Timeline for Is a recumbent trike faster than a non-recumbent bicycle?
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| Feb 7, 2019 at 19:18 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | @MichaelHampton Depends on whether I push hard on the downhill. I've got a lot of runs around strava.com/segments/8011736 Best time 1min36s and worst time about 2 minutes. bent gets 1m44s 1m41s 1m50s. Curiously the best time ever was on the 14 kilo raleigh road bike. If the road were wide and smooth with heaps of runout I'd go faster, but its got gravel and people and stuff. Its a lot better at coasting than any other bike. The main point is the bent is less effort for the same flatland speed. | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 18:24 | comment | added | Michael Hampton | How fast is the bent compared to the road bike on descents? | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 14:56 | comment | added | Nobody | Thanks for the ping, interesting to hear. | |
| Feb 7, 2019 at 10:39 | history | edited | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
6 month later update.
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| Feb 7, 2019 at 10:34 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | @nobody - updated with more distance. | |
| Jun 24, 2018 at 12:31 | comment | added | Nobody | I think you'll become way faster given more time. I have at least 1000km on my recumbent by now and I'm still noticeably improving my technique and power output. For example I tend to press my shoulders against the seat during sprints, but the right way is to completely relax the upper body and press only your butt and the area just above against the lowest part of the seat. Makes a huge difference. Then there is curve riding which I also still need to work on. And so on. | |
| Jun 22, 2018 at 7:57 | history | answered | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |