First-Of-Its-Kind Back-To-Back Bike

First-Of-Its-Kind Back-To -Back Bike FARM HOME Novelty Items 18-3-20 After Tony Woodroffe hurt his back several years ago, the biking enthusiast knew that if he was ever going to keep up his love of biking he was going to have to come up with a new design. Fortunately, the New Zeal-and native is a design engineer so he had the skills to come up with what he needed. His new back-to-back 4-wheeled Quadcycle has two independent sets of 21-speed indexed drives to the 26-in. rear wheels. The front rider drives the right wheel and the rear rider drives the left wheel through a gear that reverses rotation onto the axle. The 20-in. front wheels are equipped with motorcycle hub brakes and are steered by underseat handlebars. Between the seats are racks and slings for carrying luggage. Wheels, seats and crank extensions can all be easily removed for transport or shipping. "It's safer, more comfortable, stronger, and much easier to operate than a conventional bike," says Woodroofe about his 4-wheel design. Woodroofe has been on something of a campaign to eliminate conventional bikes, which were first designed 108 years ago, and switch to a recumbent bike, which he says makes much more sense. The Quadcycle sells for about $2,850 (U.S.). He also has other bicycle designs and will send information to anyone who sends $2 cash to cover mailing. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tony Woodroofe, Ardmore PDC, Pvt Bag 14, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand (ph 09 2980228).

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