Recumbent

hisoka

Hi all,
Just a quick one. I was thinking about going touring and was planning to get myself a recumbent, or more specifically I was thinking about using the ideas from around and a about to make one.
Has anyone else tried this? What did it turn out like if you did?
Now I saw some hints that I might get stoned or just laughed at asking about recumbents (joke) but was still wondering about people's experiences with them.

cee

I spoke to a chappy on a recumbant the other day on my way to work....

he seemed a little confused that a stranger was saying hello, but said that the recumby was a very comfortable way to get around. He also had a magnificent beard.

geoff_ss

cee wrote:

I spoke to a chappy on a recumbant the other day on my way to work....

he seemed a little confused that a stranger was saying hello, but said that the recumby was a very comfortable way to get around. He also had a magnificent beard.

I think the beard is compulsory for recumbent riders and trikies (only the men, I think)

I seriously thought of buying a Trice last year. My brother has one and I've ridden it up and down the road and I borrowed one from the Trice stand at York CTC rally and had a longer ride. It was great fun but ... my main reservation isn't the usual one of not being seen but of not being able to see. One of the joys of cycle touring is looking over walls, hedges and fences at the scenery, at people's gardens and at traffic approaching junctions. With any recumbent your view is always liable to be restricted to the hedge bottoms, the gutter or the grass verge. So I've bought a new conventional bike instead.

Geoff

Johnny G

Hi Hisoka, it's a good idea to try a few different types out before committing yourself. You can do this at D-Tek in Cambridgeshire. Kevin, the owner, is very helpful and knowledgeable.

D-Tek,
Little Thetford
Ely
CB6 1BR
Phone: 01353 648 177

I have also sent you a PM re this.