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A hydrocycle is a bicycle-like watercraft. The concept was known in the 1870s as a water velocipedeEdward H. Knight, Knight's American mechanical dictionary ... (New York : Hurd and Houghton, 1877), vol. 3, p. 2698 and the name was in use by the late 1890s.
Power is collected from the rider via a Crankset with Bicycle pedal, as on a bicycle, and delivered to the water or the air via a propeller. Seating may be Upright bicycle or recumbent, and multiple riders may be accommodated in Tandem bicycle or Sociable.
Buoyancy is provided by two or more pontoons or a single surfboard, and some have that can lift the flotation devices out of the water.
Brands include Seacycle, Hydrobike, Water Bike, Seahorse (Cross Trek) and itBike. Kits exist to temporarily convert an existing bicycle into a hydrocycle.
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