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rhm

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Originally Posted by Chaco

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Originally Posted by rhm

I have a related question to all you experienced recumbent riders: How comfortable are you riding with no hands on the bar? No doubt it depends on the bike... I'm especially curious to hear from anyone riding a Burley Hepcat or Django..

Virtually impossible on an LWB. I tried it once for around 1/20th of a second. That was enough for me.

Fascinating!

Why is that-- is it the slack angle of the steerer, and the heavily raked fork, that makes the LWB jumpy? Or is there something about the riding position that makes it impossible to steer by balancing?

And what about SWB models?

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