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- McKay's Special Tandem Bicycle, circa 1900 - This quadruplet or four-seat tandem, from about 1900, would have been used in paced races. In these events, a team of pacers on a tandem pedaled around a track followed closely by a racer on a bicycle. Nestled in this wind resistant pocket behind the tandem -- the slipstream -- the racer could move at great speeds.
- circa 1900
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McKay's Special Tandem Bicycle, circa 1900
This quadruplet or four-seat tandem, from about 1900, would have been used in paced races. In these events, a team of pacers on a tandem pedaled around a track followed closely by a racer on a bicycle. Nestled in this wind resistant pocket behind the tandem -- the slipstream -- the racer could move at great speeds.