If you read any of the reviews on the net, or go to any of the bike shops they will push you to the hi end bikes telling you get what you pay for. Well some of that is true however 90 percent of the bike frames come from China and a lot of the wheel sets and parts also.
So get one off the Internet for half the price is not a bad option. the brand I got is a recumbentUSA at the following link http://www.recumbentusa.com/rebi20.html and it has worked out well. I have added a rack and fenders to the bike and did some tuning on the bike. If you buy it online you will have to do this.
However I didn't buy my bike direct from recumbentusa. I bought it off craigslist. which is another great way to buy a Recumbent. The guy who bought the bike first found out he was too big for the bike after spending 100's on it at a local bike shop. The bike sold online for about 800 and I bought it for 500 after checking it out. A bike like this in a bike shop is around 1200. So there are some deals out there, However here are a few things you want to review.
- Buy online is OK.
- Look around for the bike model so you can try it out.
- Check the size of the bike, not all sizes fits all.
- Bike should be under 35 lbs
- How are you going to use the bike? Are you going to take it on the Bus will it fit?
- How will you transport it?
there is a number of recumbent types you need to review also happy hunting.
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