Warren Berger must be edykated coz e writed:

Mark,

No, a prone recumbent is not a contradiction in terms. Recumbent
means lying down. Prone refers to lying on your stomach, supine
refers to lying on your back.

Prone recumbents were first patented in the 1800's. Many have been
built in the last 125 years. A few good examples are shown at:

http://www.geocities.com/rcgilmore3/prone.htm

I actually rode a homebuilt, made from a BMX bike about ten years ago.
A local bike dreamer, like myself had put it together. It was great
fun. I felt like Superman!

Back in the 1980's a prone streamliner was raced quite successfully in
HPV races.

Warren
One of the things I like about my bent is the knowledge that in a crash, my
feet hit first, and my legs act as shock absorbers, I'm not too keen on the
idea of using my head as a fender, must be a good way of getting abs of
steel though. Wasn't this the design that Boardman was going to use for a
speed record?

Ian