Tandem tall bike?
11-14-06, 11:35 AM
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i took this for one glorious critical mass ride. it was stolen shortly thereafter.
the synch chain kept dropping, so the stoker had to do all the labor and braking.
the synch chain kept dropping, so the stoker had to do all the labor and braking.
11-15-06, 10:53 PM
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arm me, audacity!
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tandem tallie
from the zoobomb forums:
tandem AWD tallbike
tandem AWD tallbike
Last edited by garden_lark; 11-15-06 at 11:53 PM.
11-30-06, 11:17 AM
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The funny thing about that bike is that it was stolen, broken, found at the scrapyard, returned, stolen AGAIN by a scrapper, and I found it on the back of his truck but I said fuhgettaboutit because it was junk by then.
12-24-06, 03:08 PM
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horizontal tandems, no matter how high they are off the ground, seem to be relatively easy to control with two decent riders on board (we built one with the two seats at 4 feet and 6 feet even), but when the tandem goes virtical, it would appear that the design, not the riders skill, may be the final factor concerning ridability. (or in their case, communication 
) my friends built this tandem such that the top person steers, and the bottom brakes. turns out, that doesn't work so well. they scrapped the idea after one too many injuries.
) my friends built this tandem such that the top person steers, and the bottom brakes. turns out, that doesn't work so well. they scrapped the idea after one too many injuries.
12-30-06, 01:29 AM
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Based on my experience watching them ride that thing, I don't think it was the design, I think it was Third Circle's lack of tallbike riding experience. This vertical tandem from 1915 seems to be doing fine:
https://www.johnnypayphone.net/tallbikes/bunkbedicon.jpg
https://www.johnnypayphone.net/tallbikes/ssfCYCL1915.AVI
https://www.johnnypayphone.net/tallbikes/bunkbedicon.jpg
https://www.johnnypayphone.net/tallbikes/ssfCYCL1915.AVI
