[Closed] recumbent curious

didn't they ban them from the TdF for being too fast against regular diamond framed bikes

Yup, in 1934.

Just had a vision of the team time trial where the whole team is riding a single multi-seat recumbent. Available power v frontal area would be huge 🙂

How manoeuvrable are they when not riding, especially the trikes. Round this part of the world the Sustrans and other off road options are badly infested with these barriers. Total pain when pulling a child trailer.

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Yes, I reckon those barriers would be a pain. I remember getting frustrated with barriers like that when riding the (admittedly fully loaded) StreetMachine on Sustrans paths during our End-to-End trip. Sometimes it would just go under the barrier 🙂 But if not it was a pain to manhandle it through.

Sometimes it's easiest to flip the bike up on end - pretty easy to do with something like a StreetMachine. Not a problem if it has overseat steering of course.

Most two-wheelers, especially with underseat steering, will self-steer - you can just push the back of the seat. For tight manoeuvring, the CoG is around the handlebars, so you can just stand up and lift the bike by the bars.

Trikes pull well in reverse - pull it behind you by the rack.

I used to carry my trike through snowdrifts on my head - upside-down with my head on the seat, it balanced very well...

This thread made me want one. Mmmm.

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