Tandem Cycling - Few Tandems at Seattle Bike Expo

Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.



PDA

View Full Version : Few Tandems at Seattle Bike Expo

swc7916
03-16-09, 02:52 PM
Cascade Cycling Club had their annual Seattle bike Expo this past weekend, and it was almost devoid of tandems. CoMotion had a booth with several tandems and I saw one at the Ti Cycles booth (probably that same one they displayed last year) but no others. R+E put on their own expo a couple weeks ago and didn't attend this one. Are tandems becoming less popular?

moleman76
03-16-09, 03:05 PM
CoMotion had about 4 tandems; Ti had one; Evergreen Tandem Club was there. I think that there were fewer booths available this year than last, might have played a part.
Click-Stand, who usually has his tandem demonstrating the use of the click-stand, was not there.
In terms of numbers, the increase in number of cargo bikes displayed was about the same as the decrease in tandems.
I did notice that many of the organized rides included photos of tandem riders, seemed like a few more of those photos than in the past; and, there were a number of tandem photos in the photography show.