Originally Posted by
rydabent
Maybe this can be laid to the fact that the bent riders of the 90s and the 00s are getting older and going to trikes. It will be interesting to see how the bent scene shakes out in another 5 to 10 years.
When my perverse fascination with 'bents started (maybe 10 years ago?) I was convinced that I would eventually add one to my stable of bikes. At the time the thinking was either a USS/SWB model like the Challenge Sieran SL, or a lowracer like the Velokraft NoCom.
But as I've gotten older, I'm starting to see recumbents not as something to simply expand upon my hobby/obsession, but as something to allow me to
continue with my hobby/obsession when I'm no longer able to stay upright on a two-wheeler. I now foresee a trike or tadpole in my future, not as a luxury but as a necessity.
It's nice to have options!