The problem with the fUCI is that nobody wants it... it's trade show glam and nothing more.
You could have a custom frame-builder make you a pursuit-type funny bike with gears and brakes if you wanted.
Most of the comfort and safety issues with upright bikes is due to the hunched-over-forward riding position, and pursuit bikes are leaned over even further than normal.
NOBODY wants this shit.
>>975153>A recumbent also nullifies all advantages you gain from a bicycle and has the disadvantages of a cage - an invisible deathcage without the safety features of a car.Nah, not really.
There are some built really low to the ground, but a lot of recumbent bikes have your eyes only 4~6 inches lower than they would be on an upright bike, riding the drops. You are about level with car drivers' eyes.
If you don't know:
1. The main advantage of a recumbent is riding comfort. Most of the pain you get from riding an upright, doesn't really happen on a recumbent bike. (this is only useful on longer 3-4-5+ hour rides tho,,,if you never take long rides, the main advantage is wasted)
2. *Some* recumbents are considerably faster than an upright, for the same pedaling effort. The best ones will give you 3-4 mph.
3. They are heavier and slower up hills, but the faster down-hill and flats speeds more than make up for that.
There's not a lot of recumbent organized racing, at least in the USA--but unlike UCI races, recumbent races/TTs (even BIG ones like Battle Mountain) are usually "run whatever you want", with different classes for faired and unfaired. There is no rule against upright bikes; you can bring your TT bike or your pursuit bike or whatever else you got. Not a lot of those guise seem to ever show up tho?
