recumbent bike vs upright bike 

I guess a lot got a shock from the recumbent coming low and fast on their right side while they slumbered 😂

I am a Japanese recumbent rider. I also participate in Japanese bicycle events, but I am often the only one with a recumbent bike.

Rode my custom low rider across Canada, fully loaded, self supported in 2015. Watching your video reminded me how much fun I was having, everyday. Great video, wish I was younger and healthier, miss those days! Fun video.

I build my own recumbent bicycle last year here, in Brazil, where it is still very unknown! It is allways almost "an attraction" wherever I go; I confirm the advantages: much more confortable, less air resitance, low gravity center, improving stability! But there is some disadvantages too: greater steering angle, difficulting some urban ways (like footbridges over highways, with the access ramps alternating at 180º angles); the underseat handlebar is very vulnerable in falls, almost always being damaged, even bending; legs that are always elevated get tired faster and almost never rest, even when stopped on a descent; the bicycle itself is ever more heavy because there is more structure, even in the most compact models in comparison with road bicycles. So I preffer and recomend the recumbent bicycle to ciclo-travellers, possible using e-engine and to urban use in flatter places. My calculation is that the physical effort varies from 20% to 40% more, but I have never had such strong legs before!😂

Wow, that was frightening as well as fun to watch 😂.

Reminds me why I like riding on my own!

Headwinds on a flat route...where the recumbent shines.

40 km to get there...

It was very cool to watch from first POV perspective:) Thanks. It fulfilled my interest and prooved for me to stick to a regular bike:)

Great vid! Love recumbents! Had a similar ride on my Cruzbike Vendetta - passed all the uprights lol.

*With lost chains you still managed to effortlessly race past everyone ahead of you despite their best efforts to race you.* ⚙️⛓️⚙️🚲🚲🚲🌎

Everyone else is standing still.

Haha I love 24:20, for like 100m you didn't pedal once and all the uprights had to and they Still couldn't keep up with the streamline nature of your recumbent. I really love the tiny super compact slim design of the steering bar though!

Looks like nobody knows that slower traffic should keep to the right

Wow , good ride mate, well done , not many you did not pass 👍.

Big vlad getting it done

You look like the only biker that really enjoys the ride and able to look around your surroundings, instead of looking down into the asphalt with butthurt like all the others =P Your handlebar looks very compact and handy, is that custom or can you buy it like that? Do you prefer having top vs under steering? I like the vibe the recumbent bikes have, I just got one myself too (Nazca Gaucho with understeer) it is the best bicycle experience I ever had =D I am not looking for competition, I like the touring aspect and eventually combine bike packing and have some camping fun, cheers..

Ну красавец всех обогнал уважаю упертых удивлён количеству участников.Молодцы!

Frontwind (or is it headwind?) does actually benefit the recumbant, doesn't it? I certainly don't feel tired as quitck with headwinds, when riding the recumbant...

Fun video, thanks!!

Awesome!!! I watch all your recumbent bike races, what speed do you have, congratulations!!!

Can you post a link to a pic of your bike? Extremelly fast! Well done! Did you buy it or build it?

I would love to know which bike that is in particular

I've ridden upright since 1988. I 'raced' a guy on a recumbent for the FIRST time 2 days ago and he was a hard catch! I was wondering if you ride an upright and how how your speed avg compares. I watch the GCN comparison but it is female in recumbent vs. male on an upright and the female wins. But I am REALLY curious as to the time difference when the rider is the SAME! Bottom line question is--if you have to get from point A to point B on a straight line in the fastest manner possible, do you pick the recumbent or upright?

Weaving in and out of the bike traffic like that reminds me of RAGBRAI. There were just too many other bikes to safely make good time. You're lucky you didn't get tangled up with anybody.

Nice, good to see lots of women out on the bike. it looks fairly flat up there.

that's not really fair right? recumbent bikes are way more aero and not really comparable.

People will get recumbents expecting to blow away cyclists, then wonder why they don't. They will then realise that it is then power of the rider , not the type of bike.

Cool ride. Do you have some technical info on the bike and especially the camera mounting. I do drive recumbents occasionally, but I never recored vids from iit, just made a few videocals when riding.

is that the Azub max please?

You need a bike bell. To get people out of your way.

Cool video. I want one.

Recumbents shud not be in the same crowd as the uprights ! Too dangerous. You guys arnt thinking !

Looks like Specbikes doesn't make that model anymore 😞

I want to buy a frame and build one up, any ideas where to start? Not alot of companies offer this in North America

Улёт!

"Only 24 miles.." Sheesh man. Longest ride I've ever done was 54 miles.

ещё раз посмотрел видео...отлично...какая масса у Вашего лигера?

Why can't people stick right and over-take on the left, why are they opting to spread across the whole road? Is this not literal reckless endangerment?

What was this race (distance, sponsor, location, etc.)? How did you do (place, out of, time, etc.)?

Why did you have to start from the back of the pack?

I've noticed that the handlebars on the bike are not familiar to me and the handlebrake doesn't appear there. are the brakes not on the handlebars? because in my opinion it is very dangerous if a bicycle does not have braking..

привет! зачем ЛЕВАЯ Ручка там же нет шестерёнок? или это на видео невидно...моник у меня реалистиковый..:)

Average speed? Looks ~25 mph

Overlapping everyone?

What model bike

Not good to be doing all that weaving in & out of the uprights cuz that can't see u too much better than a automobile..If any of the uprights were to suddenly turn the recumbent wud trip & injure the uprights !

Don't think i could ride that recumbent, if you were involved in a head on collision, that steering column would be pushed into your chest.

Please don't speed up the film when you're doing a speed comparison video between different bicycle types.