My buddy last year sold his too large (for his new wife) Cannondale tandem, and bought a great smaller used steel Santana. They're both very happy with the bike and we ride together frequently, which keeps me chasing them very hard down hills. They trained last summer to ride Donner Pass in the fall, and we made some strenuous 2300' climbs in the summer Texas hill country.
On Thursday, January 30, 2014 1:17:51 PM UTC-6, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > I love tandems, and so does my Glorius-riding stoker! That said, I highly > doubt she would want to sit on the back of one for a century. There's no > such thing as "not pedalling" unless you have a Da Vinci type independent > system http://www.davincitandems.com/dv2.html > > Used Santanas are the most common, at least here in Southern California. > I've had two of them and they're great. Lower trail (there, I said it!) > than Co-Motion. Not as pretty as C-M though. Don't know anything about > Burley or other models. They all limit 700C tire size to about 30mm which > is lame on a tandem. 26" models usually have a full 2" tire capacity. > > I recently purchased a mid 90's Trek T200 and *highly *recommend those > along w/ their lower level T100. They both fit a full 700X40C tire, low-ish > trail, and fairly inexpensive. Steel of course. > > Unless your stoker is significantly shorter than you are, it will be hard > to get their handlebar much higher than saddle height. So you can put on > Albas, but getting real upright is limited. > > This entirely too awesome for words tandem auction just ended on ebay with > no bids: http://www.ebay.com/itm/231108852323 > > > On Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:39:50 AM UTC-8, Michael wrote: >> >> And could I put Albas on the back for my stoker wife? >> >> I am going to do the Six Pillars Century ride in Maryland this year, Lord >> willing. >> >> They have a 37 miler my wife might be interested in. >> >> I told her if we had a tandem she could go on the full century with me >> and just stop pedalling whenever she gets tired. At least I think you can >> do that on a tandem. >> >> Anyone here have any ideas about tandems? Is steel still real, or are >> lighter materials in order for a frame of that size? >> >> Wonder if RBW will ever go tandem, not that I could afford it. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
