How about a copy of the Suntour Cyclone or Simplex LJ rear derailleur to go with the Silver shifters?
A 32 mm wide touring tubular for touring or brevet riding and a rim to hold them? Maybe a 650B tubular rim and tire? A Taiwanese version of the Rodeo Maybe 1/2 a lb heavier with DT shifter bosses On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 6:47 AM, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net>wrote: > > on 9/9/09 3:34 PM, Steve Palincsar at palin...@his.com wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 14:49 -0700, daddy longlegs wrote: > >> Yeah! A Tandem! Strangely, my wife and I were talking about that > >> yesterday. > >> > >> On Sep 9, 10:10 am, Rocky B <luggedsteel.fatti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> +1 for a Riv Tandem > > > > Why? What does Riv bring to the table with respect to tandems? > > Historically, Grant seems to have an active interest in them, and has > written tantalyzingly about them periodically in various Readers. I'm not > terribly interested in one, but the allure of a Grant-designed model would > catch my interest. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/gzahnd/515613230/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclofiend/507738982 > > As with most of the bicycle models that Rivendell produces, I think the > first question is what issues aren't being addressed by the other tandem > makers that Riv could provide a solution for - a topic probably best left > to > a separate (and kinda-sorta definitely on the edge of OT...) thread. > > - J > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > Get your photos posted: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines > > "Then I sat up, wiped the water out of my eyes, and looked at my bike, and > just like that I knew it was dead" > > -- Robert McCammon, "Boy's Life" > > > > > -- Fai Mao The Blogger who sometimes responds to comments --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
