Rowing cycle

Rowing cycles exist in numerous designs, particularly with respect to frames and drive mechanisms.

Commercial production numbers for rowing cycles are small compared to that of standard bicycles.

[2] A toy catalog from FAO Schwarz in 1911 advertised a four-wheeled "Row-Cycle" for children, operated using two levers in a standing position and with steering done by the feet.

[3] In the 1920s, Manfred Curry in Germany designed and constructed the Landskiff ("land boat"), a four-wheeled vehicle that would be known as a Rowmobile in the English speaking countries.

Other rowed vehicles, mostly those that use linkages and crankshafts in their drive trains, use force in both straightening and bending the body.

The handle bars on some rowed vehicles travel on a semicircular path due to the handlebars being mounted to a fixed length lever pinned to the frame.

The four-wheeled Champiot is reminiscent of the 'Irish Mail' type machine in that it uses linkages, not a chain, in its drive train.