Recumbent Bicycles

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Seems incredibly dangerous as you can't see much. As least on a normal bike you have height and visibility.

I've seen some footage from a helmet camera of somebody riding one...visibility is fine.

[gricerboy]

Well, you're certainly right about street cred. I turn heads every time I pedal down Weston sea front. Here's a pic of me on my recumbent



I always say that once you've gone recumbent you never go back. Admitedly, I did get into it by accident as I kept getting a chill om my kidneys as a result of my windcheater riding up every time I got down over the bars.

Because of the riding position you will get the full brunt of the wind. For this I recommend a yellow one piece banana suit (I normally wear a pair of undies over the suit to prevent my ticket from showing).



They can also be trickier than a regular cycle if you travel by train. I have posted several times on my woes in loading my recumbent into the guard's van on my morning train journey.

All in all though I say go for it and feel free to PM me if you want.

[Chunk]

All in all though I say go for it and feel free to PM me if you want.

Can you buy them off the shelf or are they custom made?

[gricerboy]

Can you buy them off the shelf or are they custom made?

These were definitely custom made

[greenlake]

Here's a pic of me on my recumbent

Really?

[gricerboy]

Really?

You didn't put much effort into that did you?

[greenlake]

You didn't put much effort into that did you?

No, not much at all.

[fullyautomatix]

Well, you're certainly right about street cred. I turn heads every time I pedal down Weston sea front. Here's a pic of me on my recumbent



I always say that once you've gone recumbent you never go back. Admitedly, I did get into it by accident as I kept getting a chill om my kidneys as a result of my windcheater riding up every time I got down over the bars.

Because of the riding position you will get the full brunt of the wind. For this I recommend a yellow one piece banana suit (I normally wear a pair of undies over the suit to prevent my ticket from showing).



They can also be trickier than a regular cycle if you travel by train. I have posted several times on my woes in loading my recumbent into the guard's van on my morning train journey.

All in all though I say go for it and feel free to PM me if you want.

One day an articulated lorry will just flatten you when you are messing about with recumbents.

We live in hope.

[Chunk]

To be honest, I imagined myself more like this:



Comfortable in my own skin...

[gricerboy]

To be honest, I imagined myself more like this:



Comfortable in my own skin...

Is that you?

I'm doing cauliflower cheese tonight.

It would be no trouble to pop a couple more florets in the pan