Regarding that Heft on Wheels quote:

Man, that's me. On my faired recumbent, as heavy as I & my bike both are, you just don't catch us on downhills. (there was this pack of 3 teenage boys recently...) OK, I'm sure someone can, but I'd make 'em work for it.

I ride for the downhills. DH catches up on the next uphill.