Posted by cycling on November 9th, 2007 in Performance Bicycles
Performance Bicycles
In order to talk about performance bicycles, we should define the term. We all know what bicycle means, but what about performance? I think that many people tend to define the word performance as the ability to offer top performance, meaning top speeds, top maneuverability, top smooth mechanical functioning.
While all of those minor […]
Posted by cycling on November 1st, 2007 in Recumbent Bicycles
Recumbent Bicycles
Many bike speed records have been broken by recumbent bikes. Recumbent bicycles were banned from international racing in the year 1934 and they haven’t seen widespread use until during the 20th century.
Recumbent bikers hold many world speed records for human powered, unpaced types of races. Interestingly, tricycles actually fall into the recumbent bike category […]
