Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A brilliant bent designer who also co-owns Rose City Recumbents, Jonathan Garcia's latest bike is the Mystique. Here he lays out the features of the two wheeler and talks about bringing the recumbent bike into the 21st century.

You can find out more about the Mystique here: newagebikes.com/products/metabike-mystique

We can't thank all our Cycle-Con 2023 sponsors enough for making this event coverage possible. Please patronize these fine businesses to show your support of the Laidback Bike Report. Let them know we sent you!

Catrike catrike.com
Trident Trikes tridenttrikes.com
HP Velotechnik hpvelotechnik.com/en
TerraCycle t-cycle.com
ICE Trikes icetrikes.co
Sun Seeker https://www.sunseeker.bike/
Terratrike/Greenspeed wizwheelz.com
Steintrikes USA stein-trikes-us.com
Lancaster Recumbents lancasterrecumbent.com
Falco eMotor falcoedrive.com/collections/etrikes
Connecticut Yankee Pedaller cypbikes.com
Laidback Cycles laidbackcycles.com
Recumbent PDX recumbentpdx.com
Angletech cycledifferent.com
Bent Revolution bentrevolution.com
Trailside Trikes shop.trailsidetrikes.com
Jersey Bents jerseybents.com

The Laidback Bike Report Crew for Cycle-Con 2023 coverage are the following awesome people:
Tray Bourgoyne--Videographer
Lisa Bourgoyne--Booth Manager
Marilyn Solomon--1st in command, logistics and host control and booth manager
Janet Paulsen-Booth Manager and information guru
Phil Paulsen-Seminar videography and audio set up
Larry Seidman-Test pilot reviewer of bents and seminar videography/audio