Adventurers on solar bikes choosing their course through Eurasia. Inspired by unassisted yacht races around the world, the Sun Trip is writing a new page in the world of overland adventures.
The Sun Trip is a showcase for new forms of mobility. Each adventurer is an ambassador of solar energy and eco-mobility, proving their efficiency and their humanist dimension.
I just cross-post it to bikepacking community.
I just looked at few of these bikes and they look good. I would like to see them in person.
Cool af!
How does that work? Solar sombreros?
The website is literally fully of photos of all the various solar bikes 🙄
Oh and if you would have ever tried to ride a bike with a sombrero you would know that this doesn’t work 😜
I’m not sure if large panels on the bike are any better if there’s any kind of wind.
The only practical way I see is a shell around the bike.
Putting that much weight and air resistance above your head on a bicycle seems impractical.
Given the multitude of bikes on their website that never the less do it, it seems to work fine, and the shade is probably an added benefit.
I would be more concerned about sudden gusts of wind tipping you over while riding, but for tricycles that’s probably not that much of a problem either.
Even without being tipped over there’s the possibility of a crosswind blowing the bike into traffic. 👀
Looks like they are not biking into cities nor highways, so it probably won’t happen anything dangerous regarding that :o
