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Location: Sin City, Nevada
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Bikes: Catrike 700, Greenspeed GTO trike, , Linear LWB recumbent, Haluzak Horizon SWB recumbent, Balance 450 MTB, Cannondale SM800 Beast of the East
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The vast majority of riders who switch to recumbents don't do it because they are obsessed with speed but are older and looking for something they can ride without hurting. Yes there are a small percentage such as those who ride lowracers and highracers but those are more difficult to adjust to for someone coming from the DF world. If you look at previous posts you will see that we quickly disabuse them of switching to recumbents for speed instead of comfort. Yes, the fastest bikes with speed records are usually recumbents but they are some very special examples of a recumbent. I'm just as happy being slow while still being able to ride much further than most my age,