Don't say you will never ride a recumbent. What if it was recumbent of not riding. I went to a recumbent because I crushed the tip of a vertibrae in my uper/mid back and broke the radial head in my elbow. I was a serious roadie, rode a Treck 5500, Have a full suspension Pro Flex mountain bike, A fully equiped Cannondale ST1000 touring bike. And a road tandum with 387 miles on it. They sat in a back bedroom for a six years while I got fat and out of shape. I now ride two different recumbents and a hand powered trike (and am now broke) and am not sure I would go back to a wedgie if I could, although I do miss the fast pace lines. Karl