This bicycle-built-for-two has been in Great Uncle Gene Ray’s family for nearly half a century. The newspaper featured a photo of Great Aunt Peaches and him riding it back in 1974. Cousins Marc and Logan rode it over to our house today to say hello. Sometimes called a twin, the technical term for this type of bicycle is a tandem, which refers to the seating arrangement (fore to aft, not side-by-side), not the number of riders. A bike with two riders seated side-by-side is called a sociable. Marc says the tandem is easier to maneuver city streets than two separate bikes riding side by side and easier for the riders to talk than two bikes riding front to back. Our twins can’t quite reach the pedals yet, but maybe we’ll find a tandem of our own by the time they can.
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