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Early Recumbent Bicycle

Early Recumbent Bicycle by matthetube.
This is an illustration from page 97 of the June 1956 issue of Mechanix Illustrated magazine. 

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Crunchy Steve says:

Actually, it's not a recumbent, it's a "prone". To be recumbent is to be lying back. When lying forwards, you're prone. Great aerodynamics, but hard on the breathing. They were an attempt to overcome the UCI's ban on recumbents in regular cyclesport.
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