Another Take On A Bicycle Built For Two

We normally advocate wearing a helmet when biking in case you get hit by a car. In this case the guy on the bottom of this double-decker bicycle should wear a helmet to avoid a boot to the head. When we started watching the video after the break we thought that [James] had just built a really really high bike. Not the case, he built an over-under tandem bicycle. What’s more outrageous? Check out that killer kick-stand twenty seconds into the clip.

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36 thoughts on “Another Take On A Bicycle Built For Two

  1. @PocketBrain

    Unless I’m mistaken, the rear wheel is still there because its axle is what transfers power from the top pedals to the bottom pedals. They couldn’t go directly from pedal to pedal since that would run into the bottom rider, so they routed power through the rear axles.

  2. The wheel could have been removed and just left the hub and cluster.As far as what happens when he has to stop suddenly…PAIN…and my final comment is leave it to the europeeons to do yet another thing that shouldn’t be done.Like the EU or the Euro among MANY others.Next thing you know (because he was mentioned in the credits) Barry will propose this as a new solution to mass transit and oil independence.

  3. @Hacksaw
    Clearly a novelty build over something that’s built for practicality. Don’t see why it shouldn’t be done when it doesn’t harm anyone. (… unless they try to ride it) Everyone gets their own kicks.

  4. I do see one thing that will be genuinely difficult…. Not “what happens if they need to stop suddenly,” but “what happens if they need to stop at all?” The bottom rider is going to have to be awfully strong to hold up that much weight at that kind of leverage…

  5. @ DeFex
    Right, so on a motorcycle you’re a biker, and on a bike you’re a cyclist. You must be American, with your ‘football’ being the sport that lets you use all bodyparts to handle the ball. :-)

  6. I don’t see the big deal about the helmet. If he falls over he’ll have bigger things to worry about than a few misplaced hairs. Some stupid plastic garbage can on the head isn’t going to help much anyway at that height.

  7. “Right, so on a motorcycle you’re a biker, and on a bike you’re a cyclist. You must be American, with your ‘football’ being the sport that lets you use all bodyparts to handle the ball. :-)”

    haha nebulous thank you i needed that laugh, and a new way to great tourist here in san diego

  8. O M G

    You are all insane. I love it!

    Good news, Angelos Epithemiou is not dead, he was in the new series of Shooting Stars last night (14th July 2010) on BBC 2.

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