Recent research has made me think again:
Think yourself lucky you are not taking Mrs r2 out on one of these. The possibilities for matrimonial discord seem numerous. Having the male of the species doing all the pedalling may seem chivalrous when a young man's fancy lightly turns to two-up cycling, but when the theme tune is ♫♪ We've been together now for forty years ♫♪ it's a different matter. I suppose this sort of thing is why in those far off days, they had to have a lot more honouring and obeying, if only to keep the accident stats down.
I notice that in the top pic, the bell is on the lady's side. 'You have a tinkle dear and I'll have a pedal' (Or something like that.
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And if you think this is all stuck in the past have a look at this
This is a present day American model with position for dominant male* (
) on right. Strange pedal arrangement needed to achieve this. The owner seems to have decided security is unnecessary as nobody would nick it.
Note to Tandemist you might do better with one of these..................................
* Before anybody reports me to the mods, this is a gauche attempt to be funny
