Wheelbase, Sizes & Steering

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Recumbent bicycles come in a variety of wheelbases, sizes and steering styles. This article will give you a glimpse into the most common.

Wheelbase

There are 3 main types of recumbent bicycles. One of the easiest to ride when you’re getting started is the long wheelbase (LWB) model. LWB models have the pedals located between the front and rear wheels while the short wheelbase (SWB) models have the pedals in front of the front wheel. Some people find the SWB a bit harder to learn to ride when they first start out on a recumbent. And lastly, compact long wheelbase (CLWB) models are those that have the pedals either very close to the front wheel or above it. Within these styles are many variations and intermediate types. In fact,  there really is no “standard” recumbent.

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Across Michigan, Bicyclists Are Preparing For Another...

Detroit Free Press | 31 Dec 1969

REGINA H. BOONE/ By Cassandra Spratling Brian Kozeliski, racing at Stony Creek park, commutes via bike. / SCOTT KROSKE; Henry Ford Health System Drs. Ronny Otero, left, and Gerard Martin started Tour de Ford.

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The Bixi Bicycle-sharing Program Turned One In Toronto

The Bixi bicycle-sharing program turned one in Toronto

Toronto Star | 31 Dec 1969

I love all your pedal-powered lights. But mostly, I love your faithful devotion. You are always there, waiting, ready to slip me past traffic jams. This relationship took me by surprise. I have my own bike, a coffee-coloured cruiser.

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Culinary Cruisers Pedals Into Food Fest

Culinary Cruisers pedals into food fest

The Somerville News | 31 Dec 1969

The business utilizes cargo bikes, which may be found at parks and farmers markets, and they enable individuals to experience gourmet food and drink in a unique and environmentally safe fashion, in “pedal-powered” food carts. Culinary Cruisers is

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Great Lakes Pub Cruiser, A 16-person Bar-hopping Bicycle,...

Great Lakes Pub Cruiser, a 16-person bar-hopping bicycle, to debut in Grand Rapids

Michigan Business Review - MLive.com | 31 Dec 1969

SW. “I can't wait to see it. I keep picturing a tandem bike times six.” As many as 15 customers can ride the pub cruiser, which includes a bench with seating for three in the back. The riders power the vehicle by pedaling (video).

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Dallas Custom Bicycle Company To Appear On ABC's Shark Tank

Dallas custom bicycle company to appear on ABC's Shark Tank

Pegasus News | 31 Dec 1969

They have an innovative website that allowed me to design a custom cruiser bike to fit my style. These fun bikes quickly bring back a feeling of childlike nostalgia. With the turn of a pedal I quickly recalled the essence of my first sweet taste of

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(824 diggs) The Bike that Rides on Water sh0rtstak We love it when people take a familiar idea and turn it into something completely new. Take the good old pedal boat ? a simple vehicle powered by human motion, not unlike the trusty bicycle. What if one could create an amphibious human-powered vehicle that could move from land to water with the ease of a salamander?
(1 diggs) Chainless INgSOC Hybrid Bike is Out of This World Greenuity The INgSOC Hybrid Bike is a wild-looking chainless bicycle that runs in three modes: battery-powered, battery assist, and battery charge mode, where the user powers up the battery by pedaling.
(2 diggs) Beyond the cruiser: Designing tomorrow's bikes cnet If any of the winning designs from the Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010 actually hit the pavement, bikes will pedal even further toward the futuristic than they already have.
(68 diggs) Pedal Powered School Bus zurmat Pedal Powered School Bus made in the Netherlands by De Café Racer, the bus-bike can accommodate 10 kids and an adult driver. I love this Super Awesome
(123 diggs) Mt Macedon Gravity Bike Run surfster A Gravity Bike is a specialised two wheeled bicycle propelled by nothing other than gravity. Without pedals or a chain, Gravity Bike riders rely on steep gradients and gravity to reach incredibly fast speeds. Watch Brett and Sholto's run down Mt Macedon, unfortunately they missed catching the crash on video!

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Bitches on a Budget, Sage Advice for Surviving Tough Times in Style

Bitches on a Budget, Sage Advice for Surviving Tough Times in Style

CRUISERS For all you pussies who don't want to sit astride that Vespa, wrap your legs around the next best thing: a cruiser bike. Cruisers are one-speed ...

Creator: Rosalyn Hoffman | Business & Economics2009-12-29

Publisher: New Amer Library


Bike Repair & Maintenance for Dummies

Bike Repair & Maintenance for Dummies

Some cruiser bikes have coaster brakes (in which you pedal backward to stop). ✓ Recumbent bikes are designed for riders who want a reclined riding position ...

Creator: Dennis Bailey, Keith Gates | Sports & Recreation2009-02-09

Publisher: For Dummies


Mountain Bike Madness

Mountain Bike Madness

The cruiser bike, which debuted in 1933, became the most obvious parent of the mountain bike and was a departure from ... onto the bikes to handle pedaling ...

Creator: J. P. Partland, John Gibson | Sports & Recreation2003-04-12

Publisher: MVP Books


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