I had one of those Gitane mixte tandems that I used in my early kid-crank tandem experiments. I wouldn't, under any circumstances, ride it with my wife or any other adult. To say that it had disconcerting flexiness with me and my then 4-yo daughter would be an understatement.
On Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:50:12 PM UTC-6, Peter M wrote: > > Mixte Tandem! > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gitane-tandem-vintage-lightweight-road-bike-26-034-10-speed-touring-tour-de-france-/281265983671?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276 > > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Jonathan Poor <jpoor...@aol.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> http://www.bikefriday.com/bicycles/tandem/322 >> >> I have a Bike Friday "Family Tandem." It is a twenty inch wheel bike, and >> the small wheels lets you have a lot of flexibility -- It works as well >> with two adults as it does with very little kids in back -- and without the >> clamp on kid tandem crank**. I rode it to school with my 4 year old >> daughter as the stoker -- (now 13!) and I've also been the stoker myself, >> with my brother up front. It is technically a folding bike, but I've rarely >> taken it apart. It goes nicely up on a Yakima rack on my Volvo 240 wagon. >> >> ** for really little stokers, I have "crank shorteners" which thread in >> where the pedal usually goes, and gives you three shorter options for the >> pedals. >> >> Another cool thing is the use of a Sachs 3x7 rear hub, which makes a >> front derailleur unnecessary, and lets you run the timing chain on the >> right side, connecting the stoker's small ring to a right side crank in >> front. -- no need for tandem specific cranks. Also very nice to be able to >> downshift the internal gear 3spd hub when stopped. >> >> I currently use it mostly to haul groceries with a burley trailer. >> >> Bike Friday even makes a Family Tandem Triple! >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- 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.
