"Tom Sherman °_°" wrote in message
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I like the small wheel 'bents (in the first 58 seconds of the video). Also
note that there is a bike very much like what became the "standard" SWB
'bent configuration in the US in the 1990's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdlpJqHxLxk.

Those small wheel recumbents have wheels that are too small. You will feel
every crack in the road with such wheels. However, note that the tires were
fat. That is to absorb road shock, but what does it do for road friction?

The RANS Tailwind was a superior recumbent design with 20" wheels. It is too
bad every one has fixed on larger size wheels. A small wheel will get you
around town just as well as a large wheel.

The video is interesting because it shows there is more than one way to
design and propel a bicycle. However, the world has settled on the safety
bicycle, an upright, for good reasons. The only thing wrong with the upright
is that it is not comfortable for long periods of time. Hence, the recumbent
bicycle.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota