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Phil (and all of your audience): Douglas and David's mention of recumbent bikes and trikes are very fitting additions to this cutting edge website of technology. Certainly most of you have read about Steve Robert's Behemoth http://www.microship.com. My personal mode of transport is a recumbent TerraTrike http://www.wizwheelz.com, a very reasonable performance-oriented machine. Our family also has the highly affordable BikeE http://www.bikee.com which performs extremely well on long distance road rides (i.e, centuries) and is equally at home on off-road trails. For more on the fast, fun, and comfortable world of these human powered vehicles, log onto http://www.ihpva.org. One last comment regarding the concerns expressed about driving into a garage with cycles on the roof. Merely remove the remote garage door opener from the car--works...