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I really dont care what people ride. OTOH I do encourage people to try bents and trikes.

The fact remains that in case of older people such as baby boomers, they see people rolling by on a bike, want to start exercising, and decide to buy a bike. The ave bike shop will steer them to a high priced mountain bike "for comfort". Many being over weight, and perched on a small DF seat will end up riding the bike a dozen times or so and hang it up in the garage. They end up selling their $800 bike 5 years later in their garage sale for $50. I have seen this happen over and over. But--------------if they have bought a trike or a recumbent that is pretty much painless, they would probably still be riding it.

To the people that say a recumbent isnt a "real bike", I say your DF bike is an antique.