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05-28-09, 10:04 AM
Here is an idea that I wonder if anybody has tried:
How about using the front hub of a moped motorcycle, with its integrated drum brake as a rear hub on a tandem build?
I doubt anybody with access to standard tandem parts would try such a thing, but it is a reasonable question here in Argentina, where tandem specific parts are not available, and people are creative in their chop shop tandem contruction, a la Sheldon Brown. Shame Sheldon is not around, he might have given the idea some thought.
Any coments?
Below is the original question:
> Quería preguntarles si ven posible la transformación de una masa
> delantera de ciclomotor a masa trasera de bicicleta, ya que una masa
> para la rueda trasera del tandem de alta gama, pesa lo mismo aún sin
> traer el freno a tambor, me parecen mas débiles y su precio supera
> los 500 pesos, mientras que una masa delantera de ciclomotor usada
> en buenas condiciones se consigue por 30 pesos, lo que no se si las
> medidas del ancho son acordes para que entre un piñón de 6 coronas.
> Espero sus reflexiones al respecto, las valoraria mucho.
> Matias
How about using the front hub of a moped motorcycle, with its integrated drum brake as a rear hub on a tandem build?
I doubt anybody with access to standard tandem parts would try such a thing, but it is a reasonable question here in Argentina, where tandem specific parts are not available, and people are creative in their chop shop tandem contruction, a la Sheldon Brown. Shame Sheldon is not around, he might have given the idea some thought.
Any coments?
Below is the original question:
> Quería preguntarles si ven posible la transformación de una masa
> delantera de ciclomotor a masa trasera de bicicleta, ya que una masa
> para la rueda trasera del tandem de alta gama, pesa lo mismo aún sin
> traer el freno a tambor, me parecen mas débiles y su precio supera
> los 500 pesos, mientras que una masa delantera de ciclomotor usada
> en buenas condiciones se consigue por 30 pesos, lo que no se si las
> medidas del ancho son acordes para que entre un piñón de 6 coronas.
> Espero sus reflexiones al respecto, las valoraria mucho.
> Matias