Why is it that the racer boy types hate recumbents and trikes so much

[rydabent]

Why is there so much hate spewed against recumbents and trikes?

 

[classic33]

Is there?
Can't say I've noticed any more than the usual anti-cyclist fired at me.

 

[ExBrit]

'Cuz they go fast but you can't draft them? Very frustrating, that.

 

[Jameshow]

Cuz they don't get saddle sores.... Or tired arms....

 

[screenman]

I am a racer type, I have nothing against them at all, anything human powered is good by me.

 

[Time Waster]

Cuz they don't get saddle sores.... Or tired arms....

With my USS I find I get tired arms, well kind of pins and needles.

Why is there so much hate spewed against recumbents and trikes?

I can't say I've had any hate from racer boys or anyone when on my recumbent. Are you sure it's because of your recumbent or is there something else causing the hate?

 

[Kingfisher101]

I think its your imagination.
Most people don't even know what they are.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It’s just a sexual come on from the shy things.

 

[a.twiddler]

Has the OP got any evidence for his opening remarks? From who? When? Where? Why? I used to mostly get ignored on my upright bike as they steamed past but I've had plenty of positive interactions with sporty types, and practically everybody else, actually, since I came to the Dark Side. It's been a revelation, a pleasant one. Am I doing it wrong? Is he doing it wrong?

 

[mjr]

I wonder if this is because they're banned from lots of British Cycling club events. Not only mass start races.

 

[mjr]

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[Ian H]

Why is there so much hate spewed against recumbents and trikes?

I assume you're referring to recumbent trikes, not proper barrows like this one.

 

[classic33]

I wonder if this is because they're banned from lots of British Cycling club events. Not only mass start races.

Rydabent is in the US, so I doubt the ban by the British Cycle Club has any effect on him.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I'm a racer boy through and through, albeit in retirement (with a comeback imminent, any decade now) but I still love me a good 'bent downhill race. I attend the 'Bent Downhill World Championship at Fort William each time it comes there.

Cross Country Trike Racing is also on the rise, will be an Olympic sport soon, I bet.

I always say, it's not about the bike.

 

[Jameshow]

I wonder if this is because they're banned from lots of British Cycling club events. Not only mass start races.

Would they ban a disabled person riding one?
If so that's shocking discrimination...,🤔😲😢