[python] Re: Going Amphibian

Hello,
> > http://www.shuttlebike.com/ - surely this combined with the
> > hollow bong bike idea would make a awesome experience.
> > A trailer to carry the gear and you are ready to go.
>
> Martyn,
>
> inflatable outriggers are surely an option.
> Also the idea of inflating them with pedal power.
>
> Replacing the MTB of the shuttlebike with a
> recumbent would surely be an improvement.

Herbert Neher of the Karlsruhe recumbent scene did this and is quite happy
cruising south-french canals with it.

> But  to me "amphibian" means that the bike should
> be floatable without further preparations.

I imagine to have a kind of "red button" which automatically inflates the
floaters in a "M" designed James bond gadget vehicle style while going down
the beach and which just start to work wehn hitting the water.

another item is the drive: how put the power efficiently to the water for
propulsion?

propellers are for me no option, for I often go to flat streams with lots of
weeds.
Wheels like a Missisippi-Steamer?

kind of Water-drive?

    Hanno, just dreaming.

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