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Hydrocycle

Bicycle-like watercraft

Man operating water tricycle, probably early 20th Century

Modern pedal catamaran with propeller drive (Germany, 1999).

A hydrocycle is a bicycle-like watercraft. The concept was known in the 1870s as a water velocipede and the name was in use by the late 1890s.{{cite book

Power is collected from the rider via a crank with pedals, as on a bicycle, and delivered to the water or the air via a propeller.{{cite web | access-date = 2011-07-22}} Seating may be upright or recumbent, and multiple riders may be accommodated in tandem or side-by-side.{{cite news | access-date = 2011-07-22}}

Buoyancy is provided by two or more pontoons or a single surfboard, and some have hydrofoils that can lift the flotation devices out of the water.{{cite web | access-date = 2011-07-24}}{{cite web |access-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117102012/http://www.freaksport.com/de/sports/hph.html |archive-date=2011-11-17 |access-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328033649/http://www.waterbike.eu/Articles/WKEutin2001/WKEutin2001.html |archive-date=28 March 2012

Brands include Seacycle, Hydrobike, Water Bike, Seahorse (Cross Trek){{cite web|url=http://www.seahorsefun.com/ | access-date = 2011-06-24}}

References

Edward H. Knight, ''Knight's American mechanical dictionary ...'' (New York : Hurd and Houghton, 1877), vol. 3, p. 2698

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