alpharalpha
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I know sometimes on trails they are but just for in town/on road use. Strictly power assist with functioning pedals, under 20mph etc. This is for USA, FL. Thanks.
alpharalpha said:I know sometimes on trails they are but just for in town/on road use. Strictly power assist with functioning pedals, under 20mph etc. This is for USA, FL. Thanks.
alpharalpha said:Looking at the rules where I live there's a mention about recreational vehicles and some examples were mini-bikes, scooters etc. Under Federal and FL law it isn't considered a recreational vehicle, just wondered if there was anything I was missing.
alpharalpha said:Yeah, I looked up the law, not recreational vehicle. The height requirement of 25" is, I think, to keep people from motorizing things akin to go-carts. Must confess until I saw that the idea of a motorized recumbent trike seemed pretty cool, though once I thought it out I realized the visibility by other vehicles would make it very unsafe.
markz said:And people just dont expect that, whether its pathways or roadways. I've never ridden one but seen a few that do. I dont know how they would weave in and out of cars and be able to look over cars and such.
alpharalpha said:Yeah, I looked up the law, not recreational vehicle. The height requirement of 25" is, I think, to keep people from motorizing things akin to go-carts. Must confess until I saw that the idea of a motorized recumbent trike seemed pretty cool, though once I thought it out I realized the visibility by other vehicles would make it very unsafe.
wturber said:I'd guess that recumbents are the better long distance solution and conventional upright bikes probably have the edge for most city commuting.
markz said:Obviously aerodynamics but it must be more comfortable as well the a regular bicycle.
donn said:we had several people who wanted to talk about setups for touring, and a common refrain among the veterans was like "you'll want to be able to go fast enough to get there within 5 hours, because that's about as much bicycling as anyone can bear!" At first I was thinking WTH, 5 hours? But then I remembered, oh sure, I remember what it was like. The pain in the neck, hands, butt, numbness ...
Chalo said:E-recumbents do make more sense than pedal recumbents, because having your pedaling impaired is less of a handicap when there's a motor to provide power.
Chalo said:Recumbents, on the other hand, start out anxious and tiring in the first mile because they handle so poorly.
donn said:Chalo said:Recumbents, on the other hand, start out anxious and tiring in the first mile because they handle so poorly.
For another perspective - Man falls asleep on recumbent bicycle, wakes up in Bulgaria