A Fascinating Cycle in Coventry Museum of Transport.

[User42423]

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This appears to be a circa 1895 Rudge-Whitworth Companion Sociable. It required two people of equal weight ratio to ride it.

This example belongs to a cycling friend of mine, who lives in Southampton. It is believed there are only five surviving.

 

[pubrunner]

I have a set of cigarette cards (Players 1939) with one of those

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Looks like Dell & Patrick . . .

 

[Illaveago]

This appears to be a circa 1895 Rudge-Whitworth Companion Sociable. It required two people of equal weight ratio to ride it. View attachment 101907
This example belongs to a cycling friend of mine, who lives in Southampton. It is believed there are only five surviving.

Has anyone ridden one of these cycles? I was wondering what it was like.

 

[steveindenmark]

I wonder what it's like riding it with your missus?

A disaster I would think :0)

 

[mickle]

We have two sociable bicycles, made by the now defunct Buddy Bike. I hate them, mostly because I used to be responsible for loading the bastarding things on and out of vans and trying to catch people failing to get the hang of riding it. They can be ridden by people of wildly different weights and even solo if you don't mind riding on the p!sh.

Horrors:

 

[ChrisEyles]

@steveindenmark it would certainly be interesting if you didn't agree which way to go at the next junction