The seat or position looks really uncomfortable. Are they uncomfortable to ride?
No! Emphatically not! The seat and position are astonishingly comfortable to ride in – it’s no coincidence that most seats in the world look more like the trike seat rather than a bicycle saddle. As for legs-forward pedalling, yes, it does take a short while to get used to. I now find the upright riding position fiercely uncomfortable. In many ways it’s the comfort of the ride that marks the biggest difference between the recumbent trike and an upright bike. I’m not a professional cyclist or even a particularly gifted amateur. I rarely ride more that 100km a week, and for me 50km is a long trip. My favourite ride is from home in Rivett, up and right around Lake Burley Griffin and back again. It’s a circuit of about 45km and it takes about an hour and three quarters. When I’d finish this ride on the upright bike my bum was sore, my arms were tired and my right hand was numb (it went numb after about 30 minutes, usually) and if it had been a hot or sunny day I usually had a headache as w
