Originally Posted by
noglider
That folding touring recumbent has a lot of intelligence built in. Extremely clever.
Those short-wheelbase bikes look scary to me. You have to have a lot of coffee before you ride it, no? What's it like to ride such a short bike?
The wheelbase looks longer than some of the folders here. It probably wouldn't be too bad.
That being said, while I'm very used to my FWD MBB (front wheel drive moving bottom bracket like my
Cruzigami Mantis) bikes, I did try to ride to ride a RWD SWB (rear wheel drive short wheel base) bike and I did find it quite twitchy. I only rode it for 5 minutes and it would have been fine with more time (although you have to worry about your heels striking the front wheel when you're turning sharply at low speed).