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Vehicle: Bicycle: Multicycle
A democratic bicycle for two   (+2)  [vote for, against]
...being a dual sidesaddle bicycle

Having designed a sidesaddle bicycle, I belatedly discovered the obvious. If you’re seated facing left, like a proper lady, it’s very hard to turn right. And it is very very easy to fall over backwards.

The solution to both problems is to add a second person, sitting right sidesaddle, back to back with the first person. Now each person – each peddler – views half the road ahead, and controls one half of the handlebar. Democracy in action.

The technical part: the rotary motion of the peddlers is turned ninety degrees by a simple right angle gearbox. Weight balancing of the two peddlers is achieved by adjusting the dual seat laterally.

I’m riding it now with my SO. Back to back, I can feel his lats contract and release, his glutes pumping rhythmically, our breathing now synchronized...ahhhhh...ahhhhh...ahhhhh...

...oh...sorry.
-- pluterday, May 28 2003

1897 Punnett Companion http://www.bicyclem...com/Html/bike5.html
bikes for two have been around for a while! [Vernon, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]

Sidesaddle bicycles seem half-baked enough in the first place. Why, oh, why?
-- DrCurry, May 28 2003


Whew, I'm getting sweaty. Where's the bike with the seats facing each other?
-- phoenix, May 28 2003


Why not simply turn the saddle so it faces..err..right and you face forwards? Not as much fun, I know, but allows you to regain your independance.

(+) for the visual.
-- egbert, May 28 2003


I would hate to be stuck with a fella twice (or half, for that matter) my size on one of these!

Definitely an interesting concept... gives a view of the World we would usually ignore while pedalling on the normal bicycle.

And it would be a good trust-building exercise for couples therapy. [+]
-- joker_of_the_deck, May 28 2003


me thinks that with all that extra power <pluterday> could transfer some power to a fan. that would not only cool off its victims but also aid in propelling the craft. (sorry for the pun)
-- I2RI, May 28 2003



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