After a couple years of it, I'm very used to the "cool bike" comments and other bemused/wondering reactions from people who see someone on a recumbent bike... but last Sunday on the GDB ride, our group of ~30 was riding through downtown Dallas around 11AM, and were stopped at a traffic light. As usual, I was the only 'bent in the crowd... A many-membered family was crossing the intersection beside us, and looking at us. Suddenly they spotted me, and a couple started shouting "I want your bike! I want your bike!"
A couple others in our group were saying, "This bike?" -- "Naw, not YOUR bike, THAT bike!!"
I looked over, smiled, and said, "You mean MY bike???"
"YEAH, dude -- You've got it goin' ON!!!!!!!! A LOWRIDER!!!"
This brought a HUGE eruption of laughter from my cycling buddies, and the comments flowed for the next couple of miles....