On Jul 16, 3:15*am, Peter Clinch wrote:
Plus of course what goes up, must come down. *And going down hills my
rather flabby touring 'bent with no pretensions at speed can cruise past
most uprights freewheeling...

Pete.
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Peter Clinch * *

That's why I still think marketing is everything, and because they are
faster
they need to loose the 'recumbent' and negative short form of 'bent.
If a name didn't mean much then Marion Morrison would never of
bothered to change his name.
If a name didn't mean much then the automakers wouldn't bother
spending millions to get just the right one.
Imagine if a Toyota Corolla was a Toyota Snail. Who wants to drive a
snail? Or an Echo for that matter.

The obvious advantage of the bicycle referred to now as the 'bent, is
it's superior aerodynamics to the diamond frame design.
A better name for the design would be along the lines of Aerodynamics.
I notice you call other bicycle designs 'uprights'.
Some descriptive words to consider combinations of:
Fast, streak, quick, rapid, swift, speedy, race, or: lightning,
rocket, missile, rush, surge,
bullet, arrow, zip, zoom,