4265]

But it's incredibly hard and smooth, allowing for low rolling resistance and faster speeds. Also the bends are banked, so very little grip is required at the speeds these guys are racing at.

[@Weirdman7777]

bro do you get passed by EVERYONE???

[@sjvche7675]

FPV's suck. How can one asses efficiency from FPV, need 4 cams around track.

[@pjotr320]

@eastcoaster54 Like I said, I'm only a small hare.

[@lakaumbucha]

3:52 That chain is flopping all over the place.

[@alexdelara9858]

the problem is that the transmission of the energy from the pedals, to the gears on the rear, needs a really long chain and the only way to prevent flopping is to guide the chains through nylon tubes the best one can.... Cruzbike came with something shorter by moving the gears to the front wheel... but still looks an oddball...

[@ThiagoMarquardt]

Do you know how much watt is needed to keep 30kph in your bike?

[@station30122]

I don't have an m5 I use a bachetta corsa, 24mph isn't hard to maintain on flats, i usually average 16-20mph while commuting. They're extremely easy to use and efficient

[@kelvinmugweru3032]

What kind of bikes are this.

[@tonyboroni6949]

m5 racers the ones that hold the 1 hour record the record is at 52.6 klm the on road record is 52 clean

[@tonyboroni6949]

bit unfare for the others because some of the others have theres fully corbond sandwiched it makes them atleast 5% faster

[@pjotr320]

@ajrecumbent Being faired is their advantage ;-)

[@Interdiction]

WTF is that noise

[@bosatsu76]

Noisy little thing... Sounds like lost energy to me...

[@monsieurboks]

No. There's almost no energy in even the loudest of sounds, like a plane taking off, or an F1 engine. A relatively quiet sound like this bike will have less than 0.001 Watts. Nothing worth stressing about.

[@umarluxat7174]

Using HD Camera probable it could make your cycling speed faster...Try it :)

[@nicodanger13]

ahahahah

[@mrfunball5204]

Would be better with some crashes