A couple chooses to wear face masks as they ride a tandem bike along the beach during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Huntington Beach, California, U.S., July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

People ride a tandem bike with face masks on, along the Coney Island boardwalk in the Brooklyn borough of New York, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, U.S., May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

Cyclists push their vintage tandem bicycle on gravel roads during the Strade Bianche section of the "Eroica" cycling race for old bikes in Gaiole in Chianti, Italy October 2, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini 

Parti Quebecois leader Pierre Karl Peladeau rides a tandem bike with his son Thomas as he arrives at his wedding at the Musee de l'Amerique Francophone in Quebec City, August 15, 2015. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger 

Parti Quebecois leader Pierre Karl Peladeau rides a tandem bike with his son Thomas as he arrives to his wedding at the Musee de l'Amerique Francophone in Quebec City, August 15, 2015. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger 

Parti Quebecois leader Pierre Karl Peladeau rides a tandem bike with his son Thomas as he arrives to his wedding at the Musee de l'Amerique Francophone in Quebec City, August 15, 2015. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger 

A couple wearing masks to prevent contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) rides a tandem bicycle at the Han river park in Seoul, South Korea, June 22, 2015. South Korea's health ministry reported on Monday two more deaths in the country's Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak, bringing the number of fatalities to 27. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji 

Cyclists rides an old-style tandem bicycle on gravel roads during the Strade Bianche section of the " Eroica" cycling race for old bikes in Tuscany, October 5, 2014. More than 5000 riders took part at the "Eroica" non professional event for classic bikes, starting and finishing in Gaiole in Chianti, near Siena. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (ITALY - Tags: SPORT CYCLING) 

People ride in tandem along the beach in San Diego, California June 29, 2011. The city of San Diego is considering selling advertising on prime beach-front public signs, trash bins and lifeguard towers to raise money to help with its budget issues.
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A passerby (L) unlocks his bike near a poster depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in sporting outfits in central Moscow May 30, 2011. Posters of the ruling Russian tandem advertising sporting goods appeared around Moscow on Monday in what seems to be a stunt by an unknown artist. REUTERS/William Webster (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT POLITICS) 

Didi Senft, a 56-year-old cycling fan better known as 'El Diablo', poses with a chess bike for the media at the 'Bundeskunsthalle' in Bonn, October 21, 2008. The World Chess Championship between World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand from India and Vladimir Kramnik from Russia takes place in Bonn from October 14 to November 2, 2008. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

Tandem bike riders cycle near the lake of Lona during the 18th Grand Raid mountain bike race August 18, 2007. Thomas Dietsch of France won the race in the time of 6hours 17 minutes 16 seconds. Almost 3,000 riders took part in this race in the 3 different distances, 121, 68 and 41 km, between the villages of Verbier and Grimentz in the Swiss Alps. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse (SWITZERLAND) 

Identical twin sisters ride a tandem bicycle during a street parade at the 32nd annual Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, August 4, 2007. The self-proclaimed "largest annual gathering of twins in the world" attracts hundreds of identical and non-identical twins who participate in look-alike contests, talent competitions and other entertainment. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES) 

A mother rides a bicycle with her son near the seaside in Portimao, southern Portugal March 4, 2007. REUTERS/Nacho Doce (PORTUGAL) Also see image: GF2DWMCKPBAB 

Basque teacher Eneko Etxebarrieta (R) and his wife Miyuki Okabe, a telecommunications engineer, ride their tandem bike after a press conference in Madrid February 21, 2005. The couple will try to become the first tandem bike riders to ride 120.000 kilometres around the world. The adventure is expected to last ten years and will take them to 80 different countries. The two adventurers have been named special United Nations representatives and will do educational and cultural field work on their journey around the world, gathering data and posting it on a website. 

Basque teacher Eneko Etxebarrieta (R) and his wife Miyuki Okabe, a telecommunications engineer, get ready to ride their tandem bike after a press conference in Madrid February 21, 2005. The couple will try to become the first tandem bike riders to ride 120.000 kilometres around the world. The adventure is expected to last ten years and will take them to 80 different countries. The two adventurers have been named special United Nations representatives and will do educational and cultural field work on their journey around the world, gathering data and posting it on a website. 

Basque teacher Eneko Etxebarrieta (R) and his wife Miyuki Okabe, a telecommunications engineer, talk to reporters during a press conference in Madrid February 21, 2005. The couple will try to become the first tandem bike riders to ride 120.000 kilometres around the world. The adventure is expected to last ten years and will take them to 80 different countries. The two adventurers have been named special United Nations representatives and will do educational and cultural field work on their journey around the world, gathering data and posting it on a website. REUTERS/Susana Vera SV/GB 

Basque teacher Eneko Etxebarrieta (R) and his wife Miyuki Okabe, a telecommunications engineer, ride their tandem bike after a press conference in Madrid February 21, 2005. The couple will try to become the first tandem bike riders to ride 120.000 kilometres around the world. The adventure is expected to last ten years and will take them to 80 different countries. The two adventurers have been named special United Nations representatives and will do educational and cultural field work on their journey around the world, gathering data and posting it on a website. REUTERS/Susana Vera SV/GB 

Basque teacher Eneko Etxebarrieta (R) and his wife Miyuki Okabe, a telecommunications engineer, get ready to ride their tandem bike after a press conference in Madrid February 21, 2005. The couple will try to become the first tandem bike riders to ride 120.000 kilometres around the world. The adventure is expected to last ten years and will take them to 80 different countries. The two adventurers have been named special United Nations representatives and will do educational and cultural field work on their journey around the world, gathering data and posting it on a website. REUTERS/Susana Vera SV/GB 

Basque teacher Eneko Etxebarrieta (R) and his wife Miyuki Okabe, a telecommunications engineer, get ready to ride their tandem bike after a press conference in Madrid February 21, 2005. The couple will try to become the first tandem bike riders to ride 120.000 kilometres around the world. The adventure is expected to last ten years and will take them to 80 different countries. The two adventurers have been named special United Nations representatives and will do educational and cultural field work on their journey around the world, gathering data and posting it on a website. REUTERS/Susana Vera SV/GB 

Basque teacher Eneko Etxebarrieta (R) and his wife Miyuki Okabe, a telecommunications engineer, get ready to ride their tandem bike after a press conference in Madrid February 21, 2005. The couple will try to become the first tandem bike riders to ride 120,000 kilometres around the world. The adventure is expected to last ten years and will take them to 80 different countries. The two adventurers have been named special United Nations representatives and will do educational and cultural field work on their journey around the world, gathering data and posting it on a website. REUTERS/Susana Vera SV/GB 

British Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry walks up first avenue while his son Paul rides a tandem bicycle in New York July 1, 2004. Paul Parry is participating in a charity 6,000 mile bike ride from what is called Point A to Point B. The beginning of the journey started in a town called A at the southern tip of the Lofoten Islands off the west coast of Northern Norway just inside the Arctic Circle. Point B is 6, 000 miles later in Bee, Nebraska in the United States. Proceeds from sponsors of his trip will go to the Red Cross and Victim Support. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton SS 

Paul Parry, son of British Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry, poses with his bike outside the United Nations building in New York July 1, 2004. Parry is riding a tandem bicycle an estimated 6,000 miles from point A to point B raising money from sponsors for the charities Victim Support and the Red Cross. Point A is to be the starting point at a town called A at the Southern tip of the Lofoten Islands, off the West coast of Northern Norway just inside the Arctic circle. Point B will serve as the end of the 6,000 mile journey in Bee, Nebraska in the heartland of the United States. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton SS 

CANCER SUFFERER TOMLINSON ARRIVES BACK IN LEEDS WITH BROTHER LUKE AFTER COMPLETING THEIR 2000 MILE CYCLE RIDE FROM ROME. British cancer sufferer Jane Tomlinson (R) waves as she arrives home with her brother Luke Goward after completing their 2,000-mile cycle ride from Rome on a tandem in Leeds, northern England June 7, 2004. The pair set off from the Italian capital on 3 May, and have travelled through Siena, Florence, Monte Carlo, Paris and London during their 36-day Rome to Home charity ride. REUTERS/Matthew Roberts 

French pilgrims from Paris ride on a tandem bicycle on a road leading to Rome August 14, 2000. The XV World Youth Day celebrations start in Rome August 15 with a special ceremony presided by Pope John Paul II. More than a million young people are expected during the event whic runs till August 20 culminating with an outdoor mass given by the Pope.

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Perth-based Australian student Ross Connell (R), 17, leads his blind brother Erik, 18, on a tandem bike in Hinkong, 60 kilometres north of Bangkok February 13 on their way to the capital. A team of 46 blind and visually-impaired cyclists neared the end of their 600 km trip from the Laos border to campaign for disabled rights. Fourty-three blind Thais and three blind Australians ranging in age from 12 to 57 years were accompanied by 29 sighted guides, who travelled on tandems with the most disabled riders.

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