Well, you couldn't COAST for instance! I have actually ridden one of these and they are surprisingly stable! a HOOT to ride! but there are some little oddities about them that make life much more difficult! Mount/dismount is somewhat problematic. dismount CAN come a bit suddenly sometimes but they are interesting mark On 10/16/05, Jürgen Mages <jmages@xxxxxx> wrote: > > How about the old high-wheelers (penny-farthings). > > They are not recumbents, but they are FWD and FW-steered > bikes with huge wheels. Gyro force downhills must be quite > big. > > Any problems known? > > Jürgen. > > > -- Buy the book "Passing Gas" a series of essays on human power. $5 + $1 shipping send reply e-mail Post message: IowaVelomobiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subscribe: IowaVelomobiles-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Unsubscribe: IowaVelomobiles-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List owner: IowaVelomobiles-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx