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My coworker Brian is looking to sell his recumbent bicycle, a Sun EZ-Sport CX. I offered to check it over for him and take some photos of it, so now it’s here at my house. As part of this I decided to take it for a ride, as seen above. I’ve only gone a couple miles on it, but I’m really not sure what to think of it.
For one, the really long wheelbase makes it very slow to turn, and the small front wheel makes it feel not as stable as I’d like. While it is very easy to get going and stays upright well, but with any lean outside of a turn it feels a bit twitchy, and as if it would prefer to turn or fall over.
I’ll probably get some more riding in with it while checking it over, but I’m not sure where I’ll do this at. Sitting lower to the ground, rim brakes for slower stopping, and overall less control makes me hesitant to take this on public roads, even residential ones.
Here is a picture of the bike itself, if you’re interested.
