u/Stuebos

So I picked up my first recumbent (used) yesterday, and cycled a small 10 km on it. And am enjoying it up to now. It's a Prozenergy Race (as minimally described here: Prozenergy Ligfietsen Race — Ligfiets.net). See picture below.

https://preview.redd.it/xt8phbngt6ah1.jpg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=65b5caed553be4072323b5df12cff2b648de5c13

I posted before on the carrier/rack, but I think for now, I'll be fine. Just strap a small bag on the back with clothes to change into at the office, and keep a backpack on my lap with work stuff and food.

But I do have other questions, and as I have no one to ask directly, I'll ask here.

- I'm not sure if I'm sitting on it correctly, or if I need to adjust the boom some more. I noticed my bum starts to slide off to the front after a while. Could also be the awkward headrest (improvised by a previous owner) actually pushing against my helmet instead of really giving it a good rest. What rules of thumb are for the correct sitting position? My legs are just slightly bent when pedaling - so I think the boom is roughly on the right distance?

- What small accessories (or accessories that can easily be carried over to another bike) are worth getting? This is my "trial" bike to see if it's worth it to save up for a "real/better" bike - so I don't want to upgrade this too much (unless that's actually really worth it?). I'm used to my phone as GPS on a steering wheel, but that won't fit here. Also, the frame is angled all over, so most off-the-shelf bike-phone-holders won't work here. Or are there models I have yet to discover? Same goes for a bell (the bright blue thing is a bell, but besides it being broken, it's very awkwardly placed to properly use).

- Is there/are there good (technical) resources on the upkeep of a recumbent bike? Most information I can find is spread out across discussion platforms, and less like a single point of info.

So I'll be starting my recumbent journey next week. Buying a used Prozenergy Race (with understeering) with a small carrier on the back for home-work commuting (20 km door-to-door). And I'm coming from a "regular" e-bike, for which I use two carrier bags to bring along my laptop, clean clothes and lunch + snacks to work with, as well as to ensure I always have rain-gear with me, just in case.

Now, I'm starting to doubt that the carrier on the Prozenergy will work with my Vaude Aqua carrier bags - not just the attaching of the bags to the carrier, but as the carrier is solely attached to the frame (sort of like a tail sticking out), I can't attach the bags to the "legs" of the carrier as these don't exist.

So what else can/could I use?

So my wife REALLY loves reading (she read through Sanderson's entire catalogue in the first quarter of last year), and her birthday is coming up. I thought it would be fun and nice to gift her a "choose your own adventure" book (due to the various re-readings it can offer). But she's mid 30s.

I've come across the options of "My Lady's Choosing" and "Romeo and/or Juliet", but these books are all either eBooks or won't be delivered until AFTER her birthday.

Are there other options worth considering? Especially given her genre of preference?