Originally Posted by Dahon.Steve
Folks. This isn't a new geometry but a rather old one that's got a new name. If I'm not correct, Vision recumbents were selling a bike VERY SIMILAR to the Electra Townie but with 700 cc wheels. It was marketed as a upright made by recumbent makers.
I really believe the Townie copied the very same concept and now that Vision is bankrupt, it's good to see someone preserved the idea.
Yes,
Steve is correct. Vision made a bike called the Thouroughbred. I read a review of it in the Rivendell Reader a while back. They also interviewed the inventor who said he
wanted the design to be copied because he felt it was a much better design than all the current so-called "comfort" bikes.