MLB wrote:
> My mom is on a two week bike ride of the Netherlands. Talked to her last night and she's seen TWO
> recumbents (riding together) in 9 days in country! I had told her she'd see all kinds of neat
> bents! Yowza!
Yes, certainly there are recumbents in The Netherlands. But, every Dutchman owns (average) more than
one bike, which gives a total of (at least) 18 million bikes. On a total of maybe 15000 recumbents
... you will only occasionally see one. My average on spotting a recumbent is about 1 or 2 per week.
For models available in Holland have a look at :
http://www.ligfiets.net/ and choose 'modellen' at
the left side of the page. Best Known brands are: Alligt, challenge, M5, nazca, optima, sinner
All 20" wheels are becoming very common. Seathight between 17" and 21".
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Greetings from Holland, a real Dutch rainy day today, leendert
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