Edward Dolan said:"Tom Sherman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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[...]Quoted message said:Recumbents with PROPER weight distribution will skid the front wheel
instead of sending the rider over the bars. Some early bad designs, such
as the Hypercycle, would send the rider off the front under heavy
braking, and had too little weight on the rear wheel for it to provide
much braking.Quoted message said:I often wonder if the Hypercycle and its ilk are responsible for much of
the negative attitudes towards recumbents by certain riders. Certainly,
if a rider's only experience was the ill handling, poor climbing and
poor braking Hypercycle, they would not look kindly on recumbents as a
whole.The Hypercycle was the first recumbent that I ever saw. I never did get to
ride it, but I loved it at first sight. I just about bought it, but a bit of
research convinced me that SWB was inherently flawed. So instead I got the
Infinity, a LWB. I have since experienced SWB, but I remain firmly in the
camp of LWB.Has anyone on this newsgroup had any experience with the Bacchetta Agio?
This is a medium wheelbase recumbent with an optimum bottom bracket
placement (slightly below the seat height). RANS had a bike somewhat like
this many years ago, the Tailwind, but they never got the sizing right nor
the front end handling. The Agio would seem to me to be the best medium
wheelbase recumbent ever to come down the pike.
I tested an Agio last summer at Urbane Cycles in Toronto and it was
great. I had to contend with lots of car and ped. traffic and
streetcar tracks and I really liked its tight handling.
I recently sold my Linear LWB and will probably build my next bent.
But if I were to buy one new the Agio would be it.
Mark