# Seven-person bicycle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-person-bicycle/635161>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 19, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-person-bicycle/635161 "2012-09-19T13:03:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-person-bicycle/635161/1 "2012-09-19T13:03:07Z")

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> **[Seven-Person Bike Used as Schoolbus and to Fight Obesity (VIDEO)](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sevenperson-bike-used-as_b_1021313)**
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> \<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kirsten-dirksen/sevenperson-bike-used-as-\_b\_1021313.html" target="\_hplink"\>\<img alt="2011-10-20-Screenshot20111020at2.14.54PM.jpg"...

My sister rode on a “conference bicycle” or CoBi with her husband in Berlin recently, and said it was a lot of fun. Looks cool to me.

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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-person-bicycle/635161/2 "2012-09-19T13:22:24Z")

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For some reason I like this multi-rider bicycle: [http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&as\_st=y&biw=1024&bih=619&tbm=isch&tbnid=qdcMWEaoICvCDM:&imgrefurl=http://www.extreme-activities.com/Pages/BicycleBar.html&docid=HwmjD8awPQdGsM&imgurl=http://www.extreme-activities.com/images/bicycle\_Bar1.jpg&w=410&h=307&ei=C8ZZUIXqCdD04QS0mIFg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=93&vpy=175&dur=3251&hovh=194&hovw=260&tx=146&ty=103&sig=107821222095641573253&page=1&tbnh=130&tbnw=166&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0,i:92](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&as_st=y&biw=1024&bih=619&tbm=isch&tbnid=qdcMWEaoICvCDM:&imgrefurl=http://www.extreme-activities.com/Pages/BicycleBar.html&docid=HwmjD8awPQdGsM&imgurl=http://www.extreme-activities.com/images/bicycle_Bar1.jpg&w=410&h=307&ei=C8ZZUIXqCdD04QS0mIFg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=93&vpy=175&dur=3251&hovh=194&hovw=260&tx=146&ty=103&sig=107821222095641573253&page=1&tbnh=130&tbnw=166&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0,i:92)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-person-bicycle/635161/3 "2012-09-19T14:31:22Z")

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> [@Floater](#):
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> For some reason I like this multi-rider bicycle: [http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&as\_st=y&biw=1024&bih=619&tbm=isch&tbnid=qdcMWEaoICvCDM:&imgrefurl=http://www.extreme-activities.com/Pages/BicycleBar.html&docid=HwmjD8awPQdGsM&imgurl=http://www.extreme-activities.com/images/bicycle\_Bar1.jpg&w=410&h=307&ei=C8ZZUIXqCdD04QS0mIFg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=93&vpy=175&dur=3251&hovh=194&hovw=260&tx=146&ty=103&sig=107821222095641573253&page=1&tbnh=130&tbnw=166&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0,i:92](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&as_st=y&biw=1024&bih=619&tbm=isch&tbnid=qdcMWEaoICvCDM:&imgrefurl=http://www.extreme-activities.com/Pages/BicycleBar.html&docid=HwmjD8awPQdGsM&imgurl=http://www.extreme-activities.com/images/bicycle_Bar1.jpg&w=410&h=307&ei=C8ZZUIXqCdD04QS0mIFg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=93&vpy=175&dur=3251&hovh=194&hovw=260&tx=146&ty=103&sig=107821222095641573253&page=1&tbnh=130&tbnw=166&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0,i:92)

Hmm. Do they all pedal, or just the folks in back?

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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-person-bicycle/635161/4 "2012-09-19T14:34:09Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Hmm. Do they all pedal, or just the folks in back?

I think they all pedal.

> **[Redirect Notice](https://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&as_st=y&biw=1024&bih=619&tbm=isch&tbnid=48tixj5_6_5VjM:&imgrefurl=http:%2F%2Fbikehugger.com%2F2007%2F02%2F&docid=JD5MCP07fSvpJM&imgurl=http:%2F%2Fbikehugger.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fbike_bar.jpg&w=400&h=296&ei=8NdZUJXIOqr54QSY74Ag&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=330&vpy=156&dur=751&hovh=186&hovw=255&tx=125&ty=119&sig=107821222095641573253&page=1&tbnh=131&tbnw=201&start=0&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:79)**

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-person-bicycle/635161/5 "2012-09-19T14:39:54Z")

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I love the name, “conference” bike.

The artice says _“It steers like a car with Volkswagen steering…”_.

Huh? Do Volkswagons differ significantly in their steering? I did not know that.

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**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-person-bicycle/635161/6 "2012-09-19T14:53:39Z")

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I think I’m more impressed with [this](http://now.msn.com/emily-finch-pedals-six-kids-in-bakfiets-cargo-bike)seven-person bicycle.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-person-bicycle/635161/7 "2012-09-19T15:12:36Z")

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> [@lieu](#):
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> I love the name, “conference” bike.
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> The artice says _“It steers like a car with Volkswagen steering…”_.
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> Huh? Do Volkswagons differ significantly in their steering? I did not know that.

In my rather limited experience, yes they do. Every one I’ve driven needed significantly more muscle to turn the wheel. But I’ve probably only driven one a half dozen times or so over the years.