Two that caught my eye were these:
A Bianchi tandem from 1948, the model used by Renato Perona and Nando Terruzzi at the 1948 London Olympics where they won a gold medal.
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A French 1895 Metropole that featured a shaft transmission.
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It would be interesting to learn more about these private collections.
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