Cycle types

thumb|Classic bell of a bicycle A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A is called a cyclist, or bicyclist.

bicycle designed for off-road cycling

bicycle with an integrated electric motor

A tricycle, sometimes abbreviated to trike, is a human-powered (or gasoline or electric motor-powered or assisted, or gravity-powered) three-wheeled vehicle.

A unicycle, also monocycle is a vehicle that touches the ground with only one wheel. The most common variation has a frame with a saddle, and has a pedal-driven direct-drive. A two speed hub is commercially available for faster unicycling. Unicycling is practiced professionally in circuses, by street performers, in festivals, and as a hobby. Unicycles have also been used to create new sports such as unicycle basketball and unicycle hockey. In recent years, unicycles have also been used in mountain unicycling, an activity similar to mountain biking or trials. thumb|A unicycle

The pedal-powered version of the rickshaw

type of bicycle

A velomobile (), velomobiel, velo, or bicycle car is a human-powered vehicle (HPV) enclosed for aerodynamic advantage and/or protection from weather and collisions. Velomobiles are similar to recumbent bicycles, pedal go-karts and tricycles, but with a full fairing (aerodynamic or weather protective shell) and are not to be confused with purpose-built mobiles for speed records. Fully faired vehicles with two wheels are generally called Streamliners and have set many speed and distance records.

device with saddle, pedals, and some form of handlebars arranged as on a bicycle, but used as exercise equipment rather than transportation.

thumb|225px|Velocipedes from an 1887 German encyclopedia. Among the examples shown are a penny farthing and a boneshaker.

bicycle to be ridden by multiple riders seated in tandem

type of bicycle used for road racing

bicycle used to move large and heavy loads with pedals

thumb|15-mile Penny Farthing Race, Harvard University Cycling Association in 1887 thumb|right|A penny-farthing in the Škoda Auto Museum, Czech Republic

bicycle designed to fold into a compact form

bicycle type with no freewheel mechanism such that the pedals always will spin together with the rear wheel

two-wheeled human-powered vehicle often regarded as the predecessor of the bicycle

roadside memorial for a person killed while cycling consisting of a bicycle painted white

bicycle optimized for racing at a velodrome or outdoor track

training bicycle for children

electrically-driven self-balancing vehicle with a single wheel and two footpads next to the wheel

bicycle with an attached motor or engine and transmission

a type of bicycle dedicated to urban infrastructure

thumb|right|Fatbike being ridden over snow A fatbike (also called fat bike, fat tire, fat-tire bike, or snow bike) is a bicycle with oversized tyres, typically or larger and rims or wider, designed for low ground pressure to allow riding on soft, unstable terrain, such as snow, sand, bogs and mud. Fatbikes are built around frames with wide forks and stays to accommodate the space required to fit these wide 26" rims and tires. The wide tires can be used with inflation pressures as low as to allow for a smooth ride over rough obstacles. A rating of is suitable for most riders. Fatbikes were deve

bicycle designed or modified for touring, with luggage

type of motorcycle or bicycle with a space for a passenger or for carrying goods, often used as a taxi

type of bicycle made for both road and off-road

VéloSoleX is a moped, or motorised bicycle, usually just referred to as 'Solex', which was originally produced by the French manufacturer Solex, based in Courbevoie near Paris, France. The company manufactured centrifugal fans for car radiators, carburetors, and micrometers before branching into assist motors and bicycles. The moped, originally created during World War II and mass-produced between 1946 and 1988, came in various iterations, while keeping the same concept of a motor with a roller resting on the front wheel of a bicycle.

type of bicycle with a single gear ratio, and either a freewheel or fixed-gear

mode of human-powered transport

archaic term for pedal-driven bicycles with equal-size front and rear wheels, geartrain and tires ("common" bicycle)

off-road sport bicycle used for racing and stunt riding

thumb|Deutsche Bahn pedelecs with rear hub motors and batteries placed inside the frames. This is the "Jetstream" from [[Riese und Müller.]]

general purpose bicycle

type of utility bicycle once common worldwide

bicycle that uses a drive shaft to transmit power from the pedals to the wheel

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mountain bike built to use 700c or ISO 622 mm wheels

bicycle part used primarily in mountain biking

3-wheeled freight bicycle

bicycle type

use of a bicycle during months when roads and paths are covered with ice, slush and snow

bicycle adapted to the needs of armed forces

thumb|A monowheel rider in the 2011 Doo Dah Parade#Columbus Doo Dah Parade|Doo Dah Parade, [[Columbus, Ohio]] thumb|Hemmings' Unicycle, or "Flying Yankee Velocipede", was a hand-powered monowheel patented in 1869 by Richard C. Hemmings. thumb|1931 Cislaghi Motoruota monowheel, modified by Giuseppe Govetosa

a chainless bicycle using a belt to access power

multi-passenger bike powered by the passengers, while steering and braking is controlled by a driver who does not provide pedaling power

thumb|right|Water velocipede, c. 1877 thumb|right|Man operating water tricycle, probably early 20th Century thumb|right|A Hydrobike brand hydrocycle thumb|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.

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unusually tall bicycle often constructed from spare parts

bicycle frame with a low or absent top tube or cross-bar

bicycle designed to travel at speed on paved roads

type of bicycle for practical uses such as commuting or transport of children or consumer goods

customized bicycle

type of bicycle that does not use chains in its drive-train system

bicycle designed for cyclo-cross racing

thumb|upright|Two people riding a sociable thumb|right|Malvern Star sociable from the 1930s The sociable or buddy bike or side by side bicycle is a bicycle that supports two riders who sit next to one another, in contrast to a tandem bicycle, where the riders sit fore and aft. The name "sociable" alludes to the relative ease with which the two cyclists can speak with each other, unlike on the tandem.

traversing rough terrain on a unicycle

racing bicycle designed for use in an individual race against the clock