Own a bike friday tandem two'sday that we used for loaded touring in France. my wife wrote a story about it for the AP. Anyway, the bike handled great loaded and was easy as pie to travel with. kudos, kudos!
the only remaining live link is this one:
http://www.theeagle.com/brazossunday...0502tandem.htm
not much re: the bike - but I would be happy to answer and more specific questions.