A three-wheeled cycle propelled by the arms rather than the legs, used as an alternative to a conventional bicycle by some disabled people.
‘when the handcycle was developed in the mid ‘90s he again pursued his dream of completing a triathlon’
‘Maclean has already made a difference to local wheelchair athletes by donating a handcycle for them to use.’
‘He also needed a handcycle, which is more or less a bike that wheelchair athletes pedal with their hands.’
‘He presented the North Coast Sports Council for the Disabled with the handcycle he used in his first Hawaiian Iron Man.’
‘Although he now has a state of the art handcycle, which he is using on his journey from Brisbane to Melbourne, he said he still felt sentimental towards his old one.’
‘With the goal of getting ready for the Hawaii Ironman competition in October of 2004, he dived headlong into a regimen of swimming and road training on both the handcycle and the racing chair.’
‘Take the One-Off all-terrain handcycle - a low-slung mountain bike.’
‘He offered him some free training advice if he bought a handcycle from him.’
‘This is the handcycle I was in when I completed my first Hawaiian Ironman.’
‘'So I thought about how I could help and decided that even though I still feel sentimental about this handcycle that the kids here would use it more,' he said.’
‘He was telling me that they'd borrowed a handcycle from Sydney and would love to get one for the kids but that they were just too expensive,' he said.’
‘He is now preparing to race a handcycle in London 2012.’
‘The handcycles are the fastest wheelchairs available and you will need to bring a bike helmet if you wish to try your hand at them.’
‘The NSW Wheelchair Sports Association will have handcycles and basketball chairs for you to try out, plus instructions on specialised rules and tactics.’
‘He found a website that sold handcycles.’
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