--- In bentechriders@yahoogroups.com, "mark" <markt@...> wrote:
>
> I have a question about riding up hill with 1 of these bikes. do they
> do well. I live in northing missouri and we have a lot of hills. I
> also live on a gravel road in the country that is hilly. my mountain
> bike does fine 12 speed. I was given an 18 speed that I'm considering
> converting to recumbent. I'm also going to build a trailer for it so
> that I can go camping with is and pull my stuff behind me. it would
> appear to me that they might go up hill a little easier but not
sure.????
> help. thanks mark
>

How timely! My wife and I are preparing to move to northern Missouri,
Worth County as a matter of fact. We experienced some of those hills
on our drive through the county, and boy howdy, would a cyclist have
his work cut out for him!

If you were to gear your 'bent appropriately, you should be able to
maintain your spin, but you might not maintain your BALANCE. A trike
would help with that, but then it's not a Bentech.

Sad to say, if you get to a really aggressive hill, you may wind up
getting off and walking, or investing in retractable training wheels!

Whereabouts in northern MO are you?

Nick