: a bicycle for usually two people sitting one behind the other
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The concept of a tandem bicycle for two riders goes back almost as far in history as the bicycle itself.—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025 Ben and Jaime are forced to steal a dorky, cherry red tandem bicycle, not a fancy automobile.—Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024 How about pedaling a tandem bicycle on a sloped velodrome for an Olympic gold medal?—Kade Krichko, Outside Online, 2 Aug. 2024 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
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