Pain and suffering should not be the `goal' of ultracycling. Rather, the ability to learn from experience so that adversity can be managed with emotional resilience, good training and better preparation. The recumbent platform permits achievement of these goals.
See Jim Parker's article: THE RECUMBENT PERSPECTIVE, in UMCA Magazine, Nov 2012. (http://www.ultracycling.com/sections/magazine/issues/2012_V21_4.pdf)
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