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?
I had a dawooe shuttle so here goes...
Ok handling despite short wheelbase.
When you first pedal you get tourque steer to the drive side. You get use to this quickly.
It pops wheelie uphill if you get out the saddle , or if you acceletrate quickly in sitting
You need to find a way of getting a forward areo postion on longer fast rides. I held to stem and tucked a bit.
Carefull on front brake.
Careful on poping up curbs keep weight on front, don't pull up to high.
You could english bunney hop it really high and spin it in the air quickly. Wheelies difficult.
Having said all this its so easy to dismount if you get it wrong. Never really had a problem despite a 10 mile commute.