Originally Posted by adamrice

I've ridden a recumbent (a particularly low-slung one) coast to coast—without a flagpole. The only times I've been hit by motorists or even had near-misses, I was on diamond-frame bikes. Although there was one time on my recumbent when a motorist pulled around me, pulled over, waved me over, and chewed me out to let me know he couldn't see me. Which I thought was funny.