Originally Posted by
Tom Bombadil
The Tour Easy bents are not slow bents. People have set speed records on their LWB designs, although while using a fairing. Although many will find a light weight SWB low-racer to be faster. A guy covered 53.43 miles in one hour on a fully faired (enclosed) Tour Easy on level ground. I think there has been something like 40 or 50 world speed records set with their bikes.
I have to agree that "performance oriented" wasn't my best choice of words, since they can really move along with the right set of legs for the engine. Maybe "sporty or quicker handling" would of been a better choice. Also, I found that I missed standing to pedal once in a while.
Jim