Tandem Cycling - Is this s fun project bike or a complete POS?

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brewer45
06-03-08, 01:38 PM
Found this in the local online classified ads (click here (http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=487&ad=3445453&lpid=1&cat=409)). Forget the $450 asking price--I guess from the pic that the bike needs so much work that it's not worth that. The real question is: Does this bike have any potential at all as a fun project/weekend bike, or is it a complete waste of time and engergy (and money and other resources...).

Cheers!

MB1
06-03-08, 01:51 PM
A quick internet search will yield a new 6spd Island Beach Cruiser Tandem for less than that.
72andsunny
06-03-08, 03:45 PM
How about we start a new poll:

Does the timing chain look too loose, too tight, or just right?

JanMM
06-03-08, 05:25 PM
How about we start a new poll:

Does the timing chain look too loose, too tight, or just right?

That's a relaxed fit timing chain.
brewer45
06-03-08, 05:32 PM
Does the timing chain look too loose, too tight, or just right?

Beer came out of my nose!

Cheers!
blamp28
06-03-08, 05:39 PM
How about we start a new poll:

Does the timing chain look too loose, too tight, or just right?

I'm new to tandems but I'm going to go way out on a limb here. I say too loose.
brewer45
06-03-08, 06:03 PM
I'm new to tandems but I'm going to go way out on a limb here. I say too loose.

That's a pretty solid limb you're out on.

Cheers!
zonatandem
06-03-08, 10:06 PM
Would find something else to do with th 450 bucks . . .
brewer45
06-04-08, 07:43 AM
I offered the guy $100. He declined.

Cheers!
djsincla
06-04-08, 08:33 AM
Save your money.
moleman76
06-04-08, 09:09 AM
interesting rigging on the drive chain, too.