Odd Tandem spotted in Bruges

[GlasgowDave]

Perkygirl and  I spotted this unusual tandem. 3 seats, steers from the rear, and looks as if it'd fit in nicely in the fugly bikes thread too.

Dave



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[Pingu]

We saw something similar in Ghent & also posted about it (maybe in a previous place):




Someone did ID it, but I'm jiggered if I can remember what it was   Someone knowledgeable will along soon, nae doot.

[GlasgowDave]

Someone did ID it, but I'm jiggered if I can remember what it was   Someone knowledgeable will along soon, nae doot.[/color]

Just IDed it myself. It's an Onderwater Family tandem

http://www.workcycles.com/home-products/child-transport-bicycles/onderwater-family-tandem

Manufacturers site here (in Dutch)
http://www.familietandem.nl/

Dave

[Oscar's dad]

Bloody brilliant.  I'd vote for any party that promised to set up a scheme to subsidise the purchase of such machines, and others like it.  Get them in regular use and decrease traffic, make families healthier, happier and richer.  The cost of the scheme could be offset against the savings the NHS will make from not having to deal with so many health problems.

[GlasgowDave]

I agree, and the age ranges you'd be able to get on it would make the cost of purchase comparatively small over its lifetime.

Dave

[Cudzoziemiec]

It's fugly, but its fpracticality makes it a fwonderful idea.

[valkyrie]

Has PerkyGirl got you to modify your tandem yet so that it steers from the rear too?

[GlasgowDave]

Has PerkyGirl got you to modify your tandem yet so that it steers from the rear too?

  Over my dead and bleeding corpse!

Dave

[fruitcake]

It's fugly, but its fpracticality makes it a fwonderful idea.

It's fugly without people on it.  But then it becomes fbeautiful  

[Cudzoziemiec]

Agreed. But then that's true of any bike; however ugly it may appear to be at rest, get it going with a rider (or several) on it, and it's a beautiful machine. The human element beautifies.