At this point, you start gliding through the water with the splendid, gracious ease of a cruising dugong with an outboard up its bum.
Pulitzer candidate right there.
So Swiss-Army-Man fast.
I can’t tell how fast it is, is there a comparison of someone using this vs. a regular swimmer?
The real comparison will be this thing vs a set of basic swim flippers.
Super cool, bu are they faster/more efficent than a good pair of diving fins?
They don’t discuss specific speeds, but this is from the last paragraph:
This jigger, according to the manufacturers, makes you handily quicker than an equivalent swimmer with fins on.
What’s “handily quicker”? A lot quicker? A good phrase for selling a novelty product?
I have to wonder how the Seabike, as shown exclusively in a swimming pool rather than any of the many seas on the planet, actually performs.
Yo this device gives handies! Quick!
Why would I want this as opposed to an electric one that I hold in my hands, that can zoop me across the ocean without consuming extra oxygen from physical exertion?
I feel like this is how you get chased by sharks and killer whales
This needs to be cross posted to “Fuck Cars”.
No
seems a little bit scary being clipped into the contraption. maybe not as bad if scuba is involved. but what if the mechanism fails or gets snagged while you’re clipped to it?
You unclip, same as with a bicycle.
What bicycles require you to be strapped into them?
Clipping into pedals is pretty common actually (which is actually called clipless despite having clips), at least with road bikes and racing. The idea is clipping your shoe to the pedal makes your pedaling more efficient.
Personally, I prefer flats in case I need to hop off quickly, like if I’m about to get hit by some dipshit in an SUV.
That’s why I asked, I’ve never seen anyone do it before. Pretty much for exactly that reason.
I rode clipless pedals for mountain bike racing (cross country). It is so much more efficient and they have shoes with thicker soles and deep treads which makes them more comfortable to walk in.
They also make jumping over small obstacles and rocks easier and safer.
Yep. I just use the clips with the smallest degree of pop out…works great and I never noticed being “delayed” to get my foot out and onto the ground if I need it. Even in some VERY time sensitive situations
Any bike with clipped pedals???
hard to imagine it’s truly the same. would be interested to see the process
They probably rotate their foot 45° to lock and unlock.
aha i just saw the “seat”. guess thats what makes it possible
You thought the thing was just entirely untethered?
There’s a clip of a swimmer doing it without shoes/clips so maybe they’re optional.
