hovercycling

If riding with a peloton can be done in VR, how about flying a drone in your area.

The drone's altitude has to be high enough not to mess up cars and trucks but low enough not to catch trees, power lines and buildings. Naturally, avoidance software is getting better and better so that just leaves speed and direction inputs from the real stationary riding rig.

Software interfacing between drone and bike could be imaginatively customized but basics would be, cycling faster is functioned to drone velocity, turning the bike alters drone heading. Mapping contour change could be functioned to the bikes work resistance for that realistic ride. Or even, velocity/work points could be set such that the drone deviates from a standard cycle flight and gains a birds eye perspective.

Until battery technology advances, rides are going to short, hard and sweet. Just remember to fully charge else the next bicycle ride will be an outside one. For those that like longer rides, a cycling generator can be attached to charge the drone before the hovercycling flight .

Hovercycling, where the view will always be to ride for.