Recumbents?

[highlandsflyer]

Anyone running one? We have been looking at them lately, after dabbling with upright trikes. Cycle path use mainly, so the usual concerns over visibility set aside. Looking for cargo capability plus deck chair vibes.

 

[grantoury]

I tried a couple in the past and liked it. A SInner like this:


And an M5



The Sinner was great, very stable and quick. The M5 was even quicker but very nervous. I had a look a while ago on marktplaats.nl, and noticed they go very cheap around here (NL) second hand nowadays, so I may go out and get one in the future. Although I don't really have space for one. What I would really like is a velomobile but they are bleeding expensive.

 

[hamster]

Rode a Kingcycle on a taster day in Sussex. It was hard work uphill as it used different muscles, very much winching up.
On the flat the lack of wind resistance was a revelation, downhill it felt like flying a jet fighter. 30mph comes up incredibly easily.