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Forum: Tandem Cycling

03-01-07, 10:35 PM

Replies: 42

Average age of Tandem owners?

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Posted By YalzaDon

47 and 46 with kid stokers at 11 and 14, all...

47 and 46 with kid stokers at 11 and 14, all tandeming for 8 years. Even though I was hot for tandeming, we waited 10 years before getting one. As Margaret says, "it took us that long to get ready...

Forum: Tandem Cycling

02-27-07, 09:43 PM

Replies: 12

Taking breaks

Views: 975

Posted By YalzaDon

My wife/stoker (4" taller and 15 lbs heavier than...

My wife/stoker (4" taller and 15 lbs heavier than me) asks ocassionally for butt breaks, but not too often. Confession... she'd probably like more breaks but I'm often pushing really hard so she...

Forum: Tandem Cycling

02-12-07, 07:52 AM

Replies: 23

teenagers/preteens tandem riders?

Views: 1,379

Posted By YalzaDon

My kids have been connected to cycling since...

My kids have been connected to cycling since before they were born... Burley trailer, Burley Piccolo, Adams tandem trail-a-bike, tandem w/kid-back, tandem w/crank shorteners, and now "regular"...

Forum: Tandem Cycling

02-12-07, 07:23 AM

Replies: 9

Traveling with only ONE set of S&S couplers

Views: 1,628

Posted By YalzaDon

Traveling with only ONE set of S&S couplers

I'm considering a carbon fiber tandem with only one set of S&S couplers (cuts the price a lot). Apparently the two parts will fit into a regular bike box. Anybody have any experience with this?
--Don

Forum: Tandem Cycling

02-01-07, 10:45 PM

Replies: 3

How to buy a Tandem

Views: 1,530

Posted By YalzaDon

Consider also Gold Country Cyclery...

Consider also Gold Country Cyclery (http://www.tandems-recumbents.com/specials.html); no used coupled tandems now, but Rick does have a couple carbon units and a beam bike.

Don

Forum: Tandem Cycling

01-31-07, 07:23 AM

Replies: 13

Checking in a Tandem on flight

Views: 1,000

Posted By YalzaDon

Check the Tandem@Hobbes archives...

Check the Tandem@Hobbes archives (http://search.bikelist.org). There's a person named Piaw who has put his uncoupled tandem on airline flights and swears by it.
--Don

Forum: Tandem Cycling

01-24-07, 12:17 AM

Replies: 27

Santana Ti 700 Chainline/Frt Der issues

Views: 3,256

Posted By YalzaDon

I have a 1997 Santana Arriva that has seen...

I have a 1997 Santana Arriva that has seen moderate, but perhaps low-level use compared to many folks on this list. A couple years ago I had the chance to ride 1000 miles over a couple months with a...

Forum: Tandem Cycling

01-22-07, 11:14 PM

Replies: 24

climbing hills on tandems

Views: 2,310

Posted By YalzaDon

My wife likes to stand on a single, but has never...

My wife likes to stand on a single, but has never been interested in standing on the tandem in 9 years of tandeming. A couple years ago I teamed up with a friend and we did 1000 miles preparing for...

Forum: Tandem Cycling

01-13-07, 06:59 AM

Replies: 33

New Santana catalog

Views: 2,394

Posted By YalzaDon

Interesting comment about many folks getting...

Interesting comment about many folks getting racing bikes but not really benefitting from the frame style. I rode thousands of miles on my 31 lb Specialized Expedition touring bike in the 1980s...

Forum: Tandem Cycling

01-09-07, 12:06 AM

Replies: 21

Considering a tandem for riding with my 6yo son

Views: 1,462

Posted By YalzaDon

I echo other comments... Burley Piccolo is/was...

I echo other comments... Burley Piccolo is/was the most awesome trail-a-bike. I used to pull it behind our Santana with a kid stoker. I also used an Adams tandem trail-a-bike (yikes) which I don't...

Forum: Tandem Cycling

01-01-07, 02:31 PM

Replies: 1

New Year Toronto Day Trip

Views: 462

Posted By YalzaDon

New Year's ride conditions

I too enjoyed a tandem ride today, on a friend's recumbent Rans Screamer. Temps in our part of California's Central Valley area were in the mid 50s, with strong northwestern winds, giving us a nice...

Forum: Tandem Cycling

12-17-06, 08:11 AM

Replies: 12

Drag Brake

Views: 6,669

Posted By YalzaDon

I am in the early stages of considering to...

I am in the early stages of considering to upgrade from my 1996 Santana Arriva and 2001 Bike Friday Tandem Traveler (considering carbon -- yikes), and have been investigating disk brakes, trying to...

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