Thanks for that feedback Ed. All quite useful. On Friday, February 22, 2013 11:29:50 PM UTC+7, dailyrandonneur wrote: > > Owen -- > > We've been very happy with two discs for the riding we do in the east, > which are mostly steep & relatively short downhills. In the west I could > see using a drum on long multi-mile descents, especially when loaded. In > Colorado I had to scrub speed periodically which works fine, but with a > drum one could engage it and just ride. > > That said I rode tandem with cantis in the past and would not go back, > given the power of discs in wet conditions. Our previous Speedster was set > up to take discs, drum and cantis, but we never installed anything but > disks. > > The handling of our Java is only slightly slower than our Speedster. Still > more responsive than our Cannondale MTB tandem. > > Dwan told me they worked to make the Java handle similar to the Speedster > when using comparable size tires. They design with low bottom brackets > which helps. We have not used tires bigger than 700x 32 yet so can't say > how bigger tires might affect handling. I asked for it to be a little more > stable on slow uphills than our Speedster and Dwan achieved that. > > Wheels -- we haven't had an issue with 700c wheels in S&S cases, with > tires deflated. > > Ed > > > > > > On Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:54:19 PM UTC-5, Salween wrote: >> >> Did decide on a custom, coupled Java frame. Couple of questions for Ed. >> 1) I saw in your Speedster farewell >> pos<http://thedailyrandonneur.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/we-bid-farewell-to-our-tandem-companion-the-co-motion-speedster/>t >> >> that you decided to forgo canti brake studs on the Java. So you guys have >> been pretty happy with just the two discs, even for touring? Considering >> the same for the first time, but the Arai sure has been a trusted friend >> when needed. >> 2) How do you find the handling given that the Java's front geometry is >> quite a bit different from Co-Motion's other tandems--and as Jay noted >> possibly akin to 32mm tires on a Santana? >> >> Thanks, Owen >> >>
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