As I understand recumbents were banned immediately after the first race.
Larry Black is a great bent guy so is Peter Stull in Alred NY has one that hangs from the shop ceiling that is in time line.
I rode a Linnear above seat stearing. Larry's comment on that one was "never should have happened" There are however many that are very ridable and some raceworthy, for many it is the only way to continue riding and for others just plain old giddy fun.
Howard Darr
Clymer PA
> I'm most curious about the picture of the day Aldo posted yesterday,
captioned "Moran and his recumbent string out the field during the 1934
Paris-Vichy".
> Was the Paris-Vichy a "true" race or an event contested by randonneurs? If
the former, was Moran a pacer, using a recumbent to fulfill a role later
performed by riders on dernys? Or did recumbents occasionally sneak into
races, pre-UCI? If so, was it largely peer pressure that made them so rare,
were they banned after a certain point, or were they considered impractical
for anything beyond long, flat slogs?
> For that matter, are recumbent bikes permitted in the current PBP? (For
the record, I'm not much attracted to wheeled lawnchairs, but regret a
little that our sport's evolution has been so unnaturally constrained.)
> Thanks, Aldo, for these absolutely wonderful photos.
> Kris "so many questions, so little knowledge" Hicks-Green
> Enjoying an Indian summer in Olympia, Washington
> olyoop@comcast.net