Hmmm...
It seems to me that there is a certain sensitivity over how the Revive is classified - whether as a recumbent, a semi-recumbent, a modified diamond frame, or none of the above, or all of the above.
Do I sense a certain degree of bike bigotry amongst some of our number? What if someone mistakingly refers to the Revive as a recumbent; What harm has been done? Are we any less bike enthusiasts if we own a Revive? Is our enjoyment of the sport diminished because we may not categorize our bike the same way that someone else would?
The motorcycle community is over-run with this sort of bickering, (I speak from experience as a former Harley Owner). "If you don't ride what I ride, where I ride, and how I ride then you don't count for squat!" is an attitude that is prevelant with motorcyclists.
There are a number of people, whether large or small, who were not riding bicycles. But now, because of the introduction of the Revive, are part of a larger family of Human Powered Vehicle Owners. I, myself, am one of this number, and I applaud all who make the conscious choice to put "knees in the breeze" regardless of what they ride.
In Fellowship,
Clyde
"Not all who wander are lost"
J.R.R. Tolkien
