Originally Posted by
LarrySellerz
Is it harder to put out power on a recumbent or something? Those arent very high numbers
Hard to ride, not many of them, and only old broken down old farts ride them for the most part. It takes a lot of time and effort to get the same power as on a regular bike. An old guy in his 50's on an M5 CHR recumbent took on UCI time trial teams on the track and beat some of them. That was teams of 8 riders.
8 riders in formation on a regular upright should be able to keep 55 kph, which is probably just over what a top TT would do. It would be interesting but my money would be on the 8 professionals, not domestic riders but a top Tour team