It is pretty much true that recumbents are ridden by older people. Isnt too bad the the enlightenment comes later in life. For me I bought my first bent in 2005, and my mountain bike and road bike really never got rode again.

It is really too bad that "real cyclist" are poisoned against bents. A lot of this is promoted by cycling magazines because they depend on DF advertisers to keep them in business. IMO 90% of recreational riders would be better off on a bent. Since comfort is the big thing about bents, they will be ridden more often an further. It happened to me. BTW I now have the best of both bent worlds, I have a LWB bent and a tadpole trike.

So much for preaching to believers.