Since I just bought my EZ-1 this past Saturday, I have only ridden it three times - all pretty short rides in my immediate neighborhood.
Last evening, on my third short ride, as I came back to my house both of my neighbors were out front staring at me.
One asked me, "Is that a motorscooter?" I said, "No, just a bicycle."
The other said, "I've never seen anything like that before. What kind of bicycle is that?"
"An expensive one," I said.
"It's called a recumbent." And off we went talking for about thirty minutes.
The thing is, I haven't talked to my neighbors that much in a long time.
So my new EZ-1 is a help in maintaining community relationships.