Originally Posted by WNCGoater

Some key quotes from my original post...

I have no problem if you want to ride recumbents

I personally do not even consider them as bicycles in the traditional sense, but I don't mean that as an insult.

I'm not against recumbents, if you like them, great.

And so on to my point, which is specific to upright, traditional, bicycles

Again to clarify, I mean no disrespect to the recumbent riders. I can look at them and imagine they are quite comfy. I'd like to try one, on a MUP. But my own paranoia if you want something to blame it on, prevents me from riding one on the road in traffic. THAT I base on nothing other than my own observations. I cannot site any data to suggest they are more dangerous or more difficult to see. But I would guess that likely there is only one, or less, out there on the road per 100 or more traditional bikes so statistically, they are insignificant and thus it is unlikely data exists on them. Anyway, that is a subject for another thread. The point is, the comfort level of recumbents is irrelevant to me as I don't ride one.
Again, my own personal views are just that, and not intended in any way to insult.