Originally Posted by
ehcoplex
That's interesting- any idea why that is?
I don't currently own that FD, but another member is selling one and I'm very tempted (not least because the package includes a V-GT RD and some bar-ends). I really like DT shifters on my single(s), but I'm discovering that I don't like them so much on the tandem and I think I'd feel better with bar-ends.
As to whether it will work might be a trial and error thing.
Other than cruising around in the store, oh yeah it was crazy, I have l experience no with tandems, but I suspect what he means is, it could upset the rhythm of the stoker if it’s done quickly and I suspect it is simply much easier to drip the chain off.
I briefly worked in a shop that had been a Staples so it was bigger than most shop and we had this goofy little test track. So of course when the store was empty and we were bored we did a lot of test riding, and rode through the store too. It was trip piloting the long Jamis tandem through that place.