Different Recumbent Types:
Low Racer
a.k.a LoRacer
Advantages:
Low Racers Are Generally ...
- Very Fast. Ideal for high speed track events like a 200 meter sprint.
- Extremely aerodynamic.
- Fabulous on gentle slopes or flat landscapes.
Disadvantages:
Low Racers Are Generally ...
- Reclined at an extreme angle which makes them much harder to learn on.
- Difficult not only to stop but also to start!
- So low to the ground that they are dangerous in high density traffic areas.
- Not a great city commuter bike
- Constructed with heavy and complicated frames.
- Designed with an inefficient, twisted chain line.
- Hard work and fairly slow on hillclimbs.
- Have a small margin for steering curves due to the narrow steering bar and the chain's close positioning to the front wheel.
- Limited in their steering by the proximity of the cyclists legs to the wheels.
Dimensions:
Pedals: The Low Racer pedals are usually IN FRONT of the front wheel.
Tires: Small rear and front tires.
Some LowRacer Bike Models:
Barcroftand: Oregon
Lightening: U-2
Challenge:Suspension, Fujin SL I, Fujin SL II, Taifun, Jester, NME Ultra Lowracer
Walter Zorn:Kreuzotter V5
Optima:Baron, X-Low, Cobra
M5: Titanium Low Racer, Carbon Low Racer
Velokraft: NoCom (No Compromise)