Editing Recumbent bicycle (section)

=== In the 1980s ===

In 1984, Linear Recumbents of Iowa began producing bicycles. In 2002, Linear Manufacturing's assets were bought by Bicycle Man LLC and moved to New York. Since then owner Peter Stull has been working with senior engineering students at [[Alfred University]], local engineers and machinists utilizing available technology including computer FEA testing to improve their recumbent bikes.
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[[File:Hpv-race.jpg|thumb|300px|Two short-wheelbase recumbents in an amateur HPV race]]

In the UK in the 1980s, the most publicised recumbent cycle in the UK was the delta configuration, sometime electrically powered [[Sinclair C5]]. Although sold as an "electric car", the C5 could be characterised as a recumbent tricycle with electrical assistance.

A study by Bussolari and Nadel (1989) led them to pick a recumbent riding position for the [[MIT Daedalus|Daedalus]] flight even though the English Channel crossing was accomplished in the [[Gossamer Albatross]] with an upright position. Drela in 1998 confirmed "that there was no significant difference in power output between recumbent and conventional bicycling."<ref name="wilson"/>