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Old 05-24-08, 09:02 PM
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merlinextraligh
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Originally Posted by Smooooth
- Am I being too picky to assume that the welds on a bike in this price range should be very clean looking. Like Moots, Seven, etc.?
Realistically, a $10,000 tandem is perhaps comparable to $3-4000 single bike. Given the limited market for a tandem, the cost of atandem is more than twice the cost of an equivalent single bike.

So comparing the detail quality to a custom single like a Seven, might be a bit much.
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