I feel that the ebike road market may be a reason. They enable others to still ride uprights and not have to switch to weird bents. Cruzbike just sent an email saying their biggest demo is 35-54 and they're growing. I'm not sure I believe that since we've seen the decline of several companies over the last few years. I also am privy to a few insiders in the biz. I get that bents may not be expanding, but I wouldn't expect it to shrink and suddenly not see other riders anymore.
I'm not getting involved in that mess of the HHH. Certainly not with the heat outlook as it is. If the heat backs off, and I had a friend who lived up there who could put me up though ......
Might have the V20 dialed in by then. It'd be a good course to test it out on!
Quote from Rat Rider on Jul 31st, 2023, 5:54pm:A buddy and I rode the Dehydrator in Duncan OK the same day. We were the only 2-wheeled bents, I saw an electric three wheeler also.
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I cannot explain what feels like a decline to me. I struggle to explain it. Is it me getting old? Are the recumbent glory days behind us? Are others, like myself, hesitant to ride in a world that has their noses in their darn phones when they drive? I dunno.
Are you riding HHH100? Maybe you can drag me around the course.