Recumbent Biking

Since the weather is so nice right now, I keep trying to come up with things that we can do outside that also involve some type of physical activity. Recently the family and I went to a resort hotel place and they offered rentals for lots of fun stuff like mountain boards and recumbent bicycles. I was able to try the recumbent bike for about and hour and OMG, I am in love. At first it was really difficult for me to grasp because you steer with your back and hips and I kept trying to sit up to go in the direction I wanted to go. You would think I was more coordinated than that but no. If these things weren’t so gosh darn expensive I would get one in a second.

It was such a great workout for my abs, shoulders and legs. I could totally see myself taking a long ride on a weekend along the lakefront. Ahh, if only. Technically I believe what I rode is called a recumbent trike because it had three wheels instead of two. Just looking around it would run me about 2-3 grand. I’m sorry but that is WAY out of my price range for recreational equipment. I think a good in between would be a recumbent exercise bike. I’ve used them in the past and while definitely a workout, it has never worked my abs the way the trike did. Additionally just getting out in the world makes it a lot more interesting and makes the time pass more quickly. Has anyone tried a recumbent bike or trike before? I soooo want one, so please tell me if you have one and how you like it.

Photo credit: Bicycle Man