Dragons Den - Rowing eBike....

[portals]

Anybody see this tonight BBC1 @ 8pm?

Dude built a ebike you row and it costs £3,500....SPOILER....funnily enough he didn't get any investment.....

 

[thelarkbox]

You have to be kidding, going by the fact when living on a houseboat on the thames (oxford 79), EVERY BLOODY morning circa 5 am the first CRUNCH! of a boat collision followed by the obligatory posh singsong 'Sorry' would start the day prematurely. rowing and steering do not seem to be good bedfellows..

 

[guerney]

I don't have a TV, don't use iPlayer - was it this?

RoadRower • The ultimate rowing bike.

The RoadRower is the ultimate rowing vehicle. We built it for adventure and for those who seek new challenges. This is not an ordinary bike but rather an invention that gives you freedom to row anywhere, anytime, in any weather.

roadrower.com

 

[portals]

Yeah, I think that's it.

 

[saneagle]

And how does it go up steep hills? All they show is fit people going downhill.

 

[eas2lv]

And how does it go up steep hills? All they show is fit people going downhill.

A rowable thingy going uphill? Here we call that portage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portage

 

[Nealh]

A fad bike for seaside dwellers, have to say the girl was fit .
Advertising seems to like to employ fit birds to sell stuff no matter how useless the product may seem.

 

[portals]

Surely someone wouldn't be daft enough to make a cross trainer bike....??

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[guerney]

Surely someone wouldn't be daft enough to make a cross trainer bike....??

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Less likely to make you seasick!

Yeah, I think that's it.

...I mean, what do you look at for balance, head bobbing up and down forwards and backwards and side to side while trying to steer while rowing through traffic. Whole body compound exercise is rowing, but that thing is a deathtrap. Wouldn't be so bad if there were different modes with a mechanical switche of some sort to move from normal pedalling while recumbent, to full on rowing on long straight obstacle-free sections, or whatever passes for ebike trackdays. I imagine high speed would be possible without electrickery, until the heart attack. And if you don't do pressups for hours to maintain muscle balance, you go Quasimodo. I've seen that happen to rowers. If you don't die.

 

[saneagle]

Surely someone wouldn't be daft enough to make a cross trainer bike....??

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I quite like that one. It took me a while to figure out how it steered. Can you see?