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Bugey libre's avatar

You would not regret it Man and the happiness one enjoys while riding a trike will make you forget about the loss of confidence. It will be a fountain of youth and since the thing is much more anatomical than upright bikes, you will appreciate to have your back straight. Did you know it was a French who invented the recumbent cycles? Guy Mochet.

You can check the French wikipedia link for an interesting history (copy/paste and translate since the English version is different) of the recumbent concept.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9lo_couch%C3%A9#Histoire_du_v%C3%A9lo_couch%C3%A9

You just have to translate the chapter called "Histoire du vélo couché" to understand why it is not as popular as it deserves.

It's not that hot down here to, it's winter. Stay by the stove or the chimney and have a good read.

Respectueusement

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Swabbie Robbie's avatar

Thanks! I put up the link and translated to English

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Bugey libre's avatar

Germans have really good stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6xZcUDhsWY

Others have two front wheels

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