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The Dutch are bicycle fanatics. Almost half of daily travel in the Netherlands is by bicycle, while the country’s bike fleet comfortably outnumbers its 16 million people. Devotees of the national obsession have taken the next logical step by launching what is likely the first bicycle school bus.

Built by Tolkamp Metaalspecials, and sold by the De Cafe Racer company, the bicycle school bus (BCO in Dutch) is powered entirely by children and the one adult driver (although there is an electric motor for tough hills). Its simple design has eight sets of pedals for the kids (ages 4 to 12), a driver seat for the adult, and three bench seats for freeloaders. The top speed is about 10 miles per hour, and features a sound system and canvas awning to ward off rainy days.

A few years ago someone mailed Thomas Tolkamp with the question if he could develop a bike especially for transporting kids. Some other companies were also interested, so he began to produce more bicycles and improved the bike. They've sold around 25 bikes in green, blue, pruple, grey, red and yellow, but all colors are available. They are still in use, exept for the first one, which was a prototype. 

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