Yes. And please sell more recumbents. Not more cars.

Yes, they're always under represented. For many people they are the best bike, but most people never see them.

@@TheAegisClaw There's a reason for (reasonS).

​@@chriss2595there's also a reason 2.5 ton SUV exists. Not a good one, usually.

@@chriss2595Please share that reason! To me, recumbents are simply the smarter, faster and more comfortable bicycles. Moreover, they have helped me keep cycling, when my bad back made diamond frames too painfull. I am now faster than I ever was on my diamond frame upright bikes… and no, I don’t ride a streamliner (they’re simply not practical in the real world), but my M5 M-Racer makes short work of my daily 30 commuter miles and keeps me smiling on my weekend rides.

Exactly👀 a couple of panniers and it's perfect!

I've almost done that. When I had a recumbent trike, one thing I found to be extremely easy was to relax in it. With clipless pedals, you could simply engage the parking brake and just relax. It's already a comfortable position (depending on the bike of course), and if you're in a faired recumbent you're out of inclement weather as well. And if you build it with bikepacking in mind, you'd have your panniers out of the weather as well, and with a bit of contortion you could get everything you need from them without having to leave the canopy.

@@gcnno need for panniers. There’s storage space inside. I wouldn’t pick a streamliner for touring, but I’ve toured several times with a velomobile and can say that it is a ton of fun.

@@MrMartinSchouever fart in one?

@@gearknobz Thanks for that intelligent input. It is well established that recumbent riders' farts don't stink. Plus there are holes in the front and back for ventilation anyway.

We hear you! We're happy to get back on the recumbent train... always a fun day shooting 🙌

@@gcn I mentioned it in another comment - @mnveloguy lives a bit far away but I'm willing to ride my Bülk from NL to UK if you need more :)

Yes! More recumbents! @@gcn

Tour de France on recumbents??🤔

​@@gcnI'd totally watch that, I do suspect they might need better brakes, 60mph down the steeper hills wouldn't just be a dream (well nightmare) with those things

They stil have to be pedalled so not that different. If you get the chance to watch them racing go for it as its nuts how fast they go.

​@@tiagobelo4965 going up the mountains on a two wheel recumbent seems like a nightmare too :D

Now I'm imagining a spectator taking out a peloton of velomobiles and what a nightmare it would be.

Crazy speed! This is only a challenge that Hank could take on 👀

Yes my thoughts too. Easily beating a moped 😮😊

The World Record at Battle Mountain with a legal wind on a flat course is 144kph, or 89.5mph. Of course the bikes designed for that speed are 1-trick ponies, but these incredibly fast Streamliners are the middle ground between road bikes and them. Seeing them at speed in person is incredibly addicting.

Put out more videos you bastard (with love)

Miss your videos, John!

We would love to do some more recumbent racing 🙌 We think Hank secretly loves them 😂

@@gcn I'm not surprised 😂😂

I absolutely agree! Also, some brands offer tail fairing bags which absolutely do not hinder everyday practicality but give you a little speed boost, like M5 recumbents. Try those as well!

The are two wheeled recumbent bikes, but most people, now ride three wheelers, because they are more stable. But yes, I knew the fully faired recumbent's would win ;)

I'd love to see some unfaired single track recumbents. May I suggest to invite the world hour record holder, Matthias König.

Like robot wars in tights

This exists or used to in Human Powered Vehicle Races, lots of different classes...

i know. a real life wacky races, hopefully with dastardly shenanigans from unscrupulous participants who will stop at nothing to win. id watch that! plus the organisers could design various traps and hazards to make it even more fun

Similar to Hank then... looks a bit funny but oh has he got some speed 💨

Ba Dum Shhhh 🥁

Still cycling. Still human powered. Still amazing

Glad we could provide, Will you be getting the recumbent out next year?☀

A recombent with 50cc motor??? Please show one

@@alansmollen Many velomobiles and trikes have an e-assist option, but owners also add aftermarket motors. Those things are already ridiculously fast without a motor, but with one...Jeez!

@@casualguy393 With a legal motor you carry around the extra weight most of the time. I've done rides exceeding 40 kph/25 mph in traffic with a few stops and hills on an unfaired recumbent. Why the hassle? For a disabled person or in very hilly terrain it looks different, though.

@@matteodiluce9387 Nice going Matt. I get up to 40kph from time to time on the flat course I always ride on my V20, but when I get a solid tailwind I spend plenty of time above 50kph on about 200 watts. I wish I were young again and could get 300 watts for a respectable amount of time.

Oooo now there is an idea! Not just but ... imagine this thing descending 😱

Didn't realise he had passed away. Used to see him whiz down my road quite often. Now you mention it, I haven't seen him in a while. RIP Mike

Hank was trying to play real-life Mario Kart by throwing them!🍌

Well thats nothing. Here in the good old USA, I had a crooked cop give me a ticket for doing 96 on a 70mph road. In reality, I was only doing 69. Good thing I had a dash cam to prove my innocence. I was still out of pocket because they made me pay court fees anyway.

Ahh, i though it looked pretty weak. No such limitations here in australia. 50cc scoots are usually ok for about 50mph.

​@@watsisbuttndo829 it's a bit of a flawed test because 50cc isn't that common. 125 is the standard but most delivery bikes and quite a few commuter bikes are Honda vision 110. I owned a Sinnis and they're beyond garbage, even a Honda/Yamaha/Aprilia50cc would be a sensible comparison.

I know guys and bikes that would beat the 125cc for a 1 hour time trial. It's been possible for a while now to average over 100 kph on the best recumbent streamliners.

We used to race there. Great surface but too expensive.

Typically a 50cc scooter can produce about 2100 watts. A decent club level cyclist can do 500 watts for a minute, 400 watts for 10 minutes, 225 watts for an hour. The scooter can maintain level power until the gas tank is emptied. Professional cyclists (like tour de France competitors) can do 400 watts for an hour for the smaller climbers or 500 watts for the larger riders. A Juiced up Lance Armstrong did 510 watts for an hour at 150 lbs. None of these numbers are absolute. Riders vary quite a bit from athlete to athlete and from sprinters to climbers. Olympic level track sprinters have been clocked at over 2100 watts but that lasts for less than half a lap of the track. To answer your question, the 45 year old hobbyists in those home-made recumbents were doing about 225-275 watts for 2 miles while the scooter was pegged at about 2100 watts, so your guess was correct.

@@berthull9333 yeah I also thought about 3bhp for the scooter but I can’t really tell how the position in the recumbent affects your power output. On the other hand is the scooter putting out 2kW at top speed or just for acceleration?

The scooter had a cvt or a varriant of that so power output is pretty constant regardless of speed. Peak power is obtained near redline on most engines so from about 10 mph and higher the scooter is at peak power, and somewhat less than that power below 10 mph.@@jonasvieth

During the HPC World Championships in 2021 in the Netherlands I did about 167 kilometres/104 miles in 3:01 hours at 179 watts in a stock Milan SL Mk IV with fast tires. There were three corners on the track that I couldn't take at full speed. Otherwise it would have been around 180 kms/112 mi. Matthias König who won that year did a 59 kph average at 173 Watts for most of the race, IIRC.

@@berthull9333 Check with Hank, but I believe Slash (in the brown, small recumbent) is well into his seventies :)

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Sadly the roughness does worsen the aerodynamics, but it sure as hell seems to still be doing well

Nah hambini would still be complaining that a bottom bracket was 0.00000002 mm out of spec.

@@tiagobelo4965 I thought roughness helped? Isn’t that why a golf ball is covered in dimples?

Some of the roughness on the outside was due to Hank failing to ride it.

@@Thezuule1 Not for this size and speed.

It's only a week off, What should we make Hank do next?👀

@@gcn Get him to ride one of those velomobiles or recumbents (more).

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@@gcn Hank on that recumbent vs Si on TT bike? He’s entitled to time off, it is the off season after all :)

TT recumbent 👀 That sounds rapid!

I've done 75 kph a few times in a flat stretch, and there are much stronger guys out there.

My best was 111 kph on a flat road

@@appa609 What vehicle? Do you have any idea how much power would be required for that? The record in Battle Mountain in a Milan SL was 98 kph.

That is an unbelievable record! Maybe we should get Hank to give it a go?🤔

Also… the window doesn’t appear to be as aero as it could be, and perhaps airflow should be via a lightweight electric fan picked up from hole the wheels need rather than creating a wind sock at the front? With my 30 seconds “ever” of thinking about it, I’m sure I’ve solved all the issues 😂😂😂😂

I don’t know. It kind of shows that Dura Ace is unnecessary.

​@@rudolphpyatt4833It makes a pretty small difference. The fastest streamliner in the world has 6 total gears and I'm pretty sure we used a 9s deore drivetrain

He's a good guy

This is also true in the UK: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7xlh9GE3tDDoKM.html

This is, simply put, completely false...

@@christianb.1028 Im not German but I am Dutch and we also dont have a speed limit for pedaled vehicles unless its motorized i.e a e-bike which is legally limited to 25 km/h without a license and 45 km/h with license. If it is human powered there are no laws prohibiting you to go faster, you do have to consider traffic and are not allowed to ride wrecklessly.

@@TheOriginalMcJunior I think you misunderstand the former post. I'm 100 % sure that the regular road speed limit applies to bikes as well, and I'm absolutely sure this is the same in the Netherlands. This has nothing to do with bikes having a speed limit because they are bikes.

I hear that. It sure would suck to be beaten by it though eh? ;)

You and I think alike. Some old school motorcycle fairings are the "right" shape, they are just a tad too heavy.

There are at least 4 classes of recumbent bikes that are aerodynamically superior to Triathlon/TT bikes. The 1 you see in my profile picture is about the same or slightly more aero with a rider than a rider on a TT bike that hasn't had his position optimized in a wind tunnel. Climbing on my bike is a tad worse because of the weight and about 5% lower output capability, but on the descents and flat sections is where it makes up for that. Additionally, I can stay on my bike all day and feel like I am on a sofa.

GCN has been doing a better Top Gear impression than Top Gear since series 23

streamliners benefit less from drafting than uprights. But the very best streamliners and pilots could outspeed a normal 125cc moped

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Wanna race? Me on my recumbent and you on any road bike or TT bike you can buy?

210 watts on the V20 you see in my profile pic and my videos gets me almost 41kph on flat ground with no wind. Because these Streamliners are much more aero, they probably get about 50kph give or take on 150-160 watts.