Recumbent - Am I the only girl who rides a recumbent?

I have never seen another female on one. Can't decide if that is cool or not.

I have never only seen one girl on recumbent, but I never thought about it until now...

Yes, you are the only one (if you are a girl). However, maybe another girl will want to try it if she sees you riding yours. So be alert to that possibility, okay?

Both of the organized rides I've attended (a Critical Mass I went to in Albany and a local family ride) had women riding recumbents. One was on a Rans LWB and one was on a Bike E.

I've seen lots of women on recumbents. Want to learn about more of them contact the Hostel Shoppe in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Talk to Jessie Bostic, one of the sales people there. She would be glad to talk with you about women on recumbents.

I thought one had to have a beard to ride a recumbent!

Have seen girls/females riding 'bents, trikes, tandems and unicycles . . .
Maybe you should get out more often?!

I've been riding my recumbent trike since '06. Last year as I had a cycle race go past me in the opposite direction, there were 4 'bent bikes participating and two of the riders were female. So, nope. Not the only one. :thumb:

Have seen girls/females riding 'bents, trikes, tandems and unicycles . . .
Maybe you should get out more often?!

Ditto. The Midwest Recumbent Rally held in Stevens Point, WI every year is highly populated with women. check out the picture galleries from previous years.

http://www.hostelshoppe.com/gallery/

One of the requirements for riding a bent is a beard, which limits all but a small segment of the female population...and all Italian women, like my sisters. :eek: :D

One of the requirements for riding a bent is a beard, which limits all but a small segment of the female population...and all Italian women, like my sisters. :eek: :D

Well, there is that, too. :D

There's not a lot of females that ride bikes at all, in my area. Maybe 2% are women. Then figure that recumbents are much less than 1% of all bikes....

I know of two local people with bents; one is female.
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I've noticed that a lot of people who have tried mine (male and female) seemed embarassed to be seen riding it. So for some people it takes a bit more courage than a normal bike.
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They are probably put off by the helmet with the propeller on top.

My 12 year old daughter rides a Rans Tailwind and my wife rides a Stratus.

I think cycling in general is something like 2:1 or 3:1 men:women anyway, and women are an even smaller percentage of recumbent riders; but they're out there. There's at least a dozen women 'bent riders in my club.

My 12 year old daughter rides a Rans Tailwind and my wife rides a Stratus.

Braggart!:lol:

The MS150 "Escape To The Lake" ride this weekend there was a woman riding a catrike. Not sure of the model but it did look comfortable and fun.

My wife rides a BikeE CT

I've ridden three different types of recumbent. And if you go to the PBP there are several women who ride them there.

If I met a recumbent riding girl, I would definitely ask for her number! :)

I did the opposite. I got her number, started dating. I got a recumbent and let her try it out, and then I had to get her one, too. After riding together for a couple years, we got married.

Our 17th anniversary is coming up in July- we'll be starting out on TourBC (http://tourbc.net/) just then.

There's a fair number of female 'bent riders in the Portland area- but that probably reflects that there's gazillions of cyclists of all types. The Easy Rider Recumbent Club (http://www.geocities.com/e_r_r_c/) magazine is put out by the mother & daughter team of Connie McAyeal and Laurie Smith. Coventry Cycles was recently bought by Marilyn Hayward, which may make it the only female-owned, recumbent-specializing bike shop in the U.S.

I know PLENTY. Including several incredile athletes like Tonya Markham and Sara Kay. Bent participation vaies from state to state, more in the midwest than anywhere. What state are you in? We might be able to push you to a club.

Went to a church event and one of the ladies asked to try my RANS Stratus...I forgot to push the seat forward a little for her, she still liked the feel of it. I am hoping to convince more people that I am not "laying down" on my recumbent.

When I'm out riding rail trails and MUPs, I've encountered a few women riding bents. I'd say that about 25% of the people I've seen on bents have been women.

My wife is the stoker on our Screamer tandem recumbent.

I have never seen another female on one. Can't decide if that is cool or not.


My wife is the stoker on our EZ Tandem, and pilots her own Sun X-1. My daughter has rides my EZ Sport when she visits. I see several women on 'bents around town.

You're in good company.

Count them yourself...
http://www.recumbentretreat.org/photo_album/data/media/45/RR_2008_Panorama_1_to_3.jpg

http://www.recumbentretreat.org/photo_album/data/media/45/RR_2008_Panorama_1_to_3.jpg

I'm not at all certain that at fifty three I would count myself a girl, but I ride a Haluzak Leprechaun and a Ti-Rush.

You just don't realize how many 'bent riders are women, because of the fake beards. Tradition, y'know.

Come to think of it, most of the recumbent riders I know (myself included) are engineers or physicists, fields that still have a significant gender gap...as that gap closes, maybe more women will be inspired to tale up the Geek's Bike of Choice.

Having said that, the only one of my immediate co-workers who rides a 'bent is a woman (and an engineer, reinforcing that trend.) And of course, since I live not far from the Easy Racers headquarters, I'd better mention Tanya Markham, who has been setting a string of human-powered speed records in the tradition of her dad, Fast Freddy Markham.

Bike riding seems to be a guy thing mostly but that doesn't mean girls arn't cool on a recumbent. The girls (2) in this video are having a good time. www.vimeo.com/4235640 (http://www.vimeo.com/4235640) It is high def so you need a good connection to view it. You might miss the first girl. Second one is near the end.

My wife rides her own recumbent.. we just did 35 mi. this weekend.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/cat0020/16%20Dec%202006/SUC50011.jpg

She cares litle whether it's cool or not, as long as her butt is comfortable, she's happier than being on a regular bike.

If she's so happy, how come she's shooting you the gig in this picture :lol:

I have never seen another female on one. Can't decide if that is cool or not.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o260/TomStormcrowe/Tuor%20de%20Cure%202009/TourdeCure_2009024.jpg

Nope, my wife rides a recumbent trike. She even does short weekend tours on it.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o260/TomStormcrowe/Memoral%20Day%202009/MemorialdayWeekend010.jpg

I personally know three recumbent riding women. I think my fiance wants a recumbent after trying mine out... so that would make four.

When I got my Catrike, I also got one for my wife, although neither of us has been riding in traffic.

I met one in person since I posted this! Hers was much more upright than mine. I have a lowracer kind my dad gave me.

I have a pony tail - does that count?

Male benters have beards, aerobellies and wire rim glasses.

Female benters? Never actually seen one, but, if I had to make up a stereotype, I'd go with crew cut wearing bulldyke.

So, uhhh, no, sorry, you'll have to loose the pony tail if you wanna ride a bent.

Here's another girl (my girl!!!) riding her recumbent ....

Male benters have beards, aerobellies and wire rim glasses.

Female benters? Never actually seen one, but, if I had to make up a stereotype, I'd go with crew cut wearing bulldyke.

So, uhhh, no, sorry, you'll have to loose the pony tail if you wanna ride a bent.

Lose the pony tail? No way!

I do have a burly 'stache. And I do wear a beard now and then...

Lose the pony tail? No way!

I do have a burly 'stache. And I do wear a beard now and then...

So, you're a dude then? Yeah, the ponytail is acceptable, preferably with the beard. How 'bout technical degrees?

If you're a chick with a burly stache, well, I guess you don't really need the crew cut, do ya.

Male benters have beards, aerobellies and wire rim glasses.

Female benters? Never actually seen one, but, if I had to make up a stereotype, I'd go with crew cut wearing bulldyke.

So, uhhh, no, sorry, you'll have to loose the pony tail if you wanna ride a bent.

The wife and I spied a female 'benter today. She was middle aged (30'ish), shoulder length strawberry blond hair riding a bright red "Bike-E". It's the first time I've seen that bike in the neighborhood. It was a fine looking little red bike.

Wow, if "30'ish" is middle-aged, I must be about done.

Wow, if "30'ish" is middle-aged, I must be about done.

One foot in the grave here. The other foot on a pedal.

Wow, if "30'ish" is middle-aged, I must be about done.


Survival lesson #2.....

Wise is the man who under-estimates a woman's actual age.

30 Middle age?? You dink.

Anyways I am 29 Female *ahem* and I ride a recumbent, and I love the attention it generates. I mostly have been posting on another forum where there seems to be a few women (bentrideronline)

30 Middle age?? You dink.

Anyways I am 29 Female *ahem* and I ride a recumbent, and I love the attention it generates. I mostly have been posting on another forum where there seems to be a few women (bentrideronline)

You gotta crew cut? :)

30 Middle age?? You dink.

Anyways I am 29 Female *ahem* and I ride a recumbent, and I love the attention it generates. I mostly have been posting on another forum where there seems to be a few women (bentrideronline)

Hey Kitty you are a young chick to most of the men on here.So I would not let that ruffle you.If thirty is middle age I must be dead or close to it.:thumb:

Hey trekker pete, since you like stereotypes so much I am guessing you drive a really big truck.

Is that seriously what people here think of recumbents? IMO they are the most fun to be had on 2 wheels, aside from motorcycle sex.

I don't assume all brightly coloured spandex wearers who like tiny bike seats shoved up their asses are gay, so why would you assume because I ride a recumbent I must be a bull ****? Scary world.

Trekker Pete doesn't seem to be a troll. I'd just chalk it up to an attempted joke that didn't get received well. To chime in, there are quite a few women recumbent riders in my club. They range in age from 30-ish to in their 60s. The majority ride EasyRacers of one model or another, with a scattering of other brands.

I saw a husband and wife on recumbants today on the the trail.

+1 to the female recumbant riders.