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risto, Your post is off topic. Or at least 50% off topic. Unicycles are only recumbents half of the
time. The time the rider is flat on their back or splat on their face.

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In one of my Google searches I found out that recumbents are also discussed in some fitness groups
but seems debate can fire up in the unicycling group as well: groups.google.comgroupsOpen ↗
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Funny that that group is under rec.sports.*

I've built a homebuilt unicycle last year... I've used a BMX fork with
cut-out dropouts and I've reached a very good result. There are a recumbent
unicycle made by a German guy... See it at
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In one of my Google searches I found out that recumbents are also discussed in some fitness groups
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Funny that that group is under rec.sports.*

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risto, Your post is off topic. Or at least 50% off topic. Unicycles are only recumbents half of
the time. The time the rider is flat on their back or splat on their face.

Can prone be recumbent? ;-)

Regards Torben - once 99.9% Upright on a unicycle

Torben Scheel said:

Can prone be recumbent? ;-)

Prone recumbent as opposed to supine recumbent? Can't see why not, but then I'm prone to
misunderstanding these things.

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Just zis Guy said:

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Can prone be recumbent? ;-)

Prone recumbent as opposed to supine recumbent? Can't see why not, but then I'm prone to
misunderstanding these things.

The dictionary (m-w.comm-w.comOpen ↗) sez "recumbent" just means "lying down." Doesn't specify the
position. In fact it offers "prone" as a synonym. The "prone" definition compares & contrasts prone,
supine, prostrate, and recumbent.

M-W says recumbent "implies the posture of one sleeping or resting." So now we know why 'bent bikes
are so relaxing. :-)

Maybe we should call our bikes "supine" because it "implies lying on one's back." Better yet, it
also "suggests inertness or abjectness," which might be an accurate description of some riders (self
included) in this group. :-)

Gary