Recumbent bike benefits What is a recumbent bike? A recumbent bike is one that has been designed to place the rider in a reclining or laid-back position. Most of them apply this design on ergonomic grounds. There is comfortable distribution of the weight of the rider over a large surface area. Recumbent bikes are available in different configurations such as large, small, long wheelbase, short wheel base, over-seat, no-hands steering, under-seat, front wheel or rear wheel drive. They also come