Maybe try a long wheel base 'bent...
Originally Posted by
Elkhound
Tried riding a 'bent this weekend. A short-wheel-base.
They say of riding a bicycle that once you learn you never forget. Well, riding a 'bent is a case of "Everything you know is wrong." I had major trouble just staying up on two wheels, and when I tried to steer I went yawling all over the road. If there had been any traffic I would have become road-pizza.
The owner offered to sell it to me, but I couldn't see spending over seven hundred dollars for a machine I couldn't even ride.
If I ever go 'bent, it will be a tricumbent, not a bicumbent.
The trick on a SWB bent is to relax, relax and relax. It can be a bit daunting at first but does get easier. At the weekend I had the chance to try a Burrows Ratracer. Now that had twichy steering! But it was a lot of fun and very fast. Try a long wheel base bent before you completely give up on two-wheeled recumbents. A long wheel base bike is likely to have less twichy steering and be easier to learn on.
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