Get 'bent: follow them, feet first, into the future

Authors :: Langley, Jim
Source :: Bicycling. July, 1997, Vol. v38 Issue n7, p78, 4 p.
Publication Year :: 1997
Abstract: Bike manufacturers' and enthusiasts' efforts to build better products led to the creation of a new and bizarre line of two-wheelers, called recumbents. Inventors say that they created recumbents to address the upright bikes' drawbacks, such as poor ergonomics, safety features and forward visibility.<br />At 61, Washington D.C. resident Bill Cook has rediscovered cycling. A writer for US News and World Report, he's not just pedaling. Cook says, "I took a welding course; bought [...]