There's been a lot of talk about recumbents lately (well maybe not A LOT, not like immigration) but I wanted to mention something I noticed today while I was out walking my dog. We were on a local trail that is popular with riders when a recembent rider almost got into a wreck. There were several bikes and some pedestrians at the head of the trail and the recumbent rider was obviously having problems with manuevering and the bike was larger than the other bikes, making it harder for people to get around him.
Long story short, the bike looked like a great option for someone to ride more comfortably and with better balance, but it did look like it might be less manueverable (or at least harder to get used to manuevering). So if you want to get one, you might want to think about practicing with it on lessw traveled trails or at least wider ones til you really know how responsive it is and feel comfortable with its sight lines.
Just a suggestion- it looked great for the guy, but wow! that accident would've been a doozy but one of the riders bailed and took a fall to avoid a bigger crash!
Long story short, the bike looked like a great option for someone to ride more comfortably and with better balance, but it did look like it might be less manueverable (or at least harder to get used to manuevering). So if you want to get one, you might want to think about practicing with it on lessw traveled trails or at least wider ones til you really know how responsive it is and feel comfortable with its sight lines.
Just a suggestion- it looked great for the guy, but wow! that accident would've been a doozy but one of the riders bailed and took a fall to avoid a bigger crash!
