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Forum: Tandem Cycling
11-18-21, 09:49 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,608
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

My friends' tandem which went off into the...

My friends' tandem which went off into the blackberries got exactly that addition after their scare. Only problem is that stoker has a tendency to use it without telling the captain, not good.
Forum: Tandem Cycling
11-17-21, 10:57 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,608
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

IMO steel beads are worse because of what you say...

IMO steel beads are worse because of what you say and because the steel holds the heat in the bead and could thus soften it.
Forum: Tandem Cycling
11-17-21, 10:52 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,608
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

Experience rules here - Arai drums simply don't...

Experience rules here - Arai drums simply don't fail, discs do. There's the famous tandem group descent of Mt. Ventoux where the only bikes to make it down undamaged had rim brakes or rims plus drum....
Forum: Tandem Cycling
11-17-21, 10:01 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,608
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

It's all about entropy and the heat death of the...

It's all about entropy and the heat death of the universe. All energy decays into heat, one way or the other. At the top of a descent you have hard-earned potential energy. As you descend that energy...
Forum: Tandem Cycling
11-16-21, 01:42 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,608
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

The only issue here is your 25 mph limit, an...

The only issue here is your 25 mph limit, an unsustainable practice without an Arai drum. The only way to descend on a tandem, reliably, is to let the bike run and brake hard before corners. If there...
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