Recumbent Bikes

I ride a recumbent bike. Actually, I own two-- a Linear LWB (folder) and a suspended Vision R-44.

Bike pictures

John's Cool Bike FAQ

Infrequently Asked Questions

Cartop carrier for LWB recumbent bikes

Road to Recumbency

My Vision R-44 review at Alan Felsen's web site

Linear's web site

Vision's web site

NBG2000 - National Bicycle Greenway's Trans-America Ride

WHIRL Big Ride Report by Mark Matarella

The WHIRL website

Bike pictures

Me on my Linear LWB

Me and my Vision R-44 at the WHIRL Big Ride
(photo courtesy of Mark Matarella)

Waiting for the start of the Big Ride
(photo by Jason Steele)

John's Cool Bike FAQ

When I started riding the Linear, people kept stopping me to ask about it. Not that I mind the attention, but sometimes I don't have the time to answer all their questions. So I wanted something I could give people that would answer the questions they would have after I rode away. I made a little single-sheet, double-sided, tri-fold pamphlet to give people. I borrowed from various sources I found on the web and added some of my own thoughts.

• As html.
• As an Adobe .pdf file, suitable for printing as a tri-fold pamphlet.
• As a Microsoft Word file, suitable for printing as a tri-fold pamphlet.

References

• FAQ for Recumbent Bikes, International Human Powered Vehicle Association, http://www.ihpva.org/FAQ, maintained by Julie Skopal (jskopal@ihpva.org), 1/10/97.
• My FAQ for Recumbent Bikes, http://www.fred.net/kathy/bikefaq.html, Kathy Bilton (kathy@fred.net), 9/27/94.
• Rec.Bicycles' Frequently Asked Questions and Interesting Information, ftp://draco.acs.uci.edu /pub/rec.bicycles/faq.*, maintained by Mike Iglesias (iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu), 4/16/97.

Infrequently Asked Questions

Then there's always some oddballs....  Here are some things people have actually said to me.  Really.  You gotta believe me.

• Is that one of those recombinant bicycles?
• Where do you think you are, France???
• Hey, that's one gnarly bike, man!
• What??? ... Hey!!!
• Is that legal?

Do you have any to add?  Email them to me and I'll put them on this page.

From Tom Armstrong, bikeolounger@prodigy.net:

I've only heard this one once, regarding my Ryan with an Ed Gin-inspired front fairing:   "Is that some kind of "James Bond" bicycle?"

From Jason Steiner, jason@gaydeceiver.com:

Actually a comment, not a question. I was test-riding a Turner (Hypercycle derivative) with USS, at the tail end of a train of bent riders with above-seat steering, and two hikers stopped to stare as we went by on the bike path. As I passed them I heard one remark to the other, "That one doesn't even have any handlebars!"