I used to ride recumbents peaking with a raptobike lowracer but I now ride steel roadbikes for a few reasons.
I never got the full potential out of the raptobike because I didn't know anything about bike tech and ran heavy schwalbe marathons on it
I was never faster on any of mine but that's because they weren't equipped for speed. A roadbike equipped for speed would have them beat.
I did love the endurance and comfort. Only the legs felt tired after a long ride unlike on on a roadbike where my whole body gets strained.
I also loved the safety aspect, potentially crashing felt safer on a recumbent.
I hated the attention, the impracticality in busy areas of my lowracer, just not being as nimble, the lack of oversight over obstacles, the large turning radius. And riding in the bright low hanging sun!!
I swapped back to more of a Jan Heine philosophy and this type of cycling fits me betterId still like to see more bents but don't like the majority of designs. I may build myself 1 one day.