@bigkafka I was going to just wear all black for visibility :)

Your approach might be a bit more effective :)

@W201028 Thanks man. Can't wait to let ya know how it goes

@kilroy_was_here yea my back and wrist dont work well with a traditional bike.. recumbants are just more fun.. should be comfortable if your gonna exercise.

@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.

@SteelFolk@qoto.org @freemo@qoto.org Maybe the Dutch colleague didn't quite know how to translate a 'ligfiets' to a 'laydown bike' and thought 'sleeping bike' was easier. You English speakers have no very simple word for 'liggen' in a compound word setting without it sounding stupid, lol.

@SteelFolk@qoto.org @freemo@qoto.org I think it might be more like 'laid down bike' in English.
The meaning of 'lig' here is more that it's flat. So... horizontal bike? 😋

@trinsec @freemo @SteelFolk The position of the body tends to laying down, especially compared to the ‘straight up’ bikes: the deciding point is the position of the paddles: down between the axles = straight up and in front of the front axle = recumbent. Mostly it is a relaxed position as if in a comfortable chair at home, with the head at the same height as a regular (old) car.

@trinsec @freemo True, but in my region of England we do say "lig" for "lie". Lots of words here in the East came from across the sea. I think "rick" for "smoke" is the same.

@trinsec @freemo @SteelFolk It seems to be compulsory amongst regular (tiny saddle) race bikes to ask mockingly “Don’t fall asleep, eh!?”

They have no idea whatsoever.

@SteelFolk @freemo Once I parked the recumbent bike under a tree and layed down to rest on the lawn directly near the tree and then I heard a variety on the very, very 🤨 often heard “don’t fall asleep, eh?”: ‘Eh, a real laying down bike’ …. (Hé, een èchte ligfiets)

@mistermonster

Indeed it is.

@lxo

It would be a trike yes, specifically of the tadpole configuration.