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This article could use a section about competitive handcycling, for example it features in the Paralympic Games Roger (talk) 11:06, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The current unsourced text claims that the defining characteristic of an off-road handcycle is the fact that it has two front wheels (aka "tadpole" configuration). This is actually neither necessary nor sufficient as a definition of what makes a handcycle suitable for off-road use. There are off-road designs that have four wheels (quad) or one in front and two at the back (trike). There are also handcycles that do have two in front and one in the back that are completely unsuitable for offroad use. The tadpole configuration is popular for off-road handcycles but it is not the defining characteristic. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:19, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a defining characteristic at all in the UK, except for one manufacturer of recumbents (ICE) they're all "delta" trikes. The page could also use some external links eg http://www.handcycling.org.uk/ Full disclosure, I recently joined this charity: https://wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/types-of-cycles/ Dubiety (talk) 22:29, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This exists, apparently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwyWCHNZqL8 So why are these always at least tricycles? --92.209.47.17 (talk) 17:17, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Youtube clip shows a combination of peddle bicycle and handcycle, so they could be both but then it wouldn't be a handcycle but a hybrid. Could add a paragraph to both articles. NealeWellington (talk) 09:26, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The IHPVA arms-only Hour Record, set by Kevin Doran on the Manchester velodrome in 1999, was done on a two-wheeled machine. Derk Thys, better known for his rowing bike designs, has also built arms-only bicycles. However, the UCI regulations stipulate that a competition handcycle must be a three-wheeler. Mr Larrington (talk) 21:18, 13 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]