If you have back, neck, or Knee problems, recumbent is the way to ride. Instead of perching over and sitting on a

small hard seat, you sit on a large seat with back support, and pedal in comfort. 

You also have a better field of vision and now you can just sit back and enjoy the view. At the end of a ride, you may be a bit tired, but your back, neck, and knees will be pain-free.

 

Recumbents can have either 2 wheels (bicycle) or 3 wheels (tricycles). Two wheel recumbents are common,

 and come in two flavors short wheel base

 and

long wheel base bike. Other types of recumbents are back recumbents shown above and the belly or prone recumbents.

The recumbent tricycles or trikes as they are known, come in two designs. The Tadpole (two wheels in the front with one in the back)

 

 

And the Delta models

with one wheel in the front and two in the back.