The Dark Side...

MatSav said:

I was out for a walk in the Surrey hills last Sunday, and I-Spyed my
first recumbent "in the wild". A very nice, and clean, silver Street
Machine. The rider said he'd only done about 400 miles on it - and could
reach a maximum of about 30mph - but he doesn't have the fairings :-)

That's pretty impressive. Uphill.

Downhill it's nothing.

On the level the important thing is the sum of legs+heart+lungs. Only
after that does the bike matter.

Given my legs, heart & lungs my recumbent is about 10% faster on a rural
journey than my bestest upright, but the upright is more effective in
heavy traffic (cars or peds), and doesn't frighten the horses as much
-- very important if you live near Newmarket.

Mike

In article said:

I was out for a walk in the Surrey hills last Sunday, and I-Spyed my
first recumbent "in the wild". A very nice, and clean, silver Street
Machine. The rider said he'd only done about 400 miles on it - and could
reach a maximum of about 30mph - but he doesn't have the fairings :-)

I've seen various recumbents in the wild before, but happened to see
my first wild faired one (as far as I remember) today. (A LWB, but
it was dark and I didn't see it close up, so can't say more. D.Tek had
a captive Tour Easy with a fairing when I visited a while back, maybe
that's been released.)