Coming out - I want a recumbent

[DrMekon]

The shame... what would my friends and neighbour say? Still...

http://vimeo.com/11608245

[CooperS]

Aren't they a bugger to get up hills?

Only issue i'd have is being so low and invisible to cars

[anonymous-user]

CooperS said:

Only issue i'd have is being so low and invisible to cars

Correct. Here's the reality.



Great if you just want to hoon down empty roads in California though.

[louiebaby]

el stovey said:

Great if you just want to hoon down empty roads in California though.

That video did look like decent way to spend your time...

[slomax]

blimey, he doesn't half get some speed on that thing. He passes the other cyclists as if he were on a motorbike. I really want a recumbent trike but they are very low and quite expensive. Is it really worth spending £1500+ on a recumbent trike when you can get a decent roadbike for the same money. are they really that much better?! i will be sceptical untill I have a go on one i am sure. 2 wheel recumbents seem a bit rediculous to me though, although I am impressed by the sheer pace of that thing.

[Gooby]

DrMekon said:

The shame... what would my friends and neighbour say? Still...

http://vimeo.com/11608245

That makes you want to get a recumbent?


Makes me want to take the Lotus to California!!

[SkinnyBoy]

el stovey said:

Great if you just want to hoon down empty roads in California though.

pffft he hasn't even got a beard.. amateur!

[Rolls]

Nothing some tablets, and a week in solitary confinment for a week shouldn't solve...

[anonymous-user]

SkinnyBoy said:

el stovey said:

Great if you just want to hoon down empty roads in California though.

pffft he hasn't even got a beard.. amateur!

no tie-dye shirt and no "troops out" sticker either... bandwagons eh?...

[DrMekon]

Yeah, not looking at anything that low. Something more like this. A guy on another forum has offered to let me try his out.

I already have a beard.



The missus has already said "no, not under any circumstances".

[S6PNJ]

DrMekon said:

The missus has already said "no, not under any circumstances".

Tandem recumbent - now there's an idea!

[scubadude]

CooperS said:

Aren't they a bugger to get up hills?

Only issue i'd have is being so low and invisible to cars

Not really and most drivers slow down and go wide to get a better look!