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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 ...
Former mayor of Chicago Richard J. Daley is said to have called tandem bicycles “tantrum” bicycles, and, per the Chicago Tribune, said O’Hare Airport was “the crosswords of the nation ...
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]
A tandem bicycle with the visually impaired cyclist in the rear seat, in front is the sighted pilot Para-cycling events consist of the following three road races and five track events: [ 4 ] Road
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Tandem can also be used more generally to refer to any group of persons or objects working together, not necessarily in line. [1] The English word tandem derives from the Latin adverb tandem, meaning at length or finally. [2] It is a word play, using the Latin phrase (referring to time, not position) for English "at length, lengthwise". [3]
Per Sheldon Brown's Glossary A sociable is "a rare type of bicycle for two riders sitting side-by-side. Not technically a "tandem" since that term implies one rider in front of the other." Dictionary.com lists -adverb: "one following or behind the other: to drive horses tandem."