Heh! Personally I don't get why lowracers are too low but trikes of the same height represent 90% of the current market. Lowracers are awesome and the feet-higher-than-the-seat has never been a problem for me. Recumbents used to be defined by their wheelbase, which put lowracers in limbo between Short and Long wheelbases. But I've always defined them by where the pedals are in relation to the steerer tube - ahead of steerer = short wheelbase, behind steerer = long wheelbase. To be a lowracer, the lowest part of the seat should be at or below the axle of the drive wheel. One of the checkpoints is the ability to put a hand down at a stop. The advantage is that the wheels share the same frontal area as the rider's body; and in fact a rear wheel with spoke covers can act as a tail fairing to help minimize that sucky draft thing going behind most cyclists. The disadvatages (if, like me, you don't consider lowness a problem,) is the less-efficient chain line and the small front tire. Rolling resistances for even the best 20" tires are about double a good 700c tire.