John E

I do find 'bents extremely interesting because they are still evolving far more rapidly and radically than standard road bikes. I love the experimentation, wondering which of today's styles will start enduring trends, and which will be tomorrow's evolutionary dead ends. I particularly like the ZOX bikes, with their innovative front wheel drive system. They are very fast against a headwind or on a level or downhill ride, but even my ZOX-owning friend admits that the seating position feels a bit too low for safety in heavy traffic.

Perhaps the challenge is to devise a "best of both worlds" frame geometry which could permit the rider to alter his/her riding position according to traffic, grade, headwind, etc. Hmmm ...