Originally Posted by
tim24k
Right now I would only buy a used good recumbent. As the resale prices are really low. Stay away from any bike sold by a department or box stores as they are junk made to last maybe 15 to 20 miles.
Quoted for truth. The two wheel recumbent market is depressed and prices are very good.
Even the trike market is somewhat bloated and there are some decent buys, the problem is that trikes are expensive when new and even at 50% of original price, they still may be too high priced for the OP.