Recumbent - Recumbent Primer for Newb?

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kenja
10-05-08, 09:13 PM
Hi, obvious newb here. :p
Any links for a recumbent primer? I can almost figure out what you people are talking about but I'm having some trouble with abreviations.
Mr. Google found http://www.recumbents.com/home.asp , and of course http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recumbent_bicycle.
Ah, wiki helped me figure out "DF" is Diamond Frame, got it. Well, that was the abrev. I was puzzling over (I could tell by the context but I wanted to know what the letters stood for).
Pointless post, I guess. :o
I recently got back into cycling after a 30-year absence. Haven't quite dialed in my DF bikes for fit yet--chronic back--'bents might be more to my liking. I love riding the rails-to-trails, and utility biking appeals to me.


mchell
10-05-08, 09:48 PM
Apart from DF, what are some of the other bent related abreviations you are having trouble with?
Glad to help. Mike

kenja
10-05-08, 10:22 PM
I was going to ask what a tadpole trike is, but Wiki answered again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricycle
Like I said, pretty much a pointless post on my part. :)
I thought maybe there is an online recumbent glossary, like this for general bikes: http://www.bicyclesource.com/bicycling_glossary


gcottay
10-06-08, 09:03 AM
One of the many great shops selling recumbents provides some basics.
http://www.bicycleman.com/recumbents/recumbent_glossary.htm

And Legs Larry sorts out acronyms.
http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/misc/Glossary.htm

kenja
10-06-08, 11:12 AM
Thanks for those links, and Vegas Triker pm'd me about www.bentrideronline.com
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