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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]
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Cycling advocates Peter and Tracy Flucke hope their book "Bicycling Historic Route 66" spurs people to go on their own cycling adventures.
R + E Cycles, also known as Rodriguez Bicycles, is an American manufacturer of tandem bicycles, cyclocross, mountain (MTB), and road bicycles and components that is currently owned and operated by R + E Bicycle Company in Seattle, Washington. The majority of the bikes sold are custom orders using pre-drawn plans tailored to fit individuals.
B – tandem bicycle. This class is for athletes who have visual impairments and therefore ride tandem bicycles with a guide (known as a pilot). They may have any level of visual impairment from no light perception in either eye through to a visual acuity of 6/60 and/or a visual field of less than 20 degrees. [4] H (1-5) – handcycle
BMX bikes with the Torker name were made from the late 1970s into the 2000s. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Torker's product line expanded to include beach cruisers, tandem bikes and even unicycles. Reader's Digest nominated Torker unicycles as "America's 100 Best" for 2006, [ 8 ] and Torker was awarded BEST OF 2006 in the December issue of Seattle Magazine . [ 9 ]
Lon and Susan would set the men's – women's tandem bicycle record in 1986 with a time of 9 days, 20 hours. Their record still stands over 30 years later. In 2007, the Lon Haldeman Award was created to recognise the Race Across America team that raises the most charitable donations that year.
When introduced in 1971, the Galaxy was an off-the-shelf touring bicycle at a time when touring bikes were most often custom-built and therefore expensive. By 2009, the range included the Galaxy Cromo, Galaxy Plus, Galaxy Classic, Galaxy Excel, Galaxy Al & Cross Al and the Galaxy Twin tandem bicycle.