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04-12-10 | 09:28 AM

#26

bobbycorno

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Originally Posted by Wogsterca

The only problem with 'bents in general, is that they are low, low enough that your nose is pretty much at the same level as the exhaust pipe in an SUV/small truck/cube van, not a place you really want to be in heavy truck traffic.

Hmmm.... I must be doing something wrong. I'm right at eye level with drivers in normal passenger cars on my semi-low 'bent. (Significantly lower than most.) The position you describe fits a low racer pretty well, but those are a TINY fraction of the 'bents on the road.

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04-13-10 | 04:12 PM

#27

Tom Bombadil

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Originally Posted by Robert Foster

I thought about getting a bent when I firt got back into cycling. Tried a Semi recumbent Giant Revive. Very comfortable and I would still have it if one of my friend's wife hadn't fallen in love with it when she discovered she could ride it without wrist pain. Still even after getting into a better shape and going to a DF road bike I considered a bent as a N+1. I have seen some of them out on the flat moving at least as fast if not faster than I do on a road bike. But hills are another story and I live in a valley. However if I ever get to the point where a DF is too hard for me to ride I am interested in a Cat Trike. After all you would always have your chair with you even on a hill.

The Revive is comfortable. Very slow, but comfortable. A really nice bike for people who find more traditional designs to be challenging.

As to your comment about seeing some that are faster on flats than road bikes. Given an equivalent engine (rider) most bents will be faster than road bikes on flats. Some will be significantly faster. The aerodynamics are better on many bents. And a bent with a performance-oriented fairing on it, will waste a road bike on flats.