Why You Should Try A Recumbent Trike

[@nigelnightmare4160]

That grin is known as "The recumbent grin" it never goes away. Another cool thing about recumbent trikes is when you stop you've always got a comfortable seat handy, so you can have a nice cup of tea anywhere.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Yes! we were talking about that on the ride I did last week, another amazing experience where I couldn't keep the grin off my face! 😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHSTaYiaeqejb9U

[@nigelnightmare4160]

@@CyclewithSerafina Aye, I saw that one.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

@@nigelnightmare4160 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@RichardOates77]

Here in the UK, my wife and I have ridden trikes for two years now and completely agree with all the positive points made in this video, which is by far the most informative (and enthusiastic) one I have seen so far. It’s going to be the one we recommended to anyone who takes an interest. People are always asking us about them, I always tell people of the grin my wife had after I managed to persuade her to have a go on one, she was very reluctant at first, but now absolutely loves it. The video has persuaded us to try and start up a group here in the north west. We only wish we had your weather!

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Oh that's wonderful to hear! thank you for sharing! 😍 let me know when you start the group up, I'll share your link in the description of my Trike videos so others can find you. I've just uploaded another one, sunshine, more smiles, and hand holding! 😁kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHSTaYiaeqejb9U

[@oztagSA]

Beautiful ride with beautiful people . It is never to late and you’re never too old.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Thanks for the fun Ray! 😁 It reminded me of jumping in a dodgem car as a kid, except it's all over in a few minutes! This was hours of fun 🥳 in your words "riding a trike is like music for the soul" 🎵🎶

[@John-tf2we]

That was excellent, Serafina! You did a great job of getting people to open up & share their stories and introduced me to a part of cycling I knew nothing about. It also gave my mood a lift seeing how happy you looked riding the trikes. You should be proud of this effort; it shows how much more further you can go with your channel and how much more you can share with your friends around the world!

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Thanks John! 😍🙏 I love creating this kind of video, experiencing and sharing different ways of life, meeting, and sharing inspiring people and their stories. Reading your comment put a smile on my face as big as riding the trike! 😁 More to come, thanks for watching! 💗

[@skcusime]

Very interesting and informative, as usual. Great to see that there's life after 2 wheel cycling and I'll bet Ray will be busy for a few weeks giving people a feel for this "new" version of cycling. Always so good to get outside and do something and this opens a new world for people that have difficulty walking or 2 wheeling.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

We might need to do a race with you on the e-bike, Ray on the trike, me on Fiji! 😃 Uphill!!! 🥳

[@highanddryful]

Fantastic intro into tricking , thanks Serafina , Rays Trikes and the Mob. Its great you made this video on tricking , Serafina, I don't see too many trikes on the road and this video will surely highlight this fun way of cycling and increase its popularity. Who knows, we may even see future Serafina videos on her new trike? The new Gawler to Barossa cycle track should be ideal on a trike too. I"d like to catch up with Ray and test ride a Greenfield SD Trike. Sure does look like it is great fun.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Hi Ed! You're going to love it 😍 definitely get in touch with Ray and go for a spin! I was nervous for the first 30seconds then there was no stopping the big grin on my face! 😁

[@KutWrite]

Serafina, you are so fun and pretty. Thanks for having me along for the ride. I'm a 30+ years recumbent rider: Lightning P38, Easy Racer Gold Rush Replica, Bacchetta Giro 20, Bacchetta Bella and now Bacchetta Agio. Also 20 years with a Challenge (Dutch) trike.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Awww thank you!! 😍 Trikes are so much fun, I'm surprised more people don't ride them 😃 Thanks for watching! 💓

[@ianwilkins4985]

We have had our greenspeed trikes for 5 years love them

[@CyclewithSerafina]

So much fun to be had! 🥳

[@rossbrumby1957]

I bought a Magnum big wheel from Ray a year ago- been belting around Wallaroo-Kadina-Moonta ever since and have done 2000km now. The Wallaroo-Moonta cycling track is about 2/3 bitumised- rode it yesterday. Cannot fault the Magnum, glad I got the big wheel model for top end gearing.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Hi Ross! I can feel the big smile on your face while reading this comment 😁 love it! I haven't ridden much up that way, keen to check it out as the weather gets warmer 🌞🥳

[@johnmoore4974]

Great video Serafina! Ray also rides with some mates of mine who have 'bents' . I see them quite often around the Port

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Thanks John! 😍 Might see you on a 'bent' along the coast in summer! I'm thinking get a bunch of us out there in the warm, triking the coast, make a great video 😁

[@MSSmith1022]

Many "Bent riders" (Something many recumbent riders use to refer to themselves) that I have met or seen in videos have made the joke "Riding a recumbent makes you smile" as they almost always have a smile or grin as they ride. Some bent riders that I have met have also teased "Roadies" (What many call regular upright bikes and riders) about how comfortable the recumbent is. Glad you had fun riding with what looks like a very fun group of riders.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

You're right, such wonderful people 😍 you can't help but smile while riding... the Bent Grin! 😁

[@RoseSpringstead]

I have been looking for a used recumbant trike, since I have both balance issues & problems with my knees & hips. I tried a trike & could not ride one. So I look forward to trying this kind of bike. Glad to hear so many others doing it. Any people doing it in the U.S.?

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Sounds like a recumbent will be perfect for you 😀they are lots of fun! have you looked on FB for a local group??

[@mariesquires3350]

Thanks

[@CyclewithSerafina]

You would love it!! 😆💗🚴‍♀️

[@jameslopez958]

Happy to see you having fun with a different style of human powered transportation! Peace ✌️ and Love 💕 from Tucson Arizona Desert 🏜️

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Lots and lots of fun! 😍

[@nigelnightmare4160]

13:28 That's been my experience in the UK too over the last 7yrs since I started riding a recumbent trike.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

It's interesting isn't it, many people (including me) assume it's going to be more dangerous, but it's actually the opposite, and I think that's one of the biggest misconceptions of riding a recumbent. Perhaps I need to do a video riding on roads, rather than bike paths, to show this 😊

[@fisharefriends598]

The 3 wheeled version looks so much safer then the 2 wheeled… they are soooo fast I have no mobility issues, but I’ve always thought about recumbent bikes, it’s just another bike to add to the collection !!

[@CyclewithSerafina]

I was thinking the same thing, it's can be purely for fun 🥳 Definitely one to add to the collection! 😁 Oh and yes, I have no idea how Noel rides that two wheeler, it was freaky!! Impressive!

[@nigelnightmare4160]

N+1 is a must. You wont regret it and they keep their value, so if you decide it's not for you it's easy to sell on.

[@star_man0941]

i got one two weeks ago . they are real fun .

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Awesome!! 😃 So you've had a big grin on your face for two weeks then?! 😄😄😄

[@oztagSA]

Great , we will look for you on the trails

[@boediragil9907]

it's nice to gather fellow recumbent trike community ❤👍

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Life is always more fun to share with other likeminded people! 😀💗

[@stephennaylor6662]

Wow, this was such an excellent watch 😃 those guys are a great inspiration for people with disabilities who wouldn't be able to ride a regular bike, or people who just like being a kid again like me 🤣🤣 im definitely going to hire one of them, they look really fun 👍🏻p.s i love a nice warm cuppa tea ☕😊when it's cold out ❄️sending more warm weather your way 🌞 we are currently around 25 - 30 degrees wall to wall sunshine 😉😎☀️

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Nothing like a warm cuppa on a cold wintery day! 😍☕ thanks for sending more warm this way, I'll repay the favour in a few months when we're in the middle of a heatwave and you're knee deep in snow! 🥶🌞 just be mindful, if you hire a trike, you'll probably want to buy it! 🤣 Seriously too much fun 🥳

[@kimbaxter6830]

Such a great day to ride a trike with a group of like minded people. I love your videos Serafina. I have figured out so many bike paths through watching your videos and enjoy riding my trike. If you love these videos please subscribe, like and share and donate so Serafina can continue making these videos for all of us to enjoy.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Yay! Thanks Kim 🙏😍 I love making these videos for you! It was so much fun riding with you and the ☠️ ARR ☠️ crew the other day, now I know why you always have a big smile on your face! 😁💗🥝

[@kimbaxter6830]

Trikes do that to you when riding, put a smile on ya face. :) I can ride 50k if I want, yes with Eassist, no it’s not a gopher, must continue to pedal so this is fun exercise.

[@tidjydu5754]

Bien le bonjour, mise à part la vidéo, j'adore votre dynamisme ! Un vrai bonheur de voir vos vidéos !

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Awww thank you! 😍🙏💗

[@gregbonnett9745]

It was a good ride. I enjoyed it. Ray also has children's size trike to try

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Hi Greg! thanks for mentioning that, fun for the whole family. He's also got the 'bus', might need to do another video! 😁

[@gregbonnett9745]

@@CyclewithSerafina We are awaiting your next trike video.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

@@gregbonnett9745 yes!! we need to do a summer one along the coast! 😍

[@EveryWhichWayButLost]

What a great video. I hope it brings more people to the fun

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Thanks! 😁 it was so much fun to ride!

[@oztagSA]

Next time we need a drone operator.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Yes!! I've been looking at getting one, imagine the footage 😃

[@EveryWhichWayButLost]

@@oztagSA I'll have to bring mine

[@happytriking]

Great video, looked like such a good time.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Soooo much fun 🥳 I still have a big grin on my face remembering it! 😁

[@ivanwinter6740]

Pedal prix is awesome you should do a video on Serafina - We did it for a few year - great fun.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

It looks like so much fun 😃 I remember seeing it at Vic Park a couple years ago, is that the best place to go??

[@timrichards7201]

That armchair riding looks like fun. Good video.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Thanks Tim! 😃 addictive fun!! 🥳

[@neilclaypoole7529]

Ridding a trike is like having the coolest convertible ever

[@CyclewithSerafina]

I love that! Well said 😁👊

[@RDP1able]

Great video, very informative and inspiring.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Thanks! 😃💗

[@wolf-walker]

I don't know, they look really awkward to me. The swing looked like fun though and swinging with helmet very safe!😊

[@CyclewithSerafina]

🤣 good point about swinging with a helmet!! Safety first! 😆

[@petefromoz9308]

Give it a go, come along on the Inaugural CanCoot ride via Wee Jasper Oct 22. Contact Brett at Recumbent Specialied Cycling👍😃

[@oztagSA]

Unfortunately the dates don’t line up! But will visit Brett in Cootamundra one day soon.

[@kenthompson9446]

If you are a bit laid back, this could be an alternative to a diamond frame.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Absolutely! 😁

[@1sir-onworld]

🐝🏁 Great video 👍

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Thank you! 😀

[@jameslopez958]

Recumbent Trike! I will get it right 👍

[@CyclewithSerafina]

it's a cumbersome word to say lol! 😅

[@bobbieboothroyd8531]

You should watch the Laid back bike report which is all about bike recombant's who knows you may get an interview and help to get more subs for you.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Thanks Bobbie 🙏 I'll check it out 😃

[@betula2137]

A lot of fun! All sorts of different configurations and ways to travel -- and it's great for your health as a bonus (and on the environment, urban design & maintenance, and flow-on effects). In this case we got to see the very enjoyable social aspect of riding, and the community around recumbents :) Providing adequate infrastructure so that all people can experience and have the opportunity and choice to use these modes safely is an Australian value (fair dinkum, accessible, active community), so, we should do that! Maybe we'll get some national political action, to follow the expert and exampled advice for all-ages-&-abilities accessible design?

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Soo much fun! 🥳 and all really good points you've raised. I can see these changes happening here in South Australia, slowly in some cases, but definitely happening. I think the big key is to have more people cycling and adding their voice when it's election time. We're still very car dependent, so the majority of votes (therefore funding) goes to motor vehicle infrastructure. We're on the right track though, social change never happens fast enough unfortunately! 🚴‍♂️🚴💗

[@betula2137]

@@CyclewithSerafina The fact that social change happens at all is promising! The most important thing can indeed just be political will, or eventually everything in conjunction. Australia is known for some of the most perplexingly malformed urban design, which hampers quality of life, so change really helps everyone -- and debunks common arguments against providing for alternative modes, simply because we fear we may lose something. Luckily, this is part of the change, and urban experts have been finally getting to governments in the last decade or two -- when people actually see the benefits, sentiment changes in favour of whoever did action. Canberra.Bike describes the phenomenon as a "flywheel", along with all the comprehensive aspects of it, with reference to the key success example, the Netherlands (you see so many recumbents, trikes, hand-cycles, cargos, etc. over there, including on rural paths and in cities which offer many benefits which the countryside does as the Bruntletts describe too!). The success includes reducing isolation, aiding freedom (which is why the children are happiest in the world, much happier compared to Australia), and reducing all the banes of car dependency on economic and health factors (as well as congestion, stress, and other woes, which makes it the best country for drivers too! Win-win!) Anyway, that was my spiel... Basically, design good for happiness! :) Perth actually took inspiration from NL, which is why it has a network of red-asphalt PSPs, and is developing a good rail-bike symbiosis. Here in nipaluna the Greater city plan is fabulous, and completely on-board (we the people just have to see it in action..!) I'm not sure what's happening in Adelaide -- is it similar to Melbourne or Sydney, where CBD "Copenhagen-style" are being made, as well as some broader (but as yet not practical or holistic enough, without woonerven or sustainable safety) networks? I think it has a lot of opportunity with its particular urban design as well as geography -- I've recently seen the ARM station and riverfront thing, which looks neat, as well as some pretty landmarks like the library and those two clock-towers, but I haven't actually visited! I really love the confluence of the Eyre, Murray, and Flinders systems, as well as the great motion into the spiritual 'heart' of the continent and the Artesian Basin (just in general). Anyways -- it was just NAIDOC week, and it was nice to see the Aboriginal flag being flown, which fits in much better with the environment (and doesn't show the banner of a younger country who invaded this ancient land once upon a time...) -- wrong tangent to get into, I'm sorry! I just feel like I have to 'input, input, input' without end Bye :)

[@CyclewithSerafina]

​@@betula2137 I agree with all of this, we think/feel very much the same. I lived in the Netherlands for a year, their cycling infrastucture, public transport, and social quality of life is some of the best in the world I've seen. I lived a few months in Japan, very similar to the Netherlands, but in Japan, you don't even have to lock your bike up! no one will steal it! We are definitely heading in the right direction, these other countries just have more of a head start than us, Australia is still a relatively young country in regards to population, infrastructure, and economy. We are very lucky to have these other countries to observe and learn from 😃🚴‍♀

[@BillSprague]

You just just had what we crab bike riders call “the trike grin.” They not fast really fun!

[@CyclewithSerafina]

I love it! 😁 I definitely had the trike grin , and still do every time I think or talk about it! 🥳😁😁😁

[@ChopperBikeTv]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Very very nice Red

[@kennethcampbell7263]

Would have helped with the legs and speed if the set the frontal bar so you had full extension through your legs.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Yes, someone else said the same thing, in hindsight I should have changed it once we'd started riding and realised 😃

[@QwertyUser1983]

Wanna see recumbent bike climbing hills :P

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Me too!! We definitely need to do a video on that, watch this space! 👀😁

[@QwertyUser1983]

@@CyclewithSerafina OK, looking forward for it. Thanks before, Serafina! (*♡∀♡)

[@oztagSA]

Mt lofty easy

[@oztagSA]

Gears like a mountain bike

[@CyclewithSerafina]

@@oztagSA or maybe Osmond? or Lynton Belair Urban Trail? 😆

[@FranklinNewhart]

When you are just a little tad, say 3 years old Mommy get you a mobile toy. If it is a pedal car then when you get to old age you should get yourself a Velomobile. If Daddy gets you a tricycle instead, say one of those hot wheels ones then you are all set to go with a Recumbent Trike when the Second Childhood kicks in.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

love it!! 😁

[@dennisyoung4631]

Chief issue here is my balance going as I get older.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Then a recumbent would be ideal?

[@dennisyoung4631]

@@CyclewithSerafina it might be, especially a trike. Chief trouble is the low seat height, that and getting it up and down the stairs.

[@CyclewithSerafina]

Oh yes, too heavy and awkward to carry!

[@oztagSA]

You need to test ride as there are many different options! The seat height is easily overcome.

[@brianm33016]

Cleats and good clipless pedals, please!!! Very bad if loose yojr footing!!!!!

[@realhowlerproductions]

Great video Serafina. Ray is one of life's gentlemen and has helped so many get more out of life with a recumbent trike. I was introduced to them, by Ray, 6 years ago after a motorcycle accident when I couldn't ride my upright. My wife and I went and test rode some trikes and enjoyed it so much that we had to buy two. We still ride upright bikes but triking has added another dimension to our cycling. Now we wouldn't be without them and have taken them all over the country with us. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2XCZ6R7oJh1gc0

[@CyclewithSerafina]

I love this! 😍 thanks for sharing, it's so cool you take your dog with you! 🐶 and it's great you mention you have both an upright and recumbent, we forget we don't have to make a choice, we can have fun on both! 😁

[@tomprentice6935]

⚔️💪😎👍

[@jeeprubicon6650]

It would have been ideal if they were named Adelaide Recumbent Riders Group: AARG!

[@CyclewithSerafina]

🤣🤣 love it!!!