Could we please include credit for webcomics?
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OP is big on digital data preservation https://xkcd.com/1683/
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They’ve probably just never seen a tandem 50 in a major city, it sounds made up.
…wonder how fast a 50-seater tandem bicycle could get going, assuming ideal conditions and riders.
At least 12
Chatgpt says
Professional Cyclists: Elite professional cyclists can produce power outputs of 300 to 400 watts during races, with peak efforts exceeding 1,000 watts for short bursts (like sprinting).
Time Trials and Climbs: During time trials or climbs, trained cyclists can maintain higher power outputs for extended periods, often around 350 to 450 watts for well-trained athletes.
But then it tells me 40km/h assuming 400W which is obviously wrong. I guess you’d have to model that “tandem” in CAD and simulate the airflow to get accurate drag numbers
If I wanted to ask ChatGPT, I would ask ChatGPT myself. You’re useless.
The lower half is obviously nonsense. The future belongs to the 50 people tandem
Humancenticycle
thats only 39 hamster balls, 0/10
Technically he only specified how many people. Some of those hamster balls are multi passenger
Speaking from experience?
It doesn’t say there are 50 hamster balls.
Alt text: I wonder how hard it would be to ride an electric scooter in a hamster ball.
I wonder how hard it would be to stop…
And how hard it would be one you stopped…
So uh, walking, buses, and bikes for the win?
Unironically yes
Scientifically speaking yes. Also trains
Train using road space for comparison:
The hamster balls also win for style points but that’s arguably walking with extra steps.
Fewer steps if you get going fast enough and just ride tumbling ass over tea kettle.
The inner diameter is less than the outer diameter which makes for a small overdrive gearing ratio, translating to fewer steps even under normal operation.
That sounds way less fun. You go ahead and calculate how many fewer steps like a nerd and I’ll tumble around in one like a cool person.
What if these 50 people are clowns and all they have is one Fiat Uno?
Why wouldn’t the wolves just eat everything?
Because they don’t like cabbages
“My cabbages!”
- Baahvatar, the Last Goatbender
