Sinclair C5 - 1985 EV Restoration and Test Drive | Retro Road Trip

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Sir Clive Sinclair didn't only invent calculators and computers like the ZX Spectrum, he decided to make it his mission to create electric personal transportation and the Sinclair C5 was the machine to launch the fleet. Only it didn't quite work out like that. Today we get to meet the C5 and discuss it.
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[@PixelsAtDawn]

You riding a C5 around a shopping centre with screaming synths in the background is probably the most 80s thing I've seen in a while. Good work as always!

[@TheDeeplyCynical]

Kind of like Cliff Richards Wired for Sound Video? just with C5's instead of roller skates. (Also filmed in Milton Keynes)

[@tentringer4065]

Imagine the amount of diesel and leaded petrol fumes you could have inhaled in the 80s driving one of these?

[@Tore_Lund]

@SavageArfad Having lived in the 80', the amount of vehicles and congestion was far less! But the air tasted of lead on bad days!

[@Ans1401]

I appreciate this video showing the results of a full original restoration. There seems to be two types of C5 owner, 'the Purist' who wants theirs to be 'original', and 'The developer', who thinks he can improve the original concept, both seem to develop a passion for this fun machine. I do have two of these now non-original machines myself. My daily machine has been developed with a standard motor, 90A/H lithium batteries, a Pulse Width Controller, 3 speed hub (to aid pedal assistance,) and disc brakes both front and rear. For those that are interested, this can be found on You Tube as 'Sinclair C5, Hello I'm Clive' & 'Sinclair C5 with trailer'. This winter, with my second machine, I have abandoned the original rear wheel drive, and by using a 48v, gear-less, front hub, with telescopic suspension and a disc brake. Power comes from a front mounted 20A/H lithium battery pack. A 30A controller allows for PAS. (Now a legal requirement for new machines, but this was not required on the original C5.) Pedal assistance passes through a 8 speed Shimano hub, and the final drive now has a electro-magnetic clutch, which prevents the pedals from turning, when driving in reverse! The rolling chassis has now been completed, electrics are being wired-up, and the body is scheduled for mounting after Christmas. Hopefully a demonstration video will be ready in February. Both will be demonstrated here in The Netherlands at the 'Motor and Brommer' week-end, held in Leek during April, I shall be accompanied with 3 machines coming from Belgium, which are all rear wheel drive 'touring' conversions of 450-800w. There are Facebook forums for both 'C5 Owners' and 'C5 Developers' for those who wish to see what other owners are doing, plus offering help and parts . Have some fun.

[@RMCRetro]

Thank you for sharing your build. I'm off to subscribe so that I might see the demo

[@RetroWorkshop]

Very interesting and good luck with your project.

[@Ed-eq5kd]

I had one of these bought by my Dad for my 14th birthday. Interestingly, my Dad worked in quality control for British Aerospace and one of the companies that supplied them had also built all the prototypes for the C5. It was incredible to see all the different shells designs😀

[@RMCRetro]

Thanks for watching! I'm sure you'd like to see the full restoration by Dave and you can find that link below, as well as Ryan/EVOpinon. What's your verdict on the C5? Practical transportation or curious relic? Did you own one? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Neil - RMC ● Episode Links Dave / Retro Workshop - kzbin.info/door/whxoVenBSrHc0XtT_73csA Ryan - EVOpinion - kzbin.info/door/6ePGHwMBH-Ow4gHuIKJ9oA Milton Keynes EV Experience Centre - evexperiencecentre.co.uk/ Support the Cave - patreon.com/retromancave

[@TheMalMeninga]

Lovely video. Well done chaps, good work all around. As a Brit exiled in Canada, the nice wide shot of all the houses got me all homesick, too!

[@t31000]

He Neil, long time viewer fist time replyer. Ahh the ill fated c5 ,we that would be me and my family were approached by Sinclair the company and not clive in the 80s for a secrect survey. We would go to a secret location to test and pass on any comments that we liked or didn't like about the c5.if I remember we ended up testing it in a village hall. At the time we all thought this was a great idea as we lived in Milton Keynes and it had it's own cycle path called the red way. We was asked a multitude of questions and for our troubles we was given a complementary £10 each and sworn to never tell a soul .

[@davymcmenamin]

Better give that tenner back now then.

[@MrEmperorApples]

Whenever that one keyboard plays the two notes, my subconscious says, "Bat-man!" lol. Love it

[@curiousottman]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again : RMC never disappoints. While other retro channels sit at home and retrobrite the hell out of old crap and call that a video, RMC goes out and into the world to bring us interesting content! I also appreciate seeing experts being brought onto the show instead of a single content author reading from a Wikipedia page. Thank you RMC. Your efforts are excellent and appreciated.

[@RMCRetro]

Thank you foe your kond words @Jaydee. Have a wonderful Christmas

[@PhilXavierSierraJones]

Delightfully retro intro music. 11/10 Nominated for Best Intro Music of 2018

[@randywatson8347]

Smashing Retro Wave intro! Got to admit I like the fact the whole chassis is a one piece mold. A C5 in a shoppingmall..... Dan Bell!!!!

[@MrEmperorApples]

Someone must have been excited to get to bust out the drone to film your footpath cruise from above for ten seconds haha this is the best video proving Clive's concept on KZbin

[@NASIRUB1]

That C5 electric bike looks amazing for it being something from the 80's, I mean it looks like something that can have been produced today in 2018. The man who invented this E-bike is a true visionary. I would love to have one of these, but I would have to upgrade it like they said in the video with some new lithium ion batteries, add a better motor and better tires. Honestly I would probably change the whole steering system to suit my needs. I guess this could be considered an early concept for today's electric velomobile.

[@munro12345]

I remember cycling round the island of Cumbrae in Scotland in 1998 and finding a C5 'graveyard' on the north west side. I think there was a place on the island you could hire them - this must have been where they were dumped when they broke. There was a good few in various states of disrepair - wish I had a camera phone back then... Maybe an opportunity for an "ET'esque" dig here in the UK?

[@jimolygriff]

Good grief.... wasn't the C5 a bit too modern for Cumbrae? Joking... I love Cumbrae

[@howard81]

I have one of these, it’s probably the most fun you can have on three wheels! Regarding upgrades, legally the 250W motor is the maximum you can fit to the vehicle - any greater and it has to be registered as a motor vehicle. A lithium battery however extends the range phenomenally and also provides better power on hills.

[@timwatterson8060]

While the 250 w motor might be the legal limit you can go go to bldc motor for 0rpm starts and a better efficiency so longer range and usually more "available" power.

[@Tore_Lund]

@@timwatterson8060 Because every Bobby in town knows exactly how the C5 motor looks and will spot right away if you put the 250W sticker on a 5kW brush less monster! BTW the sticker says 12V 29A, That's 348W, so if you have some nice current capable Li-ion battery that don't sag, possibly at 16V (4S), you are around 500W with the original motor.

[@timwatterson8060]

@@Tore_Lund I was not suggesting going over the limit , my suggestion was going to the limit with a better more efficient tech.

[@Tore_Lund]

@@timwatterson8060 If you are going for Li-ion, you have the choice between 3S (10.8V) or 4S (14.4V) Though 4S is at 16V when fully charged, it can hardly be considered going over the top. A pair of Nissan Leaf 7.2V double cell batteries = 64 AH at 14.4V = 0.92kWh as opposed to the original 36AH which for lead acid is 18AH real-life= 0.216kWh = 4.25times improvement = 85 UK miles range. Not too shabby!

[@timwatterson8060]

@@Tore_Lund not in my local area these are illegal, Queensland Australia. We just passed a new law change but up till then even a electric skateboard was illegal. This just scrapes out of our new laws as I'm sure it's over 1.25m long.

[@StuffWePlay]

Incredible! The C5 is something that perhaps would have caught on today had it been introduced more recently

[@morph-x7153]

I'm riding an electronic bicycle, or e-bike, everyday to work. Nothing radical, but still, with 48Nm it's quite a little powerhouse capable of supporting an adult paddling up to 45-50 km/h rather effortlessly. But i have to say, seeing the C5 and it being 33 years old, i'm more than impressed at what they achieved for the time. Just the thing i would love to restore and have at home for a nice sunday morning mid-summer. Great work as always, Neil.

[@Doobie3010]

Dave done a fantastic job of restoring it,top job by the fella!

[@laurensa.1803]

This is the most educative video I've ever watched about Sinclairs electric vehicles.

[@10p6]

For a vehicle described as a flop, it is amazing when I wanted to get one, all the stock had been bought and quickly sold by another company for double the price.

[@cassius2k]

The C5 still pops up now and again. Out of the 14,000 made only 5,000 was sold so there's still 9,000 unsold. Rumour has it there's a couple of containers full of boxed ones.

[@AaronHuslage]

I love this style of video you’ve been doing lately!

[@cbmeeks]

Everyone is missing the best retro mod possible for one of these....a portable CRT (small B/W version from Sinclair) running a ZX Spectrum 48K. That way, you can get some Manic Miner in while sitting at a redlight.

[@davidboucher99]

Nice video Neil, although three blokes sitting around a table talking about cars seems somehow familiar.

[@RMCRetro]

Probably the worst EV.....IN THE WOOOOORLD. is that better?

[@srtgrayfrance]

@@RMCRetro electric assisted recumbent trike with under leg steering? What's not to like?

[@david-spliso1928]

Top Gear would have fitted a couple of rockets to it and tried to send it into orbit. In fact, they should, retry the Reliant Robin attempt.

[@SteveM000100]

Much preferable to May and Hammond sitting round a table talking about how to fuck up the country

[@DanielCoffey67]

I bet it will be a bugger to retrobright in a few years!

[@override7486]

8bitguy got it patented already!

[@CasperUK31]

With that scarf, beard and head you could have recreated the infamous Sinclair QL advert...You're a ringer for Sir Clive :) Great video

[@RMCRetro]

Haha you're right! I could take a running leap over some micros too

[@omikl]

The biggest laugh of 1985: A colleague showed up to work on one of these things. Oh the howls of derision as he slogged out of the car park up the daunting 1:50 slope!

[@jimolygriff]

Great video on a classic from my youth!

[@sargieboi9315]

Working hard at my desk, RMC bell appears, tools down, tea break :D

[@PeterNancarrow]

8:10 - Fitted with washing machine motor - 'Just popping out for a 'Quick spin''

[@lactobacillusprime]

Ah cool, I was very much looking forward to your C5 video. And here it is. I am watching this while I prepare my 'internal' USB drive to fit within my new Ultimate64 FPGA Commodore 64. :)

[@LeeOades]

No way! I've been a big fan of both your channel and Ryan's channel for ages, and was stoked to see such a mash up with both of you... But brothers?!! Mind blown!

[@EVOpinion]

Lee Oades Ha! The matching hair cuts obviously didn’t give it away!! 👨‍🦲

[@LeeOades]

@@EVOpinion 😂 So when Neil said you were brothers, the family resemblance seemed too obvious to miss! But up until that point, you were just two separate KZbinrs. I'm now searching my memory for a possible 3rd sibling... 😂 Marques Brownlee and Bjørn Nyland seem less likely candidates 😂.

[@ScottsGameAsylum]

With that intro you have to drive a Ferrari or something. Also the C5 is fascinating and I just love the look of it.

[@RMCRetro]

Only if I can step out of it in a white leisure suit :D

[@ScottsGameAsylum]

@@RMCRetro YES!!!

[@WiggysanWiggysan]

Simply awesome content these last few months Neil....... well awesome all year, but you know what I'm ( _failing_ ) to say ! *Keep up the great work Sir*

[@RMCRetro]

Thank you I really appreciate it and have enjoyed seeing your comments through the year. I have a little RMC Rewind coming for Christmas and it has been fun looking back over all the things we've done. Hopefully it won't get 12m downvotes like KZbin Rewind did :D

[@WiggysanWiggysan]

@@RMCRetro I don't think you could get 1% of those down votes !!

[@craigmacdonald4987]

AWESOME!!!!!! 👍👍

[@JohanRoman]

Electric bikes and mopeds/scooters are really hyped now here in Sweden now. Good to see a predecessor!!

[@gregherbert123]

Great video, I have one of these in Australia! My brother and I got it back on the road some years ago, after it spent a two decades in storage under the house... A few hundred C5s ended up in Aus in about 1986/7, I believe.

[@5v498]

Great video, I’d love to have a go 👍🏼👍🏼

[@Private-Hudson]

That's a blast from the past..Very clean for it's age

[@JessicaFEREM]

I can see this being remade today for urban areas and it being somewhat popular

[@Lilithe]

That crisp packet (or whatever) on the floor was catching my eye each time they were outside.

[@boblowes]

I think Sir Clive, and the C5 was (as history has shown) ahead of it's time, but his vision was limited by the available technology of the time. Clive went on to build an electric commuter bicycle - the Zyke - which has also been shown to be a prophetic vision of market demand and technology. More about Grant Sinclair and the Iris electric vehicle here: www.theengineer.co.uk/sinclair-c5-revamped-by-sir-clives-nephew/

[@McSynth]

Rather superb production work.

[@RMCRetro]

Thank you I appreciate the positive feedback!

[@DappieKS80]

I have a Clancy C5! It's a sweep broom and I'm certified to operate it!

[@Charlie-Cat.]

Not a bad idea to see some road trips on your channel Neil. I think it would be a fine addition to your channel . 8^) Anthony..

[@zxkim8136]

I think that the C5 was way ahead of its time. It has a style that is unique and so has never been copied. I think if it was released today it would do well. A great vlog Neil well thought out and executed as always.. I would think of doing more road trips like this one Neil it would be another assert to your channel 🎅🎅🎅 Kim⛄⛄⛄

[@RMCRetro]

Thanks Kim, I hope to bring you one road trip per month as I really enjoy making them

[@NDferro]

I think if these were brought back with updated tech they would be huge

[@NoobixCube]

It's really telling it's a Sinclair product. If you compare the design philosophy to their computers, they have the same bare-bones rudimentary design, but they were early to market, in an effort to become the defacto front-runner. All of the elements are there, but nothing is best in class. It's definitely built to a budget. While I don't think pulse width modulation for speed control was practical in the 80s (I'm not even sure of the history of that technology), the lack of speed control, and poor torque of the motor is a problem. I can understand why they didn't do voltage control for throttle on the motor, given how poor the torque was to begin with. The absence of a reverse is understandable, but would be inexcusable today. The non-adjustable footwell makes it less useful for short people, as their legs press on the handlebars, and uncomfortable for tall people. The funny thing is, it's not significantly advanced over the small DC powered cars for children that you see left out for hard rubbish collection, on occasion. It would have been crazy to suggest children would have electric cars as toys, back when the C5 came out, I think, but if you look at any of those modern toy cars, the technology is basically the same.

[@AmigosRetroGaming]

Ah, you're a lucky boy to get access to a C5! I've developed a bit of an obsession with this wacky little things. I think ya'll are the first i've heard mention the fact that one could be picked up and walked off with...ha..I'd never thought of that! Great stuff!

[@EVOpinion]

Amigos Retro Gaming it only occurred to me as we rolled it into the back of RMCs estate car 😁

[@an2qzavok]

I am glad we can have proper e-bikes now.

[@trebormills]

That moment when you see a cool collaboration with another youtube creator, then find out he is your brother

[@aitchpea6011]

This might be of interest to some: Sir Clive was undaunted by the demise of Sinclair Vehicles and the C5. He carried on trying to bring to life his vision of electrically assisted pedal cycles into the 1990s under the Cambridge banner with his Sinclair ZETA. ZETA, standing for Zero Emission Transport Accessory, was a battery, motor and friction drive in a box which clamped to the seat post of any bicycle and rested on top of the back wheel, where the friction drive wheel would give your bike a boost. It didn't receive anywhere near the publicity of the C5, but I think it's still an interesting part of the history of Electric Vehicles.

[@m9078jk3]

The IRIS eTrike is similar to the Organic Transit ELF Velomobile in the United States. I always liked Sinclair computers too back in the 80's

[@richardbeniston8923]

So often the case that an inventors ideas go beyond the current technology. I like to imagine what the kind of willpower and drive that went into the C5, could do for an equivalent these days.

[@g.h.c855]

Love that you had a spectrum there to hold up

[@RMCRetro]

It fits very well in the storage compartment!

[@Dr.Dawson]

5 seconds in and i love it! haha. man the c5 was crazy and cool all in one. i love it but i dont think id want to be on/in one and have a big diesel truck go past. man you would have to travel with lots of clean shorts. great look at it, thanks huge to all involved, another great episode of rmc. and that was pure porn at the end, nice.

[@Flibster]

Oooh, a Lotus. Nice. ;-) There's a few of these that have had their batteries and motor pulled and a small bike engine fitted instead. They move.

[@PierreVonStaines]

Neil, you are the coolest geography teacher I know. 👍 🌍 👨‍🏫

[@RMCRetro]

Yessss! I will buy new elbow patches to celebrate 😁

[@PierreVonStaines]

@@RMCRetro Ha, Ha, Ha God love ya!

[@PierreVonStaines]

@@RMCRetro I can just see you riding to your next class in a C5, leaving a trail of students course work blowing in the wind as you go!

[@dykodesigns]

The netherlands as a test market, that sounds interresting. So the transportstion authorities at the time took safety a lot more serious then in 2011 when they approved an EV called “Stint”. This vehicle was recently banned by the transportation minister because it had a few too many safety quirks after one was involved with quite a horrible accident. This particulair EV can be thought of as a driving plastic bathtub. They where used by daycare centres to transport childern. Appearrantly the electronics in them where unreliably and sensitive to Electromagnetic interference which could make them do unpredictable things.

[@custardo]

It's a bit late to save Sinclair Research, but as of 2014, the Sinclair C5 can be made road legal in the Netherlands, provided you either can get it insured as an disabled person's vehicle, or you build in a pedal sensor that cuts off the power to the motor if the rider stops pedalling.

[@GlamTelevision]

It's amazing that the question of DIY modifcation of the C5 was left as the last question, rather than expanding it to say 'with current technology, what could the C5 have become' and asking early on in the video. We all know the history to death about the C5 (in fact there was a documentary shortly after the introduction of the C5 that got produced, and when it was shown, there was a snippet of an update basically saying that the whole thing had collapsed and production ended at the Hoover plant in Merthyr Tydfil) - so unfortunately have to say that the rest was basically covering old ground until that last question which should've been expanded upon rather than over-simplified of 'you can make modifications to the battery, and that's it basically'

[@Rockythefishman]

Very interesting, I had the chance to buy two of these years ago and I passed. I still kick myself now

[@loginregional]

I've had a 36V250W bike powered by 3x 1212 batteries (12VDC 12aH) with Hall sensors that's been burning my britches lately, having replaced the batteries only to have an intermittent problem with them. The Washing Machine motor in Clive's bike would have done well to be replaced by the type of motor I have but for each of the rear wheels, and possibly a dual-stick steering system. The three batteries (10x10x15cm each) would be easily accomodated in the rear, along with a controller. The influx of cheap chinese Ebikes is looking good down here at the End of the World, now with 48V machines, LiFePO batteries and much better through-put. A search engine would help enormously.

[@kei_nishimaru]

Imagine weaponising this thing. The potential is so Endless... and retro.

[@badger67]

As I'm now in my 50's I remember the C5 coming out. I must say that the front brake and plastic wheel combo is pretty nasty and awful and I was quite shocked when I saw it. Never did have a ride in one. Thanks for the memories.

[@jamesvalentine925]

There's a fleet of C5's at Dreamland in Margate who may (or may not) be accommodating if you plan on featuring any more of Sinclair's unusual adventure.

[@bazza5699]

nicely covered, Daves series on the C5 was great.. i'm looking forward to his next challenging retro restoration

[@gsuberland]

Great video as usual, although if I may offer a bit of advice on the audio - in the scenes in the garage it sounds like your compressor's gain reduction and release time are set too high, and the threshold is perhaps set a little low. That results in the volume of conversation dropping for a few seconds every time more than one of you speaks at once. Tightening those settings up would help a lot with the fidelity of the audio. While it isn't critical, you can also improve the audio a little by cutting LF from the stereo image. The best way to do this is to set up a stereo EQ in mid-side mode (e.g. FabFilter Pro-Q2) on each stereo audio input, with a 350Hz low cut on the side band. This removes the stereo from the low-frequency band of the audio, which in turn reduces the amount of stereo interference (constructive and destructive interference) in the mixdown and doesn't cause the compressor to overreact quite so much.

[@CasperUK31]

After seeing the innards of the C5 in this video I cannot help but wonder where the budget went? I can understand spending £20 million (When 20 mil was a lot of money) if he had researched and improved batteries or some wondrous gearbox, but as far as I can tell he used off the shelf bike parts, a motor which wasn't a washing machine motor, just made by a washing machine motor company to almost the same spec as the motors they already made - for washing machines; and a big moulded plastic fairing. Sir Clive can be considered a genius for some of his creations but for this it's akin to "Newton - The Alchemy years" where a once great mind became fixated on a fool's errand. It wasn't even hi tech for the time. He wasn't ahead of his time any more than if I 'invented' the personal hovercraft by having a bloody big fan pushing down through a space hopper contraption and then in 50 years time when we are using some kind of levitation as yet unknown or not commercially available (or in his case the Li-ion battery) people will say how forward thinking and before my time I was. We still do not really have personal electric transport. We have bypassed the one person electric 'car/bike' and gone straight to the mid sized hatchbacks and full size family cars because the idea of an electric vehicle for one person is now, as it was then, a daft idea.

[@RetroTuna]

I ran over my mate in one of them racing down a big hill i hit over 30mph the one we had didnt have a motor he jumped out in front of me so i ran him over he went flying over the top of me lol, you wouldn't dare turn going down hill as the topple really easy turning. i had a lot of fun in one when i was younger but there not particularly very good and as for using them on the road it could be pretty scarry.

[@BazzaHSpeccymad]

driving a c5 is on my bucket list. So is joining bananarama

[@lordmuaddib]

so, i guess sir Clive was a Tron geek :D the design is similar to a light-cycle. if only the driving stance was better though.. the concept for the other models were even closer, Fantastic

[@princeofdenmark9142]

Low power recumbent electric trike. The stuff that keeps genius awake at night.

[@christophercox6092]

In my home town today :)

[@drnerd]

So great to see this, such an iconic piece of tech! More C5 please! 😀

[@GuybrushThriftweed]

Imagine Sonny Crockett in his white suit driving this thing instead of his white Testarossa :)

[@RonLaws]

we need a C5.1 powered by modern tech!

[@iana6713]

Why, in spite of its many shortcomings, do I have a fascination with these pieces of quirky weirdness? Dreamed up by Sir Clive, made in Merthyr Tydfil, commercially a failure, but a classic nonetheless!

[@TMS5100]

250W, 1/3hp. i think my cordless power drill has more power than that.

[@rkornilo]

I have been entertained.

[@RMCRetro]

I have entertained. I am pleased.

[@rkornilo]

Hehe. Cheers, Neil! :-D

[@AndyMarsh]

A good modern motor and variable speed drive coupled to a modern battery would transform it. Perhaps also add a nice simple gearing system like a hub change unit? I hope the Iris does well and has learned the lessons of the C5

[@henrymach]

If you reposition the control bar and beef up the motor and add modern batteries and electronics, this thing could be usable

[@sirconkers342]

I heard it had colour clash issues when driving over white lines and snow clive never could figure that one out.

[@BOYD1981]

For some reason I always think these are pedalled by hand and steared by your feet until I see one again.

[@MiggyManMike]

He didn't so much use bicycle parts, as use a bicycle as a base, that particular style of bicycle is known as a recumbent bicycle :)

[@vgtheory]

It certainly seems like the C5 would fare far better if it were introduced(re-introduced?) today with advances in batteries and technology in general. Might could use a canopy attachment for that good old UK weather, though.

[@Pressbutan]

This makes me SO TEMPTED to take one of those korean LiPo 500w scooter/ebike kits and do a restomod on one of these. I'd still look very, very dorky but I'd be going a sight quicker

[@KOSMOS1701A]

i would buy one of these, take out the chain drive and make it fully electric, probably keep the pedals for a charging mechanism though

[@MrJakeDC]

I wouldn't question the abilities of the designers at the time, it shows hubris.

[@VaterOrlaag]

The handlebars are under your legs?? That's just crazy.

[@olik136]

it makes eating the wind shield when you drive into something much easier!

[@TheTurnipKing]

It makes more sense than you'd think. Your legs are naturally elevated because of the pedals and it simplifies the steering mechanism considerably over what you'd think of as the "natural" position

[@NoobixCube]

From a seated position, having your arms up to constantly be in touch with the handlebars, would result in a lot of arm strain. Your arms would go slack and tired, so you'd have trouble reacting. And you'd just find it unpleasant. The real unfortunate thing of this design is, people with shorter legs will constantly be pressing on the handlebars, while people with longer legs will be very cramped. The lack of adjustability is a moderately serious flaw.

[@NoobixCube]

@@cassius2k that makes sense. In retrospect, I'd be surprised if they hadn't...

[@cassius2k]

@@NoobixCube There was a off-road C5 with a joystick

[@toxlaximus3297]

Sir Clive was really ahead of his time, he was releasing half finished crap long before EA and Bethesda.

[@meodai]

Oh my god, what is this awesome intro music??!!

[@RMCRetro]

Here you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIGTYZhrl7Oja6c

[@GMMilambar]

From that short intro clip, he's a middle lane hogger, which is actually illegal now.

[@RMCRetro]

This is perhaps my favourite troll to date

[@th3d3wd3r]

I do know a guy who modified one to about 4kw I think. On the endless sphere forums

[@broski499]

Uggg these things are my favorite. Bravo.

[@GR8TM4N]

Sir Clive was the Elon Musk of his time, in a way.

[@RMCRetro]

Would you ride a Sinclair space rocket?

[@gnuemacs1166]

RetroManCave someone put a rocket on a c5

[@gnuemacs1166]

RetroManCave to[ gear launched a reliant robin

[@GR8TM4N]

@@RMCRetro If I was bored of life, sure :)

[@michaelturner4457]

Sinclair SpaceX ... :O

[@MontieMongoose]

I think I'd rather have a Corvette C5. Nice video.

[@donovandelaney3171]

I’ll raise up the handlebars and the mirrors and add a radio and GPS.

[@aspectcarl]

Great video in my home town, if I may say you are the more handsome between the two 😁

[@RMCRetro]

Damn right 😂😁

[@EVOpinion]

Have you had your eyes tested recently?

[@Zhixalom]

Doesn't seem such a mad idea at all up close. Maybe someone should consider making a C5 Next.

[@desiv1170]

Wait, EV Opinion is your brother? How did I miss that. Been watching both of you for ages and didn't make the connection. :-)