Recumbent Tricycles

I see many of these being ridden whilst walking the dog, are the riders of these slightly eccentric?

Re: Recumbent Tricycles

No, I suspect they are just fairly well off. They are a fairly good bike for touring but personally I preferred the 2 wheel recumbents (which are banned from competitions for a reason - they are very fast). I always wanted a 2 wheel recumbent but couldn't justify the price just to go to work on.

The only disadvantage is climbing hills for obvious reasons you can't "stand" on the pedals.

Re: Recumbent Tricycles

There used to be a person who rode one locally, I think he was one of the boffins from 'the place up the road'.
I assumed he was disabled , he used to scare me being so low to the ground with trucks looming over him .

Re: Recumbent Tricycles

How can one see properly to negotiate traffic if one is recumbant? Not being contentious - just curious as I have never seen one of these things in use.