Originally Posted by
bentaxle
Our combined rider weight was pretty modest, so I suspect that we have a 1" steerer: I don't recall being given a choice and for us light riders, it probably was fine to use a 1" steerer.
Yes I can tell by eyecrometer that your steerer is 1". Quite likely by the time you ordered yours, the 28 mm option was seen as even more obsolete (funny since nowadays, 1" is obsolete...) So even if they still had some of the OS steerers and crowns bored to match, they might not mention that option to anyone but the heaviest riders. Just guessing. But yes, your 1" streerer is probably fine, R+E knew to use "extra-butted" tandem gauge steerers.
I'm not positive that I read the Bicycling article that you mention, but it is pretty likely, and our order could well have been part of the groundswell of orders. But it must have been after the tail a bit, because we certainly didn't need to wait 3 years. More like 6 months, if I remember correctly.
Probably orders slowed down a bit after I wasn't making the frames anymore.
Coincidence? Um well yes in this case, really just a coincidence.
Mark B