Thread: 1972 Paramount tandem update
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Old 01-02-20, 08:51 AM
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1930s tandems
Originally Posted by Javier Soto
So beautiful
There are quite a few vintage (1930s) tandems on eBay for under 500 USD s. They only have standard drum brakes front and rear and are thus dangerous but cheap. However many folks BITD added Resilion cantilever brakes so no problems stopping. Some actually have both going cheap ,as today most folks know nothing about maintaining Resilion brakes.
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