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Show Recumbent Bike The latest in bicycle news is the recumbent bike. It's simply simp-ly a bike on which the peddler reclines somewhat in a chairseat, rather than sit upright up-right on a saddle. IT HAS advantages. First, it makes for easier peddling, be- cause one's back is braved to " allow all the strength of the legs and feet to push the peddles. ped-dles. Sitting upright, the cyclist must exert counter strength with arms and back when pedaling, ped-aling, pulling up on the handlebars hand-lebars because pushing down on pedals tends to lift the peddler. WITH THE recumbent bike, one doesn't have to hold himself in the saddle, so to speak. The arms rest fully-relaxed on low handlebars between be-tween the wheels while the legs exert full, braced pressure on pedals about there conventional conven-tional handlebarsare. Riders and producers of . " these bikes say they easily beat conventional bikes up hills and from standing starts. ONE OF the recumbent bikes now being produced is the Avatar, developed by two New Englanders, who claim I its seat is far more comfortable than saddle seats, that it's almost twice as efficient (70 I pounds pressure on pedals ! compared to 40 pounds on con-J con-J ventional pedals :n one test of I several riders) and that its low- er center of gravity tends to I reduce over-the-handlebars falls. ' The new bike is expensive j so it's not for everyone ($1500). |