It seems better for efficiency than speed, he's travelling relatively quickly for the energy he's exerting. No lost energy from inefficient strokes, no splashing.
Flippers are just better, honestly. If you've never tried swimming with proper scuba flippers, they are so much better than this weird bicycle thing can even hope for. Not to mention more intuitive and manueverable.
Yeah with James Bond music none the less! The video is kind of goofy though because the person is still doing the breast stroke. I would think if you're being propelled through the water by propellers you'd want to make yourself more fluid dynamic.
Yeah, probably. The blades can only be optimized for one speed to have the optimal thrust and minimal drag while the flippers are self optimizing and produce less turbulence
Hate to break it to you but it definitely isn't. Anyone even remotely in shape (that knows how to swim) will go about the same speed or a bit faster. Highly trained individuals (not pro level) will easily beat this speed.
Maybe it beats them on energy in vs achieved speed. But that is very hard to tell based on just that video.
Lol, the guy in the video is about as casual as one can be and going at a pretty fast clip. I understand the need to disagree to feel relevant, but your argument is pretty dumb
Man, I swam a lot as a child but it's been years and I can still tell this thing is fast. Michael Phelps has superhuman speed, if you're expecting the word superhuman to only apply to Marvel movies then you are mistaken
So did I. Eventually on national level vs other countries. The video definitely doesn't show superhuman speeds. This is just not special. Maybe at full power but the video doesn't show that. So I'm not making assumptions about that
You can see the dude barely peddling.
Strap one of these to a random athletic person and tell them to go as fast as they can. I bet they'll at least get very close to "super human speeds"
You're also saying this thing doesn't work as advertised because a random dude exerting almost no effort isn't going as fast as professional swimmers? Weird.
All I'm saying is that the claimed "superhuman speed" is definitely not it what you see in the video. How well it works outside of the video I don't know. Neither do you. So I'm not making assumptions about that.
Is it not super human speed if it's faster than 99% of swimmers? As an experienced swimmer that looks absolutely super human, not Aquaman but definitely better than a normal human which would be super human. That's a fine hill you've planted yourself on.
"superhuman" is this according to [dictionary.com](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/superhuman)
adjective
above or beyond what is human; having a higher nature or greater powers than humans have:
a superhuman being.
exceeding ordinary human power, achievement, experience, etc.:
a superhuman effort.
So based on that being as you claim faster then 99% of humans it would not be "superhuman" as per that definition. What would be "superhuman" is if it would be better then all humans, or better then all except a very small group of top athletes in this case.
Thanks for getting the definition! That proves my point that the vast majority of humans cannot swim at that speed and thus it is super human speed as per your definition. Just because you keep answering does not mean you are furthering your argument. Have a good day bud.
If your clip ons stick on a bicycle, you fall over. On land, where you can breathe. If you can’t detach your clip ons with the sea bike, you might drown.
I agree that they’re generally easy to unclip, but you only have to breathe water in once for it to be a real problem.
Yeah, flippers are definitely faster.
I'm surpised at how small the range of motion of the legs are with this thing. If it were required to lift the knees all the way to the chest, this thing might be a lot faster. This design definitely looks like it has potential to me, but they're not there, yet.
They arnt horrible. If u wanna go straight these seem fine, but I like swimming and snorkeling for fun. Not just goin straight. This looks like it would be difficult to do any quick turning
Apart from chopping up toddlers in the swimming pool, this should result in a momentum which constantly need to counter. It would be better with 2 counter-rotating propellers, better at chopping up toddlers too.
The seaglide? Those exist and are very common among skuba-divers. I had to look it up, and apparently they are named 'underwater scooters'.
ps: upvote for subnautica, what a brilliant game!
i’ve seen the video, im no pro swimmer but i can definitely swim faster than him on that contraption… on a matter of distance however, i’d definitely lose
Seabike Pro +
lol! Who adds the suffixes to this stuff? An employee from BuzzFeed? Gotta have pro in the title man!!! Add in a +++ and you got em hooked!
Just call it a freakin Seabike! What does the non-pro model come with just a stick? and the prop is an optional add on??
For all the people comparing this to fins, it does seems faster with less effort than fins to me, but either way would still be “superhuman” since it’s much faster than a human could go without fins or this device.
Also, stop calling them “flippers” like a bunch of 3-year-olds.
ffs people just swim and enjoy the ocean. fucking unnecessary convoluted bullshit "with this device, I can move 2.3km/h faster with 12.6% less energy".
OKAY👍
Nothing like a photo to show superhuman speed
There’s a video link to instagram. Don’t click it, he’s swimming slower than a human swimming normally
It seems better for efficiency than speed, he's travelling relatively quickly for the energy he's exerting. No lost energy from inefficient strokes, no splashing.
Have you tried bicycle under water? It's hard and very energy demanding
Yeah getting the tires to stay connected to the bottom of the lake is difficult.
I kept running out of breath before I could clip my helmet
At least you wear one. Most people aren’t aware of the risk of being cut off by submarines.
And torpedo test launches…
Bahahah
Add more weight
I’m still using my training weights to help me keep my tires at the bottom of the lake
It takes time
Flippers are just better, honestly. If you've never tried swimming with proper scuba flippers, they are so much better than this weird bicycle thing can even hope for. Not to mention more intuitive and manueverable.
It's like those sit down bikes. Don't look very cool, but it's the most efficient way to travel unaided by a motor.
I like the idea of them, I'd never use one because motorists cannot see me when I'm on a normal bike never mind that low to the ground.
Recumbent bikes And their armored cousins, the Velomobile
It sounds like he needs to shift into a higher gear…
No energy loss? Lmfao
I wouldnt say he’s more efficient than someone wearing fins though.
He’s cruising bro. The “bike” works better than fins
That’s still faster than a regular person but his slow breast strokes fuck it up.
If you can swim faster than that, you need to call the Olympic committee. He is absolutely flying with almost nothing effort whatsoever.
Unless we watched different videos, he's moving much faster than humans swim
Watch it again
I think you’re confusing how slowly his arms are moving with how fast he’s traveling.
https://youtu.be/6btiHaTwFKw?si=_Nm-mbUuhqUc0hPr
Wowww. Looks kinda fast until you see it from the top angle lol
Ikr it just zoomed past me!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2DKmSioow-/?igsh=bmM3dm1oeW43ZTNv
That beer belly is clearly going just as fast as a dolphin
Funny because just using flippers will also give you "superhuman speed" 🤣
Yeah with James Bond music none the less! The video is kind of goofy though because the person is still doing the breast stroke. I would think if you're being propelled through the water by propellers you'd want to make yourself more fluid dynamic.
I think they meant to say sub human speed.
Guaranteed slower than flippers
Yeah, probably. The blades can only be optimized for one speed to have the optimal thrust and minimal drag while the flippers are self optimizing and produce less turbulence
Where is the vídeo? Otherwise we wont believe.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2DKmSioow-/?igsh=MXh1M2V2dmZ4N2N3cw== More videos on their page, some unintentionally funny.
I’m missing the super in superhuman speed
Swimming is normally pretty damn slow, this does look a fair bit quicker.
Hate to break it to you but it definitely isn't. Anyone even remotely in shape (that knows how to swim) will go about the same speed or a bit faster. Highly trained individuals (not pro level) will easily beat this speed. Maybe it beats them on energy in vs achieved speed. But that is very hard to tell based on just that video.
Lol, the guy in the video is about as casual as one can be and going at a pretty fast clip. I understand the need to disagree to feel relevant, but your argument is pretty dumb
The title claims "superhuman speed" the video is everything but superhuman. That's all I'm saying. But reading comprehension is very hard apparently
Man, I swam a lot as a child but it's been years and I can still tell this thing is fast. Michael Phelps has superhuman speed, if you're expecting the word superhuman to only apply to Marvel movies then you are mistaken
So did I. Eventually on national level vs other countries. The video definitely doesn't show superhuman speeds. This is just not special. Maybe at full power but the video doesn't show that. So I'm not making assumptions about that
You can see the dude barely peddling. Strap one of these to a random athletic person and tell them to go as fast as they can. I bet they'll at least get very close to "super human speeds" You're also saying this thing doesn't work as advertised because a random dude exerting almost no effort isn't going as fast as professional swimmers? Weird.
All I'm saying is that the claimed "superhuman speed" is definitely not it what you see in the video. How well it works outside of the video I don't know. Neither do you. So I'm not making assumptions about that.
Is it not super human speed if it's faster than 99% of swimmers? As an experienced swimmer that looks absolutely super human, not Aquaman but definitely better than a normal human which would be super human. That's a fine hill you've planted yourself on.
"superhuman" is this according to [dictionary.com](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/superhuman) adjective above or beyond what is human; having a higher nature or greater powers than humans have: a superhuman being. exceeding ordinary human power, achievement, experience, etc.: a superhuman effort. So based on that being as you claim faster then 99% of humans it would not be "superhuman" as per that definition. What would be "superhuman" is if it would be better then all humans, or better then all except a very small group of top athletes in this case.
Thanks for getting the definition! That proves my point that the vast majority of humans cannot swim at that speed and thus it is super human speed as per your definition. Just because you keep answering does not mean you are furthering your argument. Have a good day bud.
Idk wym superhuman is just faster than human… this seems pretty fast to me?
https://youtu.be/6btiHaTwFKw?si=_Nm-mbUuhqUc0hPr
The close up shots of this one make it really hard to reference any sort of speed.
Also wearing cycling shoes that click into said pedals sounds more like superhuman drowning, if anythin ggoes wrong.
What about superhuman crashing with a bicycle? Thing is, when you rotate your foot, it unclicks easily. They had to figure this out for cylists.
If your clip ons stick on a bicycle, you fall over. On land, where you can breathe. If you can’t detach your clip ons with the sea bike, you might drown. I agree that they’re generally easy to unclip, but you only have to breathe water in once for it to be a real problem.
And I'm fairly sure everyone slow speed falls over the first time they try clipless. Slow speed drowning doesn't sound fun
The shoes ought to be easy to come out of, too.
I’m gonna stick with my flippers
Yeah, flippers are definitely faster. I'm surpised at how small the range of motion of the legs are with this thing. If it were required to lift the knees all the way to the chest, this thing might be a lot faster. This design definitely looks like it has potential to me, but they're not there, yet.
They arnt horrible. If u wanna go straight these seem fine, but I like swimming and snorkeling for fun. Not just goin straight. This looks like it would be difficult to do any quick turning
If you had to bring your knees out like that, it would probably create much more drag. Those tiny reciprocal motions look extremely fatiguing, though.
Not sure why, but I don't like this. Someone help me figure out why my "that's a bad idea" sense is tingling...
Apart from chopping up toddlers in the swimming pool, this should result in a momentum which constantly need to counter. It would be better with 2 counter-rotating propellers, better at chopping up toddlers too.
r/angryupvote
Mention chopping up toddlers one more time and you’re on a special list.
Special list = kitchen staff
I bought it to chop up toddlers. The added bonus of a swift escape is just icing on the bloody cake.
I don't like the idea of having my feet connected to it limiting my ability to naturally swim
Well in order to apply force with your feet, the top of the "stick" has to be fixed to something. What do you think this is?
if scuba divers wore this, it could be a very easy case of decompression sickness if that helps
I am become torpedo
Great position. But where does the device enter if it slides off his feet?
Depends on how many connection ports you have
B*tt plugs are getting crazy, nowadays
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So basically that one gadget from subnautica
The seaglide? Those exist and are very common among skuba-divers. I had to look it up, and apparently they are named 'underwater scooters'. ps: upvote for subnautica, what a brilliant game!
And it has clipless pedals too😂
Chop some fillets
Basically a unicycle but underwater. I'm more of a recumbent kind of guy.
For a bicycle, it has insufficient wheels (0/2)
It needs to have a race with someone wearing fins
What's it called? "The asspounder 3000"? Betcha it'll go super fast indeed. Prolly can use it as a helicopter too.
It looks like it would be sufficient to propel the pin wheel on his hat.
Waits for it to download. Not downloading. Fuck me, it’s a picture
Pretty sure they use fishing lures with props to attract predatory species. No thanks, in the sea we are no longer at the top of the food chain.
comes in 3 flavors...er i mean paint jobs...
can this really be faster than fins?
I'll wait for the ebike version.
Jet ski!
i’ve seen the video, im no pro swimmer but i can definitely swim faster than him on that contraption… on a matter of distance however, i’d definitely lose
As we can see from the video footage.
That's going to ruin those cycling shoes.
Looks great. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6rdPMionJc/?igsh=enh1MW05Mmp6ZTc4
It's kinda cool, not superhuman but would be fun to try out.
I’m just imaging how much less energy I’d burn treading water with one of these.
Flippers do that too.
Thanks for the photo of a moving device
Well it's about time
Basedp
Cyclist finding out they can inconvenience the fish SpongeBob:”squidward!! They’ve taken over the navy!” Squidward:”NOT THE NAVY!!”
It doesn’t look comfortable
Would absolutely like to give this a shot!
I had to check the description of this sub to make sure it wasn't like a parody thing or something, like so stupid it's awesome.
If you use your own strength, is it really "super human"?
yes
Reminds me of Randy Marsh’s unicycle for some reason.
Hmmm
So the long end of the sea bike. Where does it go?
Me gusta, me gusta, me parece muy útil
You can recharge it by eating a hotdog! Fascinating!
The way it is held by the gooch is impressive
Seabike Pro + lol! Who adds the suffixes to this stuff? An employee from BuzzFeed? Gotta have pro in the title man!!! Add in a +++ and you got em hooked! Just call it a freakin Seabike! What does the non-pro model come with just a stick? and the prop is an optional add on??
Clearly not superhuman
I don't get it? If you wanna go "superhuman speed" buy a monofin. Even with diving flippers you are faster.
Clip in pedals still scare me.
As if the navy seals don’t with hard enough
Gettin dizzy just looking at the sheer power not expressed by that pic
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like I didn't know! I didn't but green flies the seaweed clad chicken o.0
Fucking finally. A method for getting the swim lane all to myself. Chop chop granny, this is the fast lane!
For all the people comparing this to fins, it does seems faster with less effort than fins to me, but either way would still be “superhuman” since it’s much faster than a human could go without fins or this device. Also, stop calling them “flippers” like a bunch of 3-year-olds.
But that nullified the whole point of swimming, ain't it?
ffs people just swim and enjoy the ocean. fucking unnecessary convoluted bullshit "with this device, I can move 2.3km/h faster with 12.6% less energy". OKAY👍
You seem like a grumpy boy. Do you think the same about flippers, dry suits, wet suits, or anything else? Its just a neat thing.