The Lemon Fool

Anyone into lying down?
It always reminds me of the Sinclair C5, slightly weird, and visibility issues.

Here's a Dutch model that would set you back just £7,000.
https://newatlas.com/urban-transport/sn ... elomobile/

I hope it has drain holes to let the rain out.

V8

We live very close to one of the national cycleway routes, which is much favoured by club racers but which also carries a fair number of weekenders through the twisting narrow lanes. A few of them have been seen riding recumbent bikes, but not for very long. The experience seems to be somewhere between scary and suicidal.

As a car driver who knows the local roads, I'm always watching out for them. If only the same could be said for the Audi rowdies?

BJ

Wasn't there something in the 1970s about "A woman needs a man..."?

I know where this is going (or would have been)!

The humble snoek gets a second mention on TLF - how odd
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26292&p=359939&hilit=snoek#p359939

AleisterCrowley wrote:The humble snoek gets a second mention on TLF - how odd
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26292&p=359939&hilit=snoek#p359939

I ate whale in Reykjavik in 1983. I'm sorry to say it was the finest piece of meat I ever tasted.
And there was so much of it that afterwards I had to go and lie down

V8

yer 'umble snoek is a mackerel type fish - or a very small whale, disguised as a mackerel

AleisterCrowley wrote:yer 'umble snoek is a mackerel type fish - or a very small whale, disguised as a mackerel

Can it hide in batter, disguised as a cod?

That would explain my friend's whale - now passed into folklore - served to her when she ordered fish&chips at a pub in Chagford. It was a big plate and a big portion of chips, but the sealife in the batter protruded in each direction by about the size of the plate. She's a very large lady, but even so found it a challenge!

In reply to the OP, I quite fancied a 'bent, and still might, but I've been put off by the cost and lack of a suitable space to keep it. Sadly nowadays I'm far too unfit to do justice to one.

UncleEbenezer wrote:In reply to the OP, I quite fancied a 'bent, and still might, but I've been put off by the cost and lack of a suitable space to keep it. Sadly nowadays I'm far too unfit to do justice to one

I've tried twice and can't get used to them

well I can get used to sitting back in comfort
I can't get used to wimping out on a hill
- you can't post and you can't lean forward to push

I'd still like one but I know I'd never be able to use it

-sd

Get an electric one to help with the hills - if such a beast exists?

Or have the wife follow you in the car and tow you up the hills.
Cycling would be much more agreeable were it not for the hills.

V8

AleisterCrowley wrote:Get an electric one to help with the hills - if such a beast exists?

I used to see a home-made one in a garden opposite an allotment I went to. It was obviously used, saw it out and about once. Looked rather more ramshackle than the Snoek.

AleisterCrowley wrote:Get an electric one to help with the hills - if such a beast exists?

Your wish is someone's command https://newatlas.com/urban-transport/le ... c-vehicle/ or at least it is if you're happy at 16mph,
and at $5,300 it's cheaper than the Snoek.

Although why the Dutch need help going up hills is not explained.

In the comments under that article... three-wheelers are pothole seekers'

V8

That's almost a Sinclair C5

AleisterCrowley wrote:That's almost a Sinclair C5

Electric
Recumbent
Looks retro

If you can tick the above....

Bonus points for a shite keyboard that mapped to commands not chars

-sd

From the web page:

Squeezing the steering wheel-mounted throttle control takes the vehicle to a top speed of 25 km/h (16 mph) – so needless to say, the LEF is better suited to bike lanes than to freeways.

No personal axe to grind, but that looks quite big and wide for a bike lane. No wider than a bike trailer for children, I suppose, but it would presumably mean goodbye to two-way cycle traffic?

Out of idle curiosity, I've just checked on the cycle lane rules for mobility scooters. Usually, you can't. So it's a bit hard to see how a 16 mph all-electric thingummy would be more acceptable?

BJ

bungeejumper wrote:From the web page:

Squeezing the steering wheel-mounted throttle control takes the vehicle to a top speed of 25 km/h (16 mph) – so needless to say, the LEF is better suited to bike lanes than to freeways.

No personal axe to grind, but that looks quite big and wide for a bike lane. No wider than a bike trailer for children, I suppose, but it would presumably mean goodbye to two-way cycle traffic?

Out of idle curiosity, I've just checked on the cycle lane rules for mobility scooters. Usually, you can't. So it's a bit hard to see how a 16 mph all-electric thingummy would be more acceptable?

BJ

Its an electric car (with a low top speed) so not allowed to use cycle lanes or shared use paths. It has to stick to roads. It presumably also requires insurance, pay vehicle excise duty (even if it is £0.00) and needs to be type approved and MOT'ed like any other car.