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The seated rebellion against the idea that bikes must hurt to count.
means Lying down or leaning back in a relaxed, reclining position — as in a recumbent bicycle, where you pedal while seated in a chair-like position rather than hunched over.
from From Latin recumbere, "to lie back, recline," built from re- ("back") plus cumbere, a form of cubare ("to lie down"). That same cubare root reclines all through English: it gives us incubate (literally "to lie upon," as a hen on eggs) and succumb ("to lie down under"). So recumbent is, at heart, just a fancy word for kicking back.
- speed records
- Banned from racing in 1934 for being too fast
- aerodynamics
- Low profile slashes wind drag dramatically
- comfort
- Lounge-chair posture spares wrists, neck, and crotch
- reputation
- Mockingly called the lawn chair of cycling
- visibility
- Riders fly flags to be seen by traffic
the morrison recumbent — 8th-century pictish stone in scotland carved with a reclining figure
recumbent bicycle world record — sam whittingham reached 139.45 km/h in 2016 on a recumbent bike