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We'll be selling our tandem soon. It's a Santana small/small.
Don't know how much we'll be asking... I just know we'll be selling it since we're getting a custom.
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02-23-2007, 06:15 AM #1
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beginner's tandem?
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I know NOTHING about tandems.
Can anyone give me a couple brand names and models of good beginner-level tandems? (road tandems. I've seen pictures of mtb tandems and don't think that's what I'm after.)
Thank you!
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02-23-2007, 06:23 AM #2
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02-23-2007, 07:47 AM #3
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you can take our tandem for a test ride; that's a sure way to learn about them without spending $$
I think it would fit (you and Trek, right?) you perfectly; you are maybe 1" taller than Raleighdon, and Trek is a little shorter than me..
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02-23-2007, 11:49 AM #4
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I'm 5'8" and she's 5'1".
V, what is a "small/small"? I'll look up the bikes after work today.
Hey, Trek passed her electronics tech test today!"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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02-23-2007, 11:59 AM #5
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okay, you're 1/2" taller than Raleighdon. Great news on the Trek Test~!
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02-23-2007, 12:13 PM #6
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It's the sizing of each of the compartments. The compartments are both labeled as small, but the stoker's top tube is about 1.5 inches shorter than the captain's. I've ridden in both positions on it. I'm 5'5" (almost) and the stoker's compartment is a little small for me. It seemed fine until I started riding a single! The captain's is a bit of a reach, but not awful. I did Cinderella on it as captain.
If you guys want to try it out, you're more than welcome to next time you come down this way.
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02-23-2007, 05:14 PM #7
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Ours would also probably fit you guys for a test ride.
It's a 91 Burley Duet, and we got it at your favorite LBS for $350. So don't forget to check there and see if they have anything. We've put a little over 4000 miles on it in the two years we've had it."My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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02-23-2007, 05:23 PM #8
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Salsa - $350!!!!!!!?!?! Oh, MAN!!! I'll ask Andy and Paul and Spike and the rest of 'em to keep an eye out for me! Golly gee willakers!
V - I will be down in CA the weekend before the Cindy. I'm only there for the weekend, but we'll see how things shake down. Sounds like a small/small would be just about right for us. Please PM me when you are ready to sell your tandem, just in case.
V and Mimi - neither of us knows how to ride tandem, but I'm thinking it's a good way for us to be able to stay together on rides. I'd be captain, since I can hear through both ears and have the big burly muscles (!) aka longer arms and legs therefore more leverage.
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02-23-2007, 06:10 PM #9
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What weekend is the Cinderella?
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02-23-2007, 06:32 PM #10
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I'll be there the weekend of the 22nd of March. The Cindy is the next weekend.
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02-23-2007, 06:36 PM #11
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Maybe we could do a flat delta ride that weekend. You can try out the tandem. Unless you'd like to ride up Diablo.
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02-23-2007, 06:58 PM #12
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From what I've read here about climbing (and descending) on a tandem, Mt. Diablo, first time riding a tandem Originally Posted by Veronica
Maybe we could do a flat delta ride that weekend. You can try out the tandem. Unless you'd like to ride up Diablo.
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02-23-2007, 07:09 PM #13
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Yup, Recycled Cycles. It was just the epitome of pure dumb luck. We went down there one blah February day, saying, "Oh, let's just see if they have any tandems..." and there it was, and it fits pretty well. A little big in the front for Mr. Salsa and a little short in the back for me, but not impossibly so.
We don't usually get quite that lucky, so we treasure it. And that custom tandem we'd been thinking about...the contractor is warming his tootsies by a fire tonight, burning THAT money. Oinker.
Anyway, it really is a good bike and it works for us. And tandem riding is a blast. So feel free to test ride...Last edited by salsabike; 02-23-2007 at 07:59 PM.
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02-23-2007, 07:44 PM #14
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Salsa my dear, we may take you up on that!
I've always wanted someone to ride a tandem with (insert sappy orchestral music here). I want to do a ride tomorrow, maybe I'll boogie down to Recycled and talk to the guys about watching for a tandem for me.
Dunno when Trek will be up here next. March is my month to go to CA."If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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02-23-2007, 08:01 PM #15
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Thanks, full details of the Trek tech test over in thread drift. Originally Posted by mimitabby
knott, you saying I can't keep up with you?
Fancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
Found on side of the road bike ~ Motobecane Mixte
Gravel bike ~ Salsa Vaya
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N+1 ~ My seat on the Rover recumbent tandem
https://www.instagram.com/pugsley_adventuredog/
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