Editing Recumbent bicycle (section)

===Early recumbents===
[[File:Liegeraeder 1920er Velorama.jpg|thumb|300px|Recumbents from the 1920s in the [[Velorama]]]]
Recumbent designs of both prone and supine varieties can be traced back to the earliest days of the bicycle. Before the shape of the bicycle settled down following [[John Kemp Starley|Starley]]'s [[safety bicycle]], there was a good deal of experimentation with various arrangements, and this included designs which might be considered recumbent. Although these dated back to the 1860s the first recorded illustration of a recumbent considered as a separate class of bicycle is considered to be in the magazine ''[[Fliegende Blätter]]'' of 10 September 1893. This year also saw what is considered the first genuine recumbent, the Fautenil Vélociped. Patent applications for a number of recumbent designs exist in the late years of the 19th century, and there were discussions in the cycling press of the relative merits of different layouts. The Challand designs of 1897 and the American Brown of 1901 are both recognisable as forerunners of today's recumbents.