Now, this is just weird?
I've seen a couple recommendations on tandem forums for the Mongoose (aluminum) or Pacific (same thing, but steel) tandems for newbie tandem teams.
$250-$350.
So cheap, it's scary. Everyone suggests having a bike shop put the tandem together and check it over carefully, but everyone who has had one says it was the right way to go for a first tandem.
26 inch wheels. RIM brakes. (we'd stay on the flats and go easy, because rim brakes on a tandem carrying nearly 400 lbs of humanity just freaks me right out)
Do ya put a couple Brooks on a Pacific Dualie? The dang saddles would cost as much as the entire bike!
I'm not kidding; right now I'm seriously considering the merits of a $250 high-ten steel tandem. And some day (if we survive the "relationship acceleration" of a tandem) getting a Co-Motion Mocha. Cheaper to buy than to rent, eh?
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08-21-2011, 06:19 PM #4
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