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.
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.
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.
The flevo was like wrestling with an unpredictable, very drunk friend.
A yellow LWB, slim tubes, vertical braces in the frame, 20" front 24 rear, like an Avatar or peer gynt?
Too slow to handle off flat ground, tricky at low speed
2 recumbent tadpole trikes, a Trice and a Windcheetah. That latter the fastest bike I ever rode, but reminding you things go wrong faster at 50mph!
Also genuinely cool.
Most recumbent riders look like a total dork, but on Windy, you look like you've stepped out of a cool future.
The trice perhaps my favourite, tougher than the Burrows design, but sold when I was raising money for moving house
- and the hilly, hedgey terrain added risk to storage difficulties meaning it would almost never be a go-to machine.
I saw someone coming through town on what might have been a Windcheetah about 2 weeks ago. They looked very vulnerable down there with an impatient SUV behind them. Very, very vulnerable.
I saw someone coming through town on what might have been a Windcheetah about 2 weeks ago. They looked very vulnerable down there with an impatient SUV behind them. Very, very vulnerable.
Ultimately, that did it for me.
I've been tangled with motor vehicles maybe half a dozen times - im not sure any of those incidents would have been survivable on a recumbent.
Getting doored?
Head-on?
Turning across you?
Pulling in while alongside...
Borrowed a Windcheetah a few years back.
Like bikeworkshop,I thought it was cool as*.
I also found that a lot of the time (London)drivers actually backed off a bit and gave me plenty space.
I imagine they were possibly startled and thought,WTF is that.
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