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Brazilian princes (from left) Antônio, Luís, and Pedro on a triple tandem bike during their exile, 1891 Patents related to tandem bicycles date from the mid-1880s. [1] In approximately 1898, Mikael Pedersen developed a two-rider tandem version of his Pedersen bicycle that weighed 24 pounds, and a four-rider, or "quad", that weighed 64 pounds. [2]
Tandem A bicycle built for two. Strictly only a bike where the riders are positioned in-line, otherwise it is a sociable. Team A group of cyclists working together as part of a competition. Team time trial Riders start in groups or teams, usually of a fixed size. The time of the nth rider of a team counts for the classification for each team ...
A tandem or twin has two or more riders behind each other. A triplet has three riders; a quadruplet has four. Some bicycles carry more riders: for example, the Conference Bike carries seven, [12] the Busycle carries fifteen, [13] and party bikes can carry up to 17 people. The largest multi-bike had 40 riders. [citation needed]
TandEM, a space project to explore Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus; Tandem accelerator, see Particle accelerator; Tandem bicycle; Tandem carriage; Tandem-charge, an explosive device or projectile that has two or more stages of detonation; Tandem cell, a type of solar cell; Tandem language learning, a method of language learning
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A touring bicycle with flat bars and 660 mm (26 in) wheels. A touring bicycle is a bicycle designed or modified to handle bicycle touring.To make the bikes sufficiently robust, comfortable and capable of carrying heavy loads, special features may include a long wheelbase (for ride comfort and to avoid pedal-to-luggage conflicts), frame materials that favor flexibility over rigidity (for ride ...
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