Originally Posted by
Trsnrtr
First off, I rode over 120,000 miles on uprights and was a cat 2 racer in my younger years before switching to bents for medical reasons.
Second, I have two bents under 20# and they do make them in carbon fiber for all of you cutting edge buyers.
Third, I don't have a beard.
Oh, and I do own a full Campy 2011 Specialized Roubaix Pro SL3 that I also ride occasionally but I prefer my bents.
I don't want to get involve in any arguments but since you seem to be one of the few mature posters in this thread I'll ask a couple of questions out of curiosity: Can you sprint on a recumbent and get similar power to a regular bike? For example, is there an equivalent method of standing up and powering up a hill or do you need to spin up all hills?