
It was a cold January morning with a hint of snow dusting the pavement. Six intrepid Model A drivers drove their vehicles (all of them closed cars, by the way) to Utah Trikes in Springville, Utah. Sixteen club members were hosted by the company’s leaders for an hour and a half. The trikes and quads produced here are heavy-duty machines that are designed to take off-road punishment. The one feature that sets their product line apart is the recumbent design. This is where the driver sits in a chair instead upon a narrow seat and the pedals are placed in the front of the bike rather than under the rider.
I asked what the advantages would be of a recumbent design. The first is the comfort of a chair like seat at an angle that takes pressure off the bottom of the spine and hips...



