Introductions - new..need help

I'm new to riding and new to riding...I'm 62 years old and should know better then to be jumping on a bike..had a heart attack in 2005......and my health is dropping like a rock, If I live can live few more years I'll have out live all the men in my family tree......Doctor sayed I got to do something....I been looking at two recumbent bike due to a hip...I rode one...<not to good at it> look like a drunk.... one is a Sun EZ-1 and the other is a RANS....so feel free to jump in there and give me your side of it.....for I don't know.....I live 9 miles from the Gulf and can just about ride year round.....so help a old guy out here....??

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I'm new to riding and new to riding...I'm 62 years old and should know better then to be jumping on a bike..had a heart attack in 2005......and my health is dropping like a rock, If I live can live few more years I'll have out live all the men in my family tree......Doctor sayed I got to do something....I been looking at two recumbent bike due to a hip...I rode one...<not to good at it> look like a drunk.... one is a Sun EZ-1 and the other is a RANS....so feel free to jump in there and give me your side of it.....for I don't know.....I live 9 miles from the Gulf and can just about ride year round.....so help a old guy out here....??

You might be best on a three wheeler.
Cat Trikes are very nice.

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Are you going for a recumbent because you've tried a normal bike and it hurts your hip, or are you just expecting the recumbent to be more comfortable? If the latter, I'd try sitting on a few bikes before I made up my mind. If you haven't ridden for a while you'll find you feel less vulnerable on a conventional frame. If you do have to have a recumbent I agree with 10wheels - get a trike. Much easier to ride at low speeds, and from your description you won't be trying to break any speed records until you get a bit fitter.

Are you going for a recumbent because you've tried a normal bike and it hurts your hip, or are you just expecting the recumbent to be more comfortable? If the latter, I'd try sitting on a few bikes before I made up my mind. If you haven't ridden for a while you'll find you feel less vulnerable on a conventional frame. If you do have to have a recumbent I agree with 10wheels - get a trike. Much easier to ride at low speeds, and from your description you won't be trying to break any speed records until you get a bit fitter.
I have a bad ball in my right side of my hip, after standing for more then 15 minute, is bad, I broke my trail bone last year which is no help at all, I've tryed all kind of seat's and it's a NO go...I did ride a Sun Tomahawk...the seat did not have any pain in it when I sat down or rode, I had the feeling that my feet pading the Handle bars,...can't find a Trike or a EZ-1 to look at around here....but we're going to Fla next week so I'm checking out the bike shop's..No See..NO SET...NO Buy...I wish I could get one like Wheels, Wow..thank might be my asnsew...But No way can I put out that keep of Money......just have to do the best I can.....