@mariusor @plactagonic @bicycle_touring On a regular bike you can stand and put your entire weight on a pedal. Not much harder than walking up a stairway.On a recumbent, you're pushing sideways, and your back is going into your seat even as your feet push forwards. The weight of your body doesn't help, and you're not using your muscles as effectively.

@ValueSubtracted Is Chekov the only one that gets featured twice?Does the actor get twice the royalties? What do people actually do with these figurines?Thanks to Star Trek, the word "Nacelle" is finally entering the common lexicon.