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You've probably seen them on occasion, those unusual-looking recumbent bikes and trikes. The rider reclines comfortably on either a mesh seat stretched across a tubular metal frame or on a lightly padded seat attached to an ergonomically-formed piece of fiberglass or carbon fiber. The rider's back, fully supported on either type of seat, allows for tremendous leg pressure against the pedals. A recumbent's bottom bracket is forward of the rider at hip height rather than beneath his or her hips as with an upright bike. To counteract gravity's effect of pulling a recumbent rider's feet off th...