Our new full carbon tandem!
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Our new full carbon tandem!
Except for a few (very few) stainless steel fittings the whole thing is carbon or kevlar. Sweet!
I've owned tandem bicycles since the early 70's; Cuevas, Trek, Cannondale, lots and lots of Santanas. Our current fave is an S&S Coupled Santana Beyond-a mix of carbon and titanium.
Somehow or another as our retirement approached Miss M and I discovered that we wanted to spend a whole lot more time tandeming together. Then once we did retire (early this summer) we started out on an ok but only ok inexpensive new tandem.
After tandeming together 5 or 6 times a week we decided to upgrade. So I contacted a custom builder and discussed our abilities, fitness and intentions. He whipped a little something together. We picked it up last week.
After some final custom fittings and words of advice we were off on our new ride!
Good thing we brought the roof rack.......
I've owned tandem bicycles since the early 70's; Cuevas, Trek, Cannondale, lots and lots of Santanas. Our current fave is an S&S Coupled Santana Beyond-a mix of carbon and titanium.
Somehow or another as our retirement approached Miss M and I discovered that we wanted to spend a whole lot more time tandeming together. Then once we did retire (early this summer) we started out on an ok but only ok inexpensive new tandem.
After tandeming together 5 or 6 times a week we decided to upgrade. So I contacted a custom builder and discussed our abilities, fitness and intentions. He whipped a little something together. We picked it up last week.
After some final custom fittings and words of advice we were off on our new ride!
Good thing we brought the roof rack.......
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You should have waited on posting the pictures until someone here asked for them. I, and I think mostly everyone here, looked at the pictures first and then read your post. It kind of ruins it. If you'd edit your post I'd erase mine....
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Your friends that yak likely don't ride tandem bicycles either.
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Ok I'll ask what's something like that run? $
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What if it is? If you don't want to read it don't. Those of us that have been here for a few years and have tandems have other interests as well that we like to share with each other.
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Kayaking and cycling naturally go together. You should go to the utility cycling forum, and get some ideas for building a bike-trailer which will haul your yak.
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Nice tandem yak!!!
One of our sons has a single c/f yak and loves it.
Cuevas tandem? Have seen only one of those back in late 70s/early 80s.
Paddle (or Pedal) on TWOgether!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem
One of our sons has a single c/f yak and loves it.
Cuevas tandem? Have seen only one of those back in late 70s/early 80s.
Paddle (or Pedal) on TWOgether!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem
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Is there a seatpost in there somewhere? I can't see it.
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The ultimate Weight-Weenie bike! "I could drop nearly 15 pounds from my bike if I got rid of these components. Now lets replace the frame with a huge carbon fairing. Light and aero!"
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HEY! He's not paddling!
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BICYCLE - [[I]bahy-si-kuhl] - Noun :> A medical device used to correct the common geriatric condition of OFS, (Old, Fat & Slow), in a manner that does not induce brain-decaying boredom like walking or running.
2005 Trek T2000 tandem, Giant TCR, Eddie Merckx Majestic Ti, Fuji Team, Giant Revel 29er, Windsor Clockwork (Orange) fixie, and a BikTrix Juggernaut Ultra 1000 fat tire eBike
BICYCLE - [[I]bahy-si-kuhl] - Noun :> A medical device used to correct the common geriatric condition of OFS, (Old, Fat & Slow), in a manner that does not induce brain-decaying boredom like walking or running.
2005 Trek T2000 tandem, Giant TCR, Eddie Merckx Majestic Ti, Fuji Team, Giant Revel 29er, Windsor Clockwork (Orange) fixie, and a BikTrix Juggernaut Ultra 1000 fat tire eBike