Recumbent legs

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crossy
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Recumbent legs

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I know about the legs needing to adapt to recumbent riding after riding a df bike a for a along time. I have a recumbent bike and trike if I ride the recumbent bike more will my legs be ok on the trike or will they have to adapt to the trike.
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[XAP]Bob
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Re: Recumbent legs

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Depends somewhat on the geometry - they’ll be closer to each other than to a DF
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crossy
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Re: Recumbent legs

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The bike is an old but lovely Peet Gynt the trike is an ICE Adventure.
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belgiangoth
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Re: Recumbent legs

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Depends on the relative drop from BB to seat for each. But that's more like the adjustment from riding a MTB to a Road bike (I think, not an expert).
The main issue is that for the LB position you use muscles other than those you use for walking/DF bikes.
If I had a baby elephant, I would put it on a recumbent trike so that it would become invisible.
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Re: Recumbent legs

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My four recumbents go from feet above hips to feet well below hips - in sequence, Speedmachine, Bacchetta, Kettwiesel, BikeE. The Bacchetta tends to sit unused in the winter months but returning to it in the spring, as I just have, I feel just as fast and comfortable as I did four months ago.

Enjoy

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