Thank you for the suggestions and thorough responses. If he knew, my Dad would be embarrassed, and thankful that all of you chimed in to help.
He is really only going to ride around the neighborhood and a wheat field that has a gravel path running through. He has been walking more in the last couple months, but is frustrated that he needs to stop to rest a lot. Lack of mobility seems to be the driver. He's not going long distance any time soon and I still don't know if a recumbent will be right for him. I just want him to be safe and comfortable. Being comfortable is what I hope will help him feel confident riding around the neighborhood. We'll do some longer rides later if he can get over this hump. You have given me a lot to look at in only a short day. All I know about recumbents is how fast they flew by me on the downhills of Iowa when I did RAGBRAI years ago. One of the guys I talked to said he'd never ride a diamond frame again. He said "so areo" – made me laugh. Thanks for teaching me about delta and tadpole, I would have never thought about the differences. The delta style would probably be better for his stability getting in and out. I doubt he'll hit more than 5-10mph and will let him know Jeremy Clarkson highlighted the instability of the delta design. Classic episode. The Greenspeed Anura looks like it may fit the bill, but that's just the online look. My LBS is a co-op, not really a dealer of new bikes. The mechanic class instructor said she would ask her sales guy. It looks like there is an Angletech dealer a few hours away. Thank you all again. Any more thoughts/suggestions/opinions are appreciated. On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 3:22 PM ANDREW ERMAN <aer...@ucla.edu> wrote: > I agree with Joe. If your Dad is not in great shape, a motor could be a > great bridge. You can also check out Electric Bike Review. They have a > category for electric trikes and some are upright. > > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 1:40 PM Joe Bernard <joerem...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You can be baffled all you want, it's an opinion on an opinion forum to a >> post asking for an opinion. I was into 'bents for a few years and found >> them to be quite a drag on climbs, and I extrapolate that out to an >> overweight fellow with bad knees probably not being thrilled with the >> experience. If he gets a motor then all that is out the window. At any rate >> it's an opinion on a topic that really boils down to "ride as many as you >> can and pick what works for you", which is what Bentrider Online is going >> to tell him. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/619adaa6-9f8b-4615-9310-4401be01aa39%40googlegroups.com >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/UBNzZ5_dRts/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAPhA659OqCMeaDwZxJp6bTfbpgXMxuG7zahAyz62xesB4kmefw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAPhA659OqCMeaDwZxJp6bTfbpgXMxuG7zahAyz62xesB4kmefw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAA34uFZj60ggPEPiZhwCJEFoxdrCqxgt%2BfXbrQDT-ibL54P61A%40mail.gmail.com.
