Different Kind of Bike
08-20-09, 09:46 PM
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Different Kind of Bike
This doesn't really qualify as a tandem bike, but would be a two-seater. I'm thinking heavier, stiffer frame, stronger wheels and tires...
My idea is to have a second seat post and saddle directly behind the main one. Pegs for passenger would have to be attached to frame via an extra tube on either side. The result is a two seat bicycle so you can bike around a girlfriend or kid. The frame would be heavier by probably 5 or 6 pounds. It's a thought. Remember, some of the first bicycles weren't tandems, but they did carry two people. It's a thought, anyway.
My idea is to have a second seat post and saddle directly behind the main one. Pegs for passenger would have to be attached to frame via an extra tube on either side. The result is a two seat bicycle so you can bike around a girlfriend or kid. The frame would be heavier by probably 5 or 6 pounds. It's a thought. Remember, some of the first bicycles weren't tandems, but they did carry two people. It's a thought, anyway.
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Sounds like a Kenyan taxi bicycle.
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Originally Posted by frankenmike
Sounds like a Kenyan taxi bicycle.
08-21-09, 08:26 AM
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08-21-09, 07:06 PM
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antlers? wings? is this stem cell research gone wrong?
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Originally Posted by eddy m
You'll never get a girlfriend of all you have is a bicycle for her to ride on.
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Originally Posted by StephenH
That's sure true of my generation. But some of these kids are weird, and don't think like that.
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Originally Posted by eddy m
Kids who are "wierd" is pretty much the same group as "kids who don't reproduce."
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Originally Posted by RonH
Originally Posted by Bianchigirll
antlers? wings? is this stem cell research gone wrong?
Nice parasol though.
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Originally Posted by tsl
See? I guess I'm too much of a bike geek. I was looking at those bars. What's up with that? Trekking bars with drops and aerobars?
Nice parasol though.
Nice parasol though.
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Very valid thread! I have a 90-year-old father-in-law, and we can't leave him alone anymore due to dementia setting in.
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Originally Posted by eddy m
You'll never get a girlfriend of all you have is a bicycle for her to ride on.
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Originally Posted by Paratrooper
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