A tandem bicycle or twin is a form of bicycle (occasionally a tricycle) designed to be ridden by more than one person. The term tandem refers to the seating...
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lengthwise". Tandem bicycles are named for their tandem seating, a more common arrangement than side-by-side "sociable" seating. Tandem can also be used...
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Eccentric (mechanism) (section On bicycles)
often used on tandem bicycles with timing chains, single-speed bicycles with a rear disc brake or an internal-geared hub, or any bicycle with vertical...
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utility bicycles, mountain bicycles, racing bicycles, touring bicycles, hybrid bicycles, cruiser bicycles, and BMX bikes. Less common are tandems, low riders...
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Sociable (redirect from Side By Side Bicycle)
bike 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...
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List of cycling records (redirect from Fastest speed on a bicycle)
Upright bicycle: In October 2018 Nick Clarke claimed the record in 15h 23m 59s, Women's record: Maria Bloom, 2004, 16h 51m 56s Men's Tandem bicycle Record:...
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Daisy Bell (redirect from Bicycle Built For Two)
a carriage, But you'll look sweet upon the seat Of a bicycle built for two! We will go "tandem" as man and wife, Daisy, Daisy! "pedaling" away down the...
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notable bicycle brands and manufacturing companies past and present. For bicycle parts, see List of bicycle part manufacturing companies. Many bicycle brands...
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Handcycle Rowing Hand and foot Exycle: from legs and chest Tandem bicycle Sociable, tandem bicycle with side by side seating Conference bike, party bike or...
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Around the world cycling record (section Tandem record)
March 2017, John Whybrow and George Agate (known as 'The Tandem Men'), set the first tandem bicycle circumnavigation record. Starting and finishing in Canterbury...
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A recumbent bicycle is a bicycle that places the rider in a laid-back reclining position. Some recumbent riders may choose this type of design for ergonomic...
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Casas and Pere Romeu, one of the promoters of Els Quatre Gats, on a tandem bicycle against the Barcelona skyline. Casas is seen in profile with his pipe...
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Touring bicycle configurations are highly variable and may include road, sport touring, trail, recumbent, or tandem configurations. Road touring bicycles have...
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Developments include a collapsible delivery bicycle in 1930, and a tandem bicycle introduced in 1935. An electric bicycle was produced in 1937 together with Philips...
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children's bicycle trailers were among the first on sale, in the early 1980s. In the past, Burley also made bicycles, tandem bicycles, recumbent bicycles, and...
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which is usually a motorcycle, but can be a derny, electric bicycle or tandem bicycle. Riders must remain behind the pacer for 3 laps on a 250 m (270 yd)...
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unicycles, tricycles, quadracycles, tandem bicycles, hand cycles, bicycle trailers, and trailer bikes. The first bicycle "tires" were iron bands on the wooden...
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Outline of cycling (section Bicycle racing)
more than one person, cooperatively, on anything from a simple twin / tandem bicycle, to a multi-person party bike. Cycling is most frequently practiced...
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wheel will skid, the bicycle cannot be balanced and will fall to the side instead. On tandem bicycles and other long-wheel-base bicycles (including recumbents...
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Cycle rickshaw (redirect from Bicycle rickshaw)
is usually a tricycle, though some quadracycle models exist, and some bicycles with trailers are configured as cycle rickshaws. Some cycle rickshaws have...
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A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service where bicycles are...
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distance event with a 750 m swim, 20 km cycle using handcycles, bicycles or tandem bicycles with a guide and a 5 km wheelchair or running race. Athletes...
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The Schwinn Bicycle Company is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets bicycles under the eponymous brand name. The company was founded...
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Hand signals (redirect from Bicycle hand signals)
their intentions to other traffic. Under the Vienna Convention on Traffic, bicycles are considered vehicles and cyclists are considered drivers, a naming convention...
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Falcon Cycles (redirect from Shogun (bicycle))
Falcon Cycles is a British bicycle manufacturer which was based in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, owned by Tandem Group. In the 1880s, Hotchkiss, Mayo & Meek...
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economic success. Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley referred to a tandem bicycle as a "tantrum bicycle" and made mention of "Alcoholics Unanimous" (Alcoholics Anonymous)...
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messengers. One unit patrolled railroad lines on specially constructed tandem bicycles that were fixed to the rails. Several raids were conducted by cycle-mounted...
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cart: short-bodied, high, two-wheeled, seat for a groom behind the box; for tandem driving: 53 Dogcart: light, usually one horse, commonly two-wheeled and...
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all-terrain vehicle, a vehicle that travels on low-pressure tires Quad, a tandem bicycle with four seats Quadracycle, a four-wheeled human-powered land vehicle...
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seat post (and operate very much like a tandem bicycle). These allow small children who can't yet ride a bicycle alone to accompany adult riders as trip...
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