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[robbobike]

Robbobike, It must be easier to to operate a bicycle if you can use total body operation (HPV).
Please log on to youtube and have a look at some very good ideas (search on weird bicycles,wacky bicycles or robbobike)
Have a look at www.row-bike.com www.skywheel.com to start you off?
All I need now are your thoughts, Regards "robbo"

 

[Hilldodger]

It's been tried lots of times since the 1880's and it doesnt work. You'd need to grow an extra pair of lungs to gain any benefit.

 

[Arch]

Hilldodger is right.

Think of it this way. Power a car with a motor and batteries. Add another motor, and all that happens is that the batteries run down quicker. So you need extra batteries. In a human being, the batteries are heart and lungs, and not easy to add to.

If you want to get all over muscle exercise, that's a different issue, no reason why you shouldn't use arms and legs. But you won't perform better, you'll just spread the load over more limbs. If you have a weakness in the legs, then adding arm power might be useful, but you'll still be limited by your vital organs.

Also, I've got a feeling you've posted this here before, and got just the same advice. Or perhaps it was Velo Vision. It's a good idea to listen to the answer when you ask a question...

 

[TheDoctor]

Since all 3(!!) of Robbos posts have been to spam the reinvention of this 'wheel thingy', I don't expect he'll be reading the answers.
Or be with us for much longer, for that matter.

 

[Bman]

So your asking for our opinion on a type of bicycle, but you expect us to do the searching ourselves!?

Nah, I'll be ok thanks.

 

[byegad]

IIRC he got a good going over on the same subject over on the BHPC forum a couple of years ago. He's really not bright enough to take it in. Don't waste your time replying.

 

[NickM]

Hilldodger is right.

As is Arch, generally speaking*

However... in a sprint finish, or maybe when climbing a short hill, the limited-duration burst of extra anaerobic power available from using a larger muscle mass can be worth having.

Viz. the BHPC race win by Mick Crick on his homebuilt leg/arm-powered trike (the arms being used only when needed for a quick dose of extra oomph) at Lancaster this year. A very interesting machine, and an exciting climax to the race





*you know what I mean!