My new bike arrived!!! Now if the rain will just stop long enough for me to ride it...

#bike #bicycle

@freemo Can you estimate its top speed? I guess it will very according to how much coffee and sugar you've had.

@SteelFolk Depends on the person and terrain.

I can tell you that it is **faster** than an ordinary bike for the same person (Weight and energy) put in... by a big margin. In fact they are usually banned in bike races because of their superior performance (aerodynamics). World records on recumbants typically exceed world records on ordinary bikes.

@freemo In Holland, they call them "sleeping bikes". But they regularly overtake my car.

@SteelFolk I rode mine for quite a while and never heard them called "sleeping bikes".. They were always called Leichtfeits (sp?) which as far as I know means "laying down bike"

@freemo@qoto.org @SteelFolk@qoto.org Ligfiets, yes. I never heard of them as sleeping bikes either and I'm Dutch. 😋

@trinsec @freemo I was told that by a Dutch colleague, I don't speak Dutch though.