This is NOT the bike for Chicago

Well maybe? It might have been another make but this is all I got back from Google-ing that looked like it.

It was going up Broadway and was really visible from behind but shorter than the parked cars it was riding next to and no front light during the day.

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on July 30, 2014 at 10:09am

I've seen an enclosed torpedo-looking recumbent on the lake a few times now. Never moving, so I don't know what kind of speed it can make, but it would be nice for when it rains.

That thing and pedicabs are a bit too wide for your average bike lane or filtering through traffic, but it would be fun to pilot if it's not too heavy.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on July 30, 2014 at 10:38am

A few years back when I was a course marshal on Bike the Drive, I saw a very aerodynamic one (seen it at other events too) multiple times in the course of the event. That one started with the earliest riders at 5:30 a.m. Saw him go past 3 times to/from the south end of the route, with enough time between trips south that I assume he got all the way north in between. If he made 3 full circuits, as it appeared he did, he did 90 miles in less than 4 hours - seriously fast. He was zooming past at rocketlike speeds every time I saw him.

Nikul Shah said:

I saw that on NB Lincoln a couple weeks ago. Seemed to be moving at a pretty good clip, but hard to judge as I was going SB.

Tricolor said:

I've seen an enclosed torpedo-looking recumbent on the lake a few times now. Never moving, so I don't know what kind of speed it can make, but it would be nice for when it rains.

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Permalink Reply by Marc A. Irwin on July 30, 2014 at 1:10pm

I've seen this guy in an enclosed recumbent trike with a friend of mine at OHR in Ann Arbor, he said 38-40 is not uncommon. He will average around 30mph on most century rides.