The Sinclair C5 is a small one-person battery electric recumbent tricycle, technically an "electrically assisted pedal cycle". It was the culmination of Sir Clive Sinclair's long-running interest in electric vehicles. Although widely described as an "electric car", Sinclair characterised it as a "vehicle, not a car".
Sinclair C5
C5 with the left side of the body shell removed, showing the pedals, chassis, drive chain, battery, and electric motor
C5 seen from the rear, showing the driver's cockpit and the open luggage compartment at the rear
The C5's electric motor, which drives the left-hand rear wheel
A recumbent bicycle is a bicycle that places the rider in a laid-back reclining position. Some recumbent riders may choose this type of design for ergonomic reasons: the rider's weight is distributed comfortably over a larger area, supported by back and buttocks. On a traditional upright bicycle, the body weight rests entirely on a small portion of the sitting bones, the feet, and the hands.
Bacchetta Corsa, a short-wheelbase high racer
A RANS V2 Formula long-wheelbase recumbent bike fitted with a front fairing
Shop for recumbents in Nijmegen, Netherlands
Woman riding a Cruzbike Sofrider (PBFWD recumbent) near the end of the 500-mile (800 km) "Ride Across North Carolina" 2007