Well, I've tried LWBs and SWBs and like the CLWBs the best . I ride about 40 miles a day, a nice pleasant 3-4 hour ride with one or two breaks. I live in northwest seattle. This part of the city is very good for bicycling. Many of the streets are quiet and there are endless views of the sound and mountains. There are lots of hills, which I've always enjoyed on an upright and still am able to on the recumbent, just a bit slower if a steep grade. If a moderate grade am sometimes faster. But speed isn't something I'm interested in anymore, just mainly love the exercise and the views. I've been told that the designers of the Maxarya recumbent were aware of recumbents reputation for being weak on the hills. So they were especially mindful of this and built this bike to climb.