This baby's heavy so we chose to use our quick release floor mount rather than
our quick release on the bar. I need to get a sturdier quick release mount
for the Yakima bar, like maybe a Yakima Boa.
The picture's not all that good, but you can see I just reversed the
Yakima towers (non-rain gutter type) and they grab onto the siderail
of the Tacoma beautifuly.
That is one seriously nice looking bike. You're going to love the disc brakes, you've already seen one advantage - they take zero effort to mount or dismount the front when you use the QR carriers. I'm jealous!
Beverly
03-28-08, 05:59 PM
You'll need to buy a long bed truck next time:D
Enjoy the new toy.
DnvrFox
03-28-08, 06:48 PM
Where's the red flag?
You'll get a ticket.
Hey - it looks grand - and - a lot of fun.
jppe
03-28-08, 06:52 PM
Add a little bell and I bet you could sell ice cream to the kids off that thing!!
Seriously, that looks like a really fun ride.
Retro Grouch
03-28-08, 07:49 PM
I figured that transporting that would be interesting. It's good you had a plan.
Yen
03-28-08, 08:21 PM
Very nice bike! Congratulations on getting her home. She looks ready to go, sitting there in front of the garage doors.
fthomas
03-28-08, 08:51 PM
Interesting looking bike. I've never seen a tandem recumbent.
What in the world is that white stuff around our house?
Louis
03-28-08, 10:09 PM
That baby should count as +2 in the new bike thread. We're all eagerly awaiting the first ride pics.:beer:
TruF
03-28-08, 10:42 PM
Congratulations! Will that new bike displace a vehicle to fit in the garage?
maddmaxx
03-28-08, 10:56 PM
Or perhaps an addition on to the garage? Or a ramp up onto the truck bed?
zonatandem
03-28-08, 11:20 PM
You could run the tandem kitty-corner in the truck . . . fork mounted toward the left, angle the bike to the right with rear tire resting fully on the tailgate. Use bungies to keep back end from shifting around as you turn.
How heavy is it? Guesstimate from us is close to 60 pounds.
It'll be a scream going downhill; uphills your legs could be screaming!
That is a l-o-n-g 2-seater!
Enjoy the ride TWOgether!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem
JanMM
03-29-08, 08:57 AM
Be prepared for men, women and children of all ages to look at you funny, point and say stuff.
The Smokester
03-29-08, 09:15 AM
That looks like a whole load of fun. Surely you can't resist taking it for a little spin now even single handed?...Looking forward to the pictures.
Of yah...What is the white stuff??? :)
(I was born in Lockport and my wife in Buffalo.)
stringbreaker
03-29-08, 10:10 AM
Looks like a nice neighborhood neat looking older houses. Nice bike too
cranky old dude
03-29-08, 12:21 PM
Interesting looking bike. I've never seen a tandem recumbent.
What in the world is that white stuff around our house?
That looks like a whole load of fun. Surely you can't resist taking it for a little spin now even single handed?...Looking forward to the pictures.
Of yah...What is the white stuff??? :)
(I was born in Lockport and my wife in Buffalo.)
Oh that's just typical North Coast late March early April weather. Lake Ontario
affects our weather quite a bit and the lake stays cold for a long time into
what most of the country enjoys as Spring time. It'll warm up by and by.
Be prepared for men, women and children of all ages to look at you funny, point and say stuff.
Hee hee hee, they always have. :)
You could run the tandem kitty-corner in the truck . . . fork mounted toward the left, angle the bike to the right with rear tire resting fully on the tailgate. Use bungies to keep back end from shifting around as you turn.
How heavy is it? Guesstimate from us is close to 60 pounds.
It'll be a scream going downhill; uphills your legs could be screaming!
That is a l-o-n-g 2-seater!
Enjoy the ride TWOgether!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem
Yes, that will work too. Actually there are a few options for transporting
with the truck. I just picked up a Yakima Boa for the Yakima bar, plus I'm
entertaining thoughts of mounting the bar on the cab roof. The bike weighs
about 60#.
Congratulations! Will that new bike displace a vehicle to fit in the garage?
Or perhaps an addition on to the garage? Or a ramp up onto the truck bed?
Nothing has to move out yet, though it is getting rather crowded in there.
I sense some carpentry in the immediate future. Please, no negetive comments
about the finish on the MG...I feel bad enough about that already.
Be prepared for men, women and children of all ages to look at you funny, point and say stuff.
Are you telling us that folks didn't look at you funny, point and say stuff to you before you started riding a "bent?
Retro Grouch
03-29-08, 01:13 PM
Yes, that will work too. Actually there are a few options for transporting with the truck. I just picked up a Yakima Boa for the Yakima bar, plus I'm
entertaining thoughts of mounting the bar on the cab roof. The bike weighs
about 60
I'd be thinking about a way to haul it backwards. That would keep the dead bugs from collecting on the useable side of the seat backs. Maybe bolt a fork mount to a 2 X 4 and anchor it in your truck bed some way. It'd be easier to load that way too.
That is most definitely the wrong place to store a bike- Especially a bike as exceptional as this one.
Only one place for it and that is the Lounge.
Retro Grouch
03-29-08, 01:50 PM
That is most definitely the wrong place to store a bike- Especially a bike as exceptional as this one.
Only one place for it and that is the Lounge.
So, is there a Mrs Stapfam on the scene? I'm thinking that long term lounge storage is going to require some serious negotiating and several MAJOR concessions.
cranky old dude
03-29-08, 02:17 PM
That is most definitely the wrong place to store a bike- Especially a bike as exceptional as this one.
Only one place for it and that is the Lounge.
Hee hee, I'ld have to knock a wall out just to get it indoors. My wife puts up
with a lot, but I doubt if she would allow that!!!! :eek:
tsl
03-29-08, 02:25 PM
Hey Lenny,
I was reminded of this event today and thought you might be interested too.
A couple from the Rochester Bicycling Club are presenting the travelogue from their cross-country trip by tandem 'bent. To my untrained eye, in the pic I saw today, their bike looks a lot like yours. It's Wednesday April 9, 6 or 6:30 pm (I forget which, but can double-check if you like) at the Eisenhart Auditorium at the Rochester Museum and Science Center.
I"m going to try to get there. Lemme know if I should look for you.
Artkansas
03-29-08, 02:44 PM
Very nice. Does it count as N+1 or N+2 ? ;)
cranky old dude
03-29-08, 03:29 PM
Hey Lenny,
I was reminded of this event today and thought you might be interested too.
A couple from the Rochester Bicycling Club are presenting the travelogue from their cross-country trip by tandem 'bent. To my untrained eye, in the pic I saw today, their bike looks a lot like yours. It's Wednesday April 9, 6 or 6:30 pm (I forget which, but can double-check if you like) at the Eisenhart Auditorium at the Rochester Museum and Science Center.
I"m going to try to get there. Lemme know if I should look for you.
Thanks for the "Heads Up", but Im scheduled to work on the 9th.
geofitz13
03-29-08, 06:44 PM
Nice ride!!
I was doing about 35 going down a hill on Cape Cod last year, and a guy and his wife passed me like I was standing still, on a tandem just like that one.
Geezermobile?? Could be one (er...two) fast geezers!!