Montius

Im trying to find someone that can ship tandems to Norway, but it proves to be more than just a bit difficult.
Do you guys have any good tips?

Regards

OP

waynesulak

Santana seems to be committed to Europe in general. Link below is to the Santana Europe web page. They are usually rely on dealer contact rather than web contact so I suggest looking at the dealer listing on that site.

https://www.santana-tandem.com/en/home/index.htm

xlbs

Try bikeflights; they will ship to Europe at a discounted rate. Great service.

filament

If you order a custom carbon tandem from me I'll happily send it to Norway. I'm in the UK. Craddock Custom Carbon Fibre Bike Frames

waynesulak

I visited your web site and the bikes look impressive. Do you build your own forks or have them built for you?

Thanks,

Wayne

filament

I use stock forks from several brands including ENVE and Dedacciai. It's not cost effective to develop my own fork as I need a few types. I've posted some info on this forum about an aero tandem that I'm making: https://www.bikeforums.net/tandem-cyc...on-tandem.html
Cheers

Montius

Nice looking frames, but i dont think they are within my meager budget

Montius

Thx for the tip

WPH

Hello Norway

Try these:
-- Thorn/St John St Cycles (UK)
-- Dolan (UK)
-- Duratec (Czech)
-- Koga (Holland)
-- Lapierre (France)
-- Bike Friday (USA).

I know for a fact that Thorn will ship, Mike in Melbourne had a tandem sent over from Bridgwater a year or two back.

The Duratec is well-regarded and not horribly expensive. You could fly to Prague and back for 300 euros and stay for a week of touring/sightseeing etc!


Cheers


WPH

ps, The Young Bloke loves King Oscar sardines. Are they also popular in Norway? Always wondered...

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ksisler

Montius; Tandems and meager budgets are basically at odds with each other. To sneak in at a budget friendly figure, I would recommend looking for a nice used Santana or Burley on ebay. Most sellers on ebay have no clue how to ship a tandem to the next state let alone across the pond so you will most likely need to research that and handle the shipping arrangements yourself. I have snagged a good number of Santana's well under $1,000, even Sovereign's in decent shape (just apply patience and don't get emotionally involved). For a wag, I would suggest budgeting around $300 to $400 for the transport. And unless the bike is local to you, you may need to pay a shop local to the seller to pack it up for you. On the side; I remember that Santana folks host rides in Europe and apparently they load up the paying guests tandems and get them to Europe somehow. Might be worth asking if you could help fill an empty spot on their transport...

Hope that helps some
/K

qspencer

Last year and bought the XPeria 5200 frame from CR2V in France. They shipped the frame to the USA for 100 EUR. They offer a few different tandem frames and complete bikes.

ksisler

$578 delivered to USA for a frame and fork is not a bad price at all. Would have been more immediately impressed if the seller would disclose where the frame was built and what type of aluminum was used. And for a road bike, the 135mm OLN would be acceptable, although 145mm might be better, depending on the OP's total team weight plus any cargo hauling planned. Ok to look askance at my thoughts on OLN, etc., as I run 145mm 48-spoke wheels on my single touring bike..admittedly I am a bit conservative on frame and wheel issues as I don't like to push or have to carry a broken bike home after a component failure.

Anyway, your source might be a good lead for the original poster wanting to get a bike to Norway.

Hope that helps at bit
/K