tricart

Designs like this have been around since early 1800. There use to be more electric cars than steam or combustion engines. Sibrandus Stratingh was born in 1785.

In 1934 the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) ruled that the recumbent was not a bicycle and could not be raced in UCI events or for UCI records.

But now we have internet so they cant hide the truth any longer. You just don't need 5 tons of steel to go places and doing so is not faster or cheaper.