Is there a bike where you can lie down (perhaps with the head, optionally, slightly tilted against the back (towards the head), where your can pedal and turn with your hands (via handles on an upper front cogwheel), or even where you can push by pushing the elbows back against a spring (as if on a workout machine), for paraplegic or people with only two arms but no forearms (in which case you could push back with the arm and control direction with an 'arm up arm down'/'arm down arm up', combination?
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2Maybe, instead of asking whether the solution you have in mind exists, you might consider describing which type of movements the person you have in mind is and isn't able to perform. There's a chance that the solution you have in mind does not exist, but there is one that looks different and works nonetheless...Benedikt Bauer– Benedikt Bauer2025-06-15 18:25:36 +00:00Commented Jun 15, 2025 at 18:25
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I think you are looking at hand cycles. There are many kinds and different ways to propel them and ways to sit and lay on them. And further adjustments made for when disabilities require those.
The best way to find out what is available near you is to find a group of hand cyclists. An internet search should help you find a local or national organization.
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Adaptive cycling as indicated by @Weiwen NG.
Hand bikes (the name used in continental Europe).
Recumbent bikes and trikes (allows for lying down, but usually legs driven).
Bird of prey bicycle, (face down leg driven laying down bike).
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The US (or parts of it) might use the more general phrase adaptive cycling as well.Weiwen Ng– Weiwen Ng2025-06-15 19:55:15 +00:00Commented Jun 15, 2025 at 19:55