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I rescued and restored a 70's Schwinn Twinn single speed from a neighbor's garbage and enjoyed riding it last summer (to the pool with middle daughter, and to the farmer's market with wife on Sat mornings). But the attention it attracted and subsequent converasations has now left me with two more tandem donations (Schwinn Twinn Deluxe 5, and unknown multi-speed tandem with a child stoker kit (on the way--haven't seen it yet)).

Not sure what to do with these things. I was considering installing a Nexus-7 on the first one, but now might just offer it up on ebay. And maybe another one too.

I think I'll get a picture of the whole family (all 6) on tandems first if the boys will agree to it.

Advice?

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Some people have all the luck ;) I am always on the lookout for wayward tandems looking for a home.

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Some people have all the luck ;) I am always on the lookout for wayward tandems looking for a home.

I plan to rebuild the schwinn twinn 5-spd (bearings and rubber), and am considering nexus-7 internal hub on the other twinn, and expect the third to be a higher end tandem (supposedly a $1500 tandem 15 yrs ago. brand still unknown -- not delivered yet). Ultimately I expect to keep only one of them. Being so hard to ship I'd rather not do ebay and expect the schwinns are worth less than the shipping costs (not perfectly restored, but perfectly rideable). You can have first claim on the first one I give away if you're willing to pick it up (will probably be the 5spd).