Originally Posted by Dchiefransom
Was it a long wheel base, or short wheel base recumbent? It can take a bit of time to get used to the extra-responsive steering of the short wheel base bikes. I switched to long wheel base because of that.
As for the steering, it's interesting that most folks on 'bent forums admit that they cannot ride hands free on their 'bents, so there are definitely differences.
SBHikes, you need to try a Lightfoot Ranger. Offroad 'bent.
The first recumbent that I rode was a short wheelbase machine with underseat steering, owned by David Gordon Wilson (we were cycling associates), professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and co-author of "Bicycling Science". I think that he had designed it, also, and a few were built.