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George Handy
04-24-06, 06:56 AM
Greetings all-Took our new Co-Mo Cappuccino out Saturday for our
first 'real' ride on it. It is one smooth ride! I wouldn't say that
the bumps disappear, but they are way softer than on our old Trek.
The Co-Mo does seem to get up to cruising speed quicker, and our
average speed was a little more than 1 MPH faster than usual. I can't
speak for every team riding a Softride beamed bike, but we seemed to
notice less 'bounce' at a lower cadence. I'm sure we'll get smoother
with more miles. All in all, a super bike! Smooth and quiet. Much
easier to initiate and hold a turn than on the Trek. Later this week we're
off to the SW Tandem Rally in Oklahoma. Long range weather
forecast look great-highs in the 70's!

zonatandem
04-24-06, 05:27 PM
George!
Sounds like the Co-Mo 'cino is as great as you hoped for!
Years ago, we test rode one of the first Softride beamer tandems for 'bout 50 miles and found that at higher RPMs there was a bit of excessive bounce for stoker. Dropped down one shift on the cog and all was copacetic!

Tandem Edge
04-24-06, 08:36 PM
George,
Great to hear your enjoying the CoMo. It's a beautiful bike ... saw the pics in your last thread. We have friends with a CoMo and they love it. Good luck and good riding this weekend.
TE