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THE TRICYCLE ERA
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and the later models had equal sized wheels and pneumatic tyres. The Beeston Humber tandem tricycle was exactly the same as the solo machine already described; it had a saddle for the front rider on the swivelling portion of the frame that carried the combined
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A TANDEM TRICYCLE CALLED "THE OLYMPIA"
driving and steering wheels. Owing to the way the weight of the two riders was distributed, one in front of and the other behind the axle, the machine was well balanced and much faster than any other machine of the tricycle tandem type—until the introduction of the tandems made on the lines of the modern tandem safety, only with a pair of double driving rear wheels in place of a single wheel.
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