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Re:Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage by Someone on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @06:17PM (#30772318)
FTA: effortlessly 25 km/h with the folding bike, without much pedaling

25 km/hour is fairly fast for a regular ’upright’ bicycle, and certainly not obtained effortlessly. I don’t see that being better for this bicycle with its small wheels.

Re:Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage by jerlam on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @07:11PM (#30772797)
They have an entire page claiming that their bike is more efficient than a traditional bike:

https://www.kwigglebike.com/en_US/home-kwiggle-vorteile

I've never ridden one so I'm not in any position to judge it, but the position sounds similar to an elliptical bike.

Re:Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage by usrusr on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @06:47PM (#30772617)
And this is even more upright, aerodynamics doesn't like to get cheated no layer the size of the wheels. 25 km/h is close to the speed (not quite there, but almost) where people on particularly upright bikes start folding down their upper body to strike a deal with aerodynamics if they need to go faster.
Re:Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage by earleybird on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @07:33PM (#30772991)
On my standard mtn bike style bike it's just about bang on 27kph where I'm pretty much folded down to do much better. You can't cheat wind resistance.
Re:Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage by kwigglebike on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @04:53AM (#30776418)
Due to the swinging saddle you use more muscle groups in your body and there is also more pressure on the paddles.