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If you buy a Chevy, do you expect it to accelerate and handle like a Ferrari? The same goes for an entry level recumbent bike. Unfortunately, the same relationship (Chevy vs Ferrari) for price holds in the bent world. Most of us find that we are not as fast on a recumbent as on a regular bike and the first time we rode a recumbent it took a lot more effort to achieve the same speed and distance. It does get better as you develop "bent muscles".
+1 to Rydabent's comment on distance but maybe not on speed:
"I think you will find that like most of us you will be riding further and faster on a bent. "
That is certainly what I found and the difference is one order of magnitude for me.