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The sociable or buddy bike [1] 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.
Macau still uses tri-wheeled bicycle rickshaw, or riquexó in Portuguese, as Macau was a Portuguese colony in the past. This kind of transportation was very famous until the late 20th century, due to the fact of being a small city and few cars, not so many motorcycles, very bad public transport and no other transport such as train or subway.
A Sociable has two riders side by side. 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.
The sidecar consists of a frame and of a body. The frame may either be fixed to the bike, or it may be attached in a way which makes the bike able to lean in the same manner as bikes without sidecars. [5] Also, Ural had a reversible sidecar for the European market. The body typically provides one passenger seat and a small trunk compartment behind.
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The PPV was designed for two adult riders, and with frame and body the total weight could approach three times that of a conventional single-rider bicycle. However, the PPV was fitted with just one brake, of a type intended to be just one of two brakes on a conventional single-rider bicycle (an Atom drum brake built in to the front wheel).
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 February 2025. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. Directionality of traffic flow by jurisdiction Countries by direction of road traffic, c. 2020 Left-hand traffic Right-hand traffic No data Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of ...