Cycles that seat the rider in a reclining position, or enclose the rider in a streamlined shell, to cut drag or to make cycling possible without the legs. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the machine a recumbent bicycle, velomobile or handcycle. It excludes upright diamond-frame bicycles. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
All Recumbent Cycles and Velomobiles
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Recumbent bicycle - Wikipedia
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A recumbent bicycle is a bicycle that places the rider in a laid-back reclining position, and often called a human-powered vehicle or HPV, especially if it has an aerodynamic fairing.
View the Source Wikipedia: Velomobile
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A velomobile (), velomobiel, velo, or bicycle car is a human-powered vehicle (HPV) enclosed for aerodynamic advantage and/or protection from weather and collisions.
View the Source Handcycle, Wikipedia
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A handcycle is a type of human-powered land vehicle powered by the arms rather than the legs, as on a bicycle.
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