Originally Posted by
BobbyG
I have very limited experience with recumbents... But the ones with 700 C wheels felt more natural. As far as fitness, cardio is cardio and I don't know about the muscles.
Big wheel recumbents are deceptively low looking. Keep in mind they were invented in The Netherlands, home to some of the tallest people in the world.
Saki has 26" wheels and at 5'10" I am on tiptoes at stops. I invented
these to cope. And this is only a mid-racer, the real highracers (700C) have seats ~4" higher and I thought you had to be Dutch to flat-foot stops and starts. I also don't think they do well anywhere except the (wide) open road. I tried a rail trail type path once and the tight turns and uneven surface made it a very unpleasant outing.