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I've always thought that riding a tandem bike would be a little underwhelming. You'd venture out on your two-seater, hoping for exercise, sight-seeing -- a romantic outing for you and your main squeeze -- but you'd barely be able to hear each other over the wind noise and spend most of the time staring at the road ahead/your partner's back. Not exactly a joy ride.

But never fear, lovers, it's Chen Yugang to the rescue! The Taiwanese inventor has put an interesting spin on the traditional tandem by allowing one of the riders to pedal in reverse. This way you can a) stare lovingly into each other's eyes will cruising down the road (though that sounds a little dangerous, but whatever) or b) face away from one another so you both get an unobstructed view of the scenery, and don't feel compelled to attempt idle chit-chat.

Sweet.

A less romantic option for pedal-power

[via Trend Hunter]