A Few Fast Recumbents

Brother Paul just picked up a Bacchetta Strada high racer so we thought we'd get some shots of three fast 'bents riding together: the Strada, a Reynold's T-bone and a Lightning U2. And no, we aren't going fast, as you can tell from the twelve miles per hour displayed on the cyclometer. It's tough to control these bikes at high speed while video taping with one hand :)

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Recumbent
• Racing
• Bike
• Bicycle
• Low
• Racer
• High
• Bacchetta
• Strada
• Reynold's
• T-bone
• Lightning
• M5
• U2

[gta4kings1]

why r those different from regular bikes? do u get different work out from them, or is it just funner, help me im confused lol

[theaesthetics]

@gta4kings1 People just can't stop trying to improve on things so.... :)

[ChrisLuxembourg]

Why didn't you try a ultra lowracer? 

[theaesthetics]

@ChrisLuxembourg Hi Chris,

The yellow bike is a lowracer. They can get a little lower than that, but not much.

[ChrisLuxembourg]

@theaesthetics I thought something like my lowracer with a seat high of 11cm...

[theaesthetics]

@ChrisLuxembourg That bike is in a class by itself! 11cm will clear the ants but you'll take out all the grasshoppers and caterpillars :)

[anim8ted923]

@gta4kings1 I have a Bacchetta recumbent. It's more comfortable than an upright bicycle, and a little more efficient (especially in a headwind or going downhill), but doesn't climb as well. The reason you don't see them in races is because they were outlawed in the 1930's.

[ChrisLuxembourg]

@theaesthetics :o)))

[theaesthetics]

@JohanKH I think you're asking about the Reynolds T-bone. It's titanium, but unfortunately no longer in production. You can still find them for sale on the used market every so often.

[JohanKH]

Which one is the black one?