Originally posted by Ritz
You may want to look into recumbents. No special clothes required to sit in a mesh lawn chair, and you can still use your pedals and shoes. About speed? I don't know if you know or not, but the human powered vehicle world land speed record was set on a recumbent. I can't wait 'till I get mine!
A recumbent won't work for me. When I go on really long rides, they are one way only - I catch a bus back. Most recumbents won't fit. I understand there are shorter ones and I am sorta keeping that option in mind, but I want to do a lot more research on them first.
I'm not real thrilled about sitting so low where it is harder to be seen (or see) either and I don't think the little penants compensate for those problems.
Bob