Well I haven't swam in over a decade but I want one.
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It actually does look relatively faster. This might have given me an idea..
Are you a script writer for James Bond?
No, but I am a script writer for a video game.
Looking forward to the next 007 to game 🙂
Not a James Bond game! However, it does have water levels. We know how damned infuriating water levels are.. unless you get a little creative.
Seabike says the prop turns slowly enough that you can safely use it at the local pool – although you'll certainly cop some dirty looks from the Speedo brigade in the fast lane.
You're going to get dirty looks because you can't do a flip turn and block the rest of us. This is cool in the open water but not for lap swimming in a pool.
So ... with that central rod up your butt (for stability) ... the land bike counterpart is this:
it beats dealing with the airline companies.
Way better seating too.
This needs to be cross posted to "Fuck Cars".
How many cars have you put in the water?
https://lemmy.ml/c/fuck_cars is about cycling and walking, so a under water cycle is relevant for Venice maybe?
I can't see where amphibious cars would fit in?
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This is a really cool idea and I'd try it. But also the video was kind of underwhelming and they look like huge nerds.
I don't think they really understand that there isn't much market for swimming fast, but there is a good market for swimming/snorkeling lazy, which is where this may actually exist as a product.
Yep, that doesn't look faster than a pair of fins or even a monofin.
It might not be faster, it might not look cooler, but it is relatively inconvenient.
Lmao yeah the only thing it looks good for is making my balls sore
I feel like this is how you get chased by sharks and killer whales
I can't tell how fast it is, is there a comparison of someone using this vs. a regular swimmer?
Some videos in the article show a guy cruising while barely using his arms, and then SCUBA divers only pedaling with their feet but they were pedaling slower
The real comparison will be this thing vs a set of basic swim flippers.
I'd still go with the flippers. The sacrifice to articulation seems like a deal breaker.
I don't really have a good gauge of how fast you can typically go with swim slippers though. Comparing to a person swimming without any aides would be much more useful for getting an idea of what "superhuman speed" means.
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