I purchased my first recumbent in 1990 or 1991 (I really don't recall which year) after meeting Steve Roberts who was riding the country on a recumbent he called 'winnebiko'. It was a DeFelease Bitubular model, made of mild steel at his machine shop in New Palistine, IN. Rode it for a couple years, but the darn thing weighed about 50lbs before I added accessories. So after a while, I went back to a diamond frame and rode it on and off until 2006. Got back into recumbents then and have not looked back. I've had an actionbent short wheel base, a Catrike trail, a Bacchetta Corsa, a Bacchetta Strada, a Bacchetta Giro 26 (all the Bacchetta high racers bothered my back) and finally a Bacchetta long wheel base Belladare. I just purchased a Catrike 'Annihilator' V81, to ride on the weekends. So, yes, I have gone back to a diamond frame after being bent, but I'm pretty fully bent these days, and commute on my Bacchetta Belladere almost every day.

Tractor Tom in Okeechobee, FL