Can you ride a bicycle without using the handlebars?

I used to be able to, but I haven't ridden a bike since college (almost 20 years! shit!), so I couldn't say if I could still go hands-free.

No, sadly I cannot. I also cannot push my sparkle purple Stingray a few steps, put my left foot on the pedal and swing my other leg over the seat while rolling. Not cool enough.

But I did have streamers hanging from my hand grips!

I was too much of a chicken to pop a wheelie, but I definitely rode no hands.  Like lumo, I'd be afraid to try.

Ask me how I almost broke my nose trying to do a cartwheel about 10 years ago.  Never occurred to me that I hadn't put any more muscle on my arms, therefore there was no way they were going to hold all the weight I had put on.  Seriously scared the crap outta myself!

I've never tried.  That always seemed too risky to me.

I used to have great balance. Now I would worry that I am going to break a hip. Gotta love growing older.

I did as a kid. For a long way. And I could even turn corners without holding the handlebars. Now? I would never even try!!

Exactly this.

Yes - but not on the roads around here. They're a mess

Last time I tried, yes (but that would have been 35+ years ago). You need the magic combination of speed & balance for it to work.

Yes, but the wheels on my bike are only 20", fat tires and low to the ground. I can also do a wheely and an endo which is the rear tire up, and could drop in off of ramps at the skate/bike park which I have not done in a about 8 years since I was about 50. I get little tiny airs on the BMX track and do track/gate stands as long as needed. I can also do bar spins, short ones. Again, I ride BMX race, freestyle and flatland bikes, small bikes and no distance riding. All balance, speed for short BMX track racing and some tricks and lots of technique.

When I was younger I oould but I'd be too scared to try now. I used to be able to skate crouched down with one leg out too going down a hill...so fun!

I got each of my teens a unicycle a few Christmases ago. DS was about 12 at the time and he was able to ride it down the street. DD 15 at the time did ok on it too.

There's a guy around here that rides a large unicycle all over the place.

I could ride forever without holding the handlebars when i was younger. I remember holding a slurpee in one hand and I think a doughnut in the other, blissly riding and achieving the ultimate sugar high. I did try it lat year and still could go hands free but didn't want to chance it for long. I know the risks involved now haha.

And going fast enough. Not planning on recapturing that part of my youth though