tandem bicycle

noun

: a bicycle for usually two people sitting one behind the other

Examples of tandem bicycle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The difference is that there’s just so much uncertainty on a standup stage, and the audience is your companion—you’re on a tandem bicycle. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024 And what about a medium shot of Loki and Mobius on the tandem bicycle? Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2023 In one of the last photos taken of Bourdain, the two were seen in the countryside on a tandem bicycle. Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023 Pick from single-speed bikes, cruisers, sport hybrids, eight-speed road bikes, classic banana seat cruisers (small enough to work for some kids), kids’ bikes, tandem bicycles (that’s a two-person bike) or even an adult tricycle. Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023 How a tandem bicycle is built? Wyna Liu, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2022 Two people who have a better knowledge than most of global cycling culture are British couple Laura Massey-Pugh and Stevie Massey, who last year became the fastest cyclists to circumnavigate the world on a tandem bicycle. Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 25 Feb. 2023 Due to their significant difference in height and build, swapping positions on the tandem bicycle was not an option. Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, 16 Dec. 2022 But there’s one place where the Riggott family can escape the limitations in their lives: the tandem bicycle. San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1890, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tandem bicycle was circa 1890

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“Tandem bicycle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tandem%20bicycle. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

tandem bicycle

noun
: a bicycle for two or more persons sitting tandem
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