Enclosed bicycle: this just looks GREAT

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• BentMikey Posts: 4,895

  October 2007

  Yes, LeeW's Quest was at Hillingdon the other week, a lovely machine.

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• fossyant Posts: 2,549

  October 2007

  Too hot and sweaty for me...looks cool though...........

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• redjedi Posts: 44

  October 2007

  But it's called a Birk. What a silly name :P

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• hamboman Posts: 512

  October 2007

  can one go faster in one of those contraptions than on a regular racer then?

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• el_presidente Posts: 1,963

  October 2007

  hamboman wrote:

  can one go faster in one of those contraptions than on a regular racer then?

  Hell of a lot faster i believe, aerodynamics innit

  <a>road</a>

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• jedster Posts: 2,004

  October 2007

  bloody sweaty though, no?

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• Cunobelin Posts: 11,792

  October 2007

  Cheaper "kit" here:
  
  http://www.dutchbikes.nl/pagina/frame_v_kits.html
  
  Note the use of th term cheaper, and not cheap - £1700 is aboutthe same as many standard recumbent trikes though!

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  He that buys flesh buys many bones.
  He that buys eggs buys many shells,
  But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
  (Unattributed Trad.)

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• t4tomo Posts: 2,643

  October 2007

  That looks pretty damn cool, i do like the french chaps modification with child seat, Imagine arriving at the school gates in that!

  Bianchi Infinito CV
  Bianchi Via Nirone 7 Ultegra
  Brompton S Type
  Carrera Vengeance Ultimate Ltd
  Gary Fisher Aquila '98
  Front half of a Viking Saratoga Tandem

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• pedalpower Posts: 138

  November 2007

  I'd like to have one just to deprive a car of a parking space.

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• saveswalking Posts: 144

  November 2007

  pedalpower wrote:

  I'd like to have one just to deprive a car of a parking space.

  
  and you could join the rest of the cars in the traffic jams too :?
  
  sw

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• Belv Posts: 866

  November 2007

  
  
  It would not be practical for my commute!

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