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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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Ar you new to recumbents? Most long-time riders will tell you that switching from a conventional bike to a recumbent bike or trike was a surprise as to how much harder it was to climb hills. You can't stand on the pedals and you are using different muscles to propel a recumbent so there is an acclimation period. The more you ride, the easier it will become to climb the same hill. As to the correct cadence, that is an individual thing. Even after years of riding recumbent bikes and trikes I can not maintain a 100 rpm cadence for long. I use the same cadence climbing hills as I do on the level. My computer does not show the cadence but I know what is comfortable.