Spring Fever - Show your Tandem

[Mike45]

This is about as "winter" as we can manage around here -- this taken last night after our commute home in the steady rain:

http://home.nannynannybooboo.com/bike/temp1.jpg

Here's the bike outfitted for longer weekend rides -- fenders and rack off, components swapped for adult stoker. Still winter, though. :D

http://home.nannynannybooboo.com/bike/temp2.jpg

-Greg

I have to know...are the bricks for traction or self defense?

[Mike45]

Yes, life in the Mid-West... The Sunbelt holds great appeal for a cyclist. This is last winter, about 24" of snow, you can see the cars, drifting was really bad, I had about 4' on the garage roof and the lower house roof. It was a long time before we were able to ride again. This year we had heavy snow and very cold temps for December, but after the first of the year, not really any snow to speak of, and above average temps.

John

http://www.weberwoodworking.com/images/Winter2005.jpg


yep...looks like global warming to me

[wobblyoldgeezer]

Wow, that last photo looks scary! Seana (the stoker from Santa Cruz) and I just got back from a weekend morning 30 miles in our emerging spring weather - about 30 degrees, nice and early before the heat develops! Actually, this time of year is pretty nice - but the thermometer is really beginning to rise now (here in Bahrain).
Here we are a few weeks ago, starting a charity fundraiser around the new formula one car racing circuit. It gave me a sense of respect for those racers - there's a downhill off-camber right turn that was pretty intense for us at about 40 mph - the car and motorcycle racers take it at about 160!

(Had to crop the image, in response to a message saying original image was too big - but to me it looked les detailed than some of the other lovely shots here!)

Enjoy the spring weather everyone, ride safely

Richard

[Bill G]

Hi Friends,
This is our Co-Motion Supremo, soon to be for sale due to building up a new custom Co-Motion Robusta with a custom flame paint job. :p We love to ride and are fortunate enough to live in California where we get our fair amount of GREAT weather to do so!

Bill & Julie G

[Bill G]

Also here is a pic of the new Robusta frame that will be replacing the Supremo in the other post. It just came out of paint booth, still needs clear coat and Co-Motion lettering applied. The frame is still a few weeks out. I am in the process of rounding up all my components so I can build her up ready to go.:D

Bill & Julie G

[Rbtcha]

I co-own a Ventana Full Custom Mountain Tandem that my stoker John an I like to take to Moab,Ut. We will be there again the first week of October,2006. I have attached a link to this post so that everyone can see it. Happy-Happy Trials-Trails!http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=4186&cat=501

[Trsnrtr]

We've only got three rides so far this Spring on our '03 Sovereign but with daylight savings time here, I'm sure our tandem miles will improve.

http://home.insightbb.com/~trsnrtr/SP1.jpg

[twilkins9076]

We're finally getting some decent riding weather in Missouri, but now we've had to contend with winds. We got our tandem about a month ago, and between wind, rain, and a too busy schedule, only have about 100 miles on it at this point.

[hortan]

Excuse me R900:
The device on the rear axle left side (second photo), what is that?
Probably stupid question, but then I'm (just) a newbie.

[TandemGeek]

Excuse me R900:
The device on the rear axle left side (second photo), what is that?
Probably stupid question, but then I'm (just) a newbie.

I'm not R900 but I think I can answer your question (photo below):

The round black & silver object on the left side of the hub is an Arai drum drag brake that has had the cooling fins shaved off for weight savings / aesthetics.
http://www.burley.com/images/CMS/DrumBrake.jpg

The little doo-hickey on the end of the axle extending beyond the frame and quick release lever is the attachment hardware for a Burley D'Lite Trailer.

http://basicallybicycles.com/site/images/library/large/bikee_trailerhitch_m.jpg

http://www.weberwoodworking.com/bikes/T20005.jpg

[Steve Katzman]

Here is a pic of Debi and me riding our blue Co-Motion. We ride pretty consistently all through the year here in central Florida. If we wake up for our early morning ride and it is below 40 degrees or raining, we turn over and sleep in. That happens maybe 4 to 6 (weekend ride) days a year. We average about 5000 miles per year on the tandem plus I ride about another 3000 on my singles. We love to travel to tandem rallies and other cycling events using our Honda Odyssey Van. Plus we usually take the tandem on week long vacations to see different vistas than we get to see here in Florida. The S&S couplers make packing the bike much easier.

We've ridden with fellow club members Reg and Michelle, who posted earlier on this thread.

[R900]

Excuse me R900:
The device on the rear axle left side (second photo), what is that?
Probably stupid question, but then I'm (just) a newbie.

TandemGeek nailed it of course. The drum brake is a shaved drum from Tandem's East, and the "alternative" hitch is for the Burley trailer.

Speaking of which we pulled today, I don't know if it's the weight or the wind resistance, but we really knew it was there. Still a good ride. After the Winter, my wife is getting back up to speed. We have about 4-6 organized rides planned this year with the tandem, montly in Ohio so it should be a great season.

John

[George Handy]

Here's our new ride!http://home.comcast.net/~glhandy/IMG_2397.jpg

[JMarino]

Here's our new CoMo Supremo. Custom size. Carbon fork, cranks, seatposts, steel frame. Interesting top tube huh? Joe

[mrfish]

Mine is just like R900's red T2000 but with slightly different bars, stems and no rack and drum brake.

Wife is now pregnant and beginning to bulge, so is doing more swimming than bike riding at the moment as getting out of London involves lots of hills. We have only been on a couple of rides recently as I get a bit alarmed when the wife's breathing begins to sound like a steam train. Bike is otherwise going well, and has only needed a bit of chain cleaning, the odd wash and one eccentric adjustment to keep running nicely. I was impressed by this as the bolt securing the eccentric also unsecures the eccentric, so you only need an allen key to adjust it.

Still tempted by lots of upgrades, campag, carbon forks, disk brakes etc... but it's not really worth it if we're not going to ride it much this summer so I probably won't bother. Looking foward to getting a trailer kit next year though for rides round the park!

[ElRey]

I ride pretty much all winter. MIssed a cople of days to snow, but that's it.

[R900]

Sorry to revive an old post, but we finally got a shot of us "riding" the bike. Last weekend at the NITE ride in Indy. Great fun! We also did a couple miles on Major Taylor Velodrome at 2 am. The NITE ride was very fun, but the Velodrome was awesome. I aborted my first atempt, but once we got in the flow the high banked corners are something else.

John

http://ssw.smugmug.com/photos/83646057-M.jpg

[mrfish]

Cool - an update on our T2000 riding as well:

Current YTD tandem mileage is probably only a couple of hundred. My wife is now 7 months pregnant and very egg-shaped, so the furthest we've been in the last few weeks is 3 laps of the local park, around about 4 or 5kms. It's great that we are only 1/2 mile from the park as it's safe, almost flat and traffic free.

She tells me she needs to pedal like a frog on a matchbox in order to miss the bump, but greatly enjoys the feeling of getting out and speeding along with the wind in her hair. Hopefully the baby will like bikes too, but it's a while before I expect we will be taking her for rides round the park.

[jksu2000]

after getting a new rear wheel (thanks mel at tandems east!) due to a misshap with our rear wheel (lost it off the roof of our wagon on I5 a couple weeks ago), we brought our "new" tandem (bought from the super cool drpete here on the forum) along on our trip to glacier and the pac nw.

we rode part of the road to the sun up to logan's pass in glacier np....

here's a couple of pics, 1) blurry one of us just some cruising at the camp site with our dog, 2) the burley safely at home.

enjoying tandeming!
john

[zronn]

We hit our first metric century in October.

[cornucopia72]

Here is a picture of Rocio and me almost getting to the summit of Kaiser Pass. http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/dagraz82/060624AgrazOnKaiserPass.jpg

[mrfish]

What's the bar end shifter for?

Pic looks like you're 90 degrees out of phase. What's it like?

Nice looking couple and bike btw.

[Bill G]

What's the bar end shifter for?

Pic looks like you're 90 degrees out of phase. What's it like?

Nice looking couple and bike btw.


Looks like ( in the pic )they have there rear disk operating of the bar end shifter useing it like a drag brake or drum brake set up. ( sort of looks like an Avid mechanical disk brake) you can see the travel agent for the regular rear brake and the front brake is a duel pivot, so the bar end has to be for the mechanical disk set up.

Take Care,
Bill G

[woog]

Here's our 1990 Duet just before our first (and so far only) century. Currently it sports a child stoker set up.
http://forum.bikemag.com/photopost/data/500/medium/duet21.jpg

[cornucopia72]

Bill G is right. My idea is to get rid of the V-brake and the bar end shifter and to operate the disk brake with the STI shifter. I am not 100% convinced I want to do that and my wife/stoker is 100% convinced I shouldn't. When the summer is over and we have a little more time, I will switch it over and test it on a mild downhill.

We have been using 90 out of phase for almost a year. We climb steep hills (>10%) almost every week. We can stand together while climbing and to gain speed after a stop sign or sharp turn. At the beginign, for us the key was to give a long try and not giving up after the first (unseteling) tries.

[Eurastus]

Here's a couple of shots of our new (in May) da Vinci JointVenture. These were taken at about mile 90 of our first organized century on a tandem. Wow, that distance sure was much more difficult for me on the double bike than on a single. Our ride time this year was more than two hours longer than last year on the single while overall time was about four and a half hours greater!!

My 10-year-old played stoker for the first 40 miles and the 12-year-old in the photo covering the last 66 (the ride turned out to be 106 miles and I felt every one of those extra six). We sure got in plenty of quality family-time.

[stapfam]

Not the normal state of our tandem this year, but this was taken in May on a 100miler offroad- We failed and aborted at the 65 mile mark due to the weather- and being shatterred

[Audax356]

My girlfriend and I are new to the tandem world and have just purchased an IBIS Cousin It for $1250. It came with specialized cranks, XTR front/rear derailures and hydraulic brakes. We have put about 150 miles on it and have signed up to do the Hotter then Hell next week in Wichita Falls. (we are doing the 100K) The one thing that I am not sure of is what year this bike was made. I have tried to find info on the internet about IBIS, but there isnt a lot out there other than they are supposed to be very well built. Any help would be appreciated. If you see us in WF come up and say Hi. 22521

22522

22523

[TandemGeek]

I have tried to find info on the internet about IBIS, but there isnt a lot out there other than they are supposed to be very well built. Any help would be appreciated.

Info on IBIS: http://www.cyclofiend.com/ibis/index.html

If the components on your IBIS are original, you may be able to narrow down the model year by looking at the spec sheets in the catalogs that are linked off of this page. Brake options, the gearing, hubs, and rims will usually offer clues.

[cranky old dude]

Here's a picture of our '94 Burley. I used it mainly with two of my daughters. One is in her 4th year at R.I.T. and has a very full schedule so we don't ride anymore, and the other is currently shopping for an Architechural Engineering school. The oldest was 8 years old and the younger was 4 years old when we started, and we've logged many precious hours on that bike. I'm hoping for a couple more rides next summer before my youngest heads off to school after which our precious Burley will probably be waxed and stored until one of them decides it's time to take their child out for a spin. I took my bride out along a local bike trail last week for her first experience as a stoker...it's not for her, so I'm certain that I'll pass the bike down to one of the girls in a few years.
I've also got an old Schwinn Twinn & a Huffy single speed that I can play with and share with any Grandkids that may come along. I added pictures of those also(please excuse the volley ball net in the background).

[garysol1]

Here is our new to us Burley Tamburello. Purchased from fellow BF member Knoxbreezer. The wife and I only have about 100 miles on her so far due to our young kids schedules. Most of our rides are 25 mile Sunday morning jaunts. We are so in love with the idea of Tandeming and can't wait till we can ride together more often.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/garysol1/tandemsm.jpg

[cornucopia72]

Here we are, ridding the Lighthouse Century as a family. I know, the triple fits me very poorly... but it was such a good deal.... besides, our daughter lives 3 hrs. away and we ride it twice a month if we are lucky.

[stokell]

See pictures of our new tandem here (http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/pic/?o=lt&pic_id=127559&v=6&size=large)

[cornucopia72]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g131/dagraz82/agraztriplelighthousecentury.jpg

We hope this works

[transam]

Looks like fun!

[garysol1]

Bump.....I just love pics :)

[zzzwillzzz]

here's our burley duet bought on ebay about a year ago...
$910 with flight deck computer, drum brake, rock shox rear set post and rear rack... the deal of the century. tossed the mini V brakes for avid arch rivals and travel agents.

[URace4Me2]

http://209.190.4.227/gallery/albums/userpics/10047/FeedZone.jpg
At a little event in Seven Springs, PA in July.
Bike is AWESOME!

[DBC Steve]

Well, it is no longer spring, per the original title of this post. But we just got an email from our local dealer saying our frame and build kit just arrived. In a few days we will have our Speedster and I will post a pic or two. Woohoo!

[dubbelop]

We went on a guided mountainbike tour in the French Alps, last summer.
Perhaps it doesn't look too steep in the picture but I can assure you it was at times ....... Great for improving your steering skills, BTW :D

http://www.xs4all.nl/~mmhoff/images/Vakantie_2006/Steil_2_640.jpg

Our bike: Santos (Dutch builder), Marzocchi Dirt Jumper, Hope Mono6 brakes etc.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~mmhoff/images/Vakantie_2006/Tandem_hek_640.jpg

[stokell]

Hi It's me again.

After a great deal of difficulty, and a couple of false starts we finally have our new tandem on the road. We originally wanted to buy used, but fit was a problem, especially for my petite stoker.

We ordered a bike new, but the colour was not what we were expecting, so we ended up biting the bullet for a custom paint job. A local body shop did it. They specialize in custom paint jobs. There were a lot of 'hot rods' there the day I dropped off the frame. I told the painter what we wanted. Our friends had put money together to buy us a tandem for our 25th wedding anniversary. He suggested platnium paint. I told him I wanted a custom job. He agreed to darken the frame around the welds, and put on 'sparkles' and then do a number of high gloss coats on top.

It was expensive, but within a week we had a sweet looking frame that when the sun struck it gave raindow highlights. I'm sorry this doesn't show in the pictures (http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?o=lt&page_id=43026&v=32).

[DBC Steve]

Just picked up our Speedster yesterday. Since we ordered it right before Interbike it has elements of both 2006 and 2007 models. 9 speed Ultegra with the new FSA headset. More importantly, it rides perfectly! Off to the hills this morning after the fog blows off.... Yes, these wheels have 3x the spokes as my half bike!

[zonatandem]

You do not 'sandblast' an alu frame; however had someone, years ago, blast frame with plastic beads before repainting. Came out just fine.

[zonatandem]

Been pedalin' tandems 90 degrees OOP for 31 years . . . yeah, we like it!