Recumbent tricycles provide an accessible, fun way to get exercise By Hannah Hoffmeister
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yclists who are looking for an increasingly popular, comfortable and safe method of hitting the trails should look no further than recumbent trikes. Sold for decades with two wheels, trikes are now the far more popular
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option, says Duane Oltz, a technician and salesperson who does “a little bit of everything” at the family-owned Campton Hills shop The Bike Rack. The trikes come in two main styles: delta, with two wheels in back and one in the front, and tadpole, one wheel in back and two in the front.