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ddcfamily 10-05-14 07:09 PM


Originally Posted by bajajoaquin (Post 17186522)
Sorry, but you don't get that crown. My wife and I are much more casual that that!

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=409851

Sorry about the small cell phone pic. I'm totally throwing my sister-in-law under the bus here for bad photography skills.

We pretty much only ride around town, taking our daughter to lunch or over to the bike path where the San Diego river comes out to the beach. I'm working on a new mount for my iBert seat to put it over the top of the handle bars, rather than under and behind. With the standard configuration, there isn't enough room between the nose of my saddle and the back of her seat for me to stand, and use The Proper Method with both feet on the ground.

But that's another post....

one could argue that since I live in WI summer only lasts like five weeks. You in SD have summer 52 weeks per year!

RoadHolland 10-06-14 09:28 AM

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Friends in our orange gear! Love their kid's wave!

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photo taken from: Ride with Road Holland! This is our peloton. Serious and Sytlish Cycling Apparel. - Road Holland Cycling Apparel and Accessories

bajajoaquin 10-06-14 05:02 PM


Originally Posted by ddcfamily (Post 17190610)
one could argue that since I live in WI summer only lasts like five weeks. You in SD have summer 52 weeks per year!

I don't know about 52 weeks! Apparently Denver has more days of sunshine a year than we do in San Diego, but I get decidedly less snow!

ksisler 10-13-14 02:09 AM

Roadholland; Thought this was the tandem forum? All these pix are of a couple riding singles? Just asking...

twocicle 10-13-14 09:47 AM

Would not be a tandem ride without...

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-d...o/P1040885.JPG

Team Fab 10-13-14 09:56 AM

well one picture was a tandem ;-)

mwandaw 10-18-14 03:36 PM

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Enjoying the sunset after a nice cruise through La Jolla, CA.
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archbikes 10-23-14 07:01 AM

We were all smiles at the Seagull Century this year!
 
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http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=413530http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=413531It's always fun to take our tandem to the Seagull Century in Salisbury, MD. 7000+ riders. The roads are smooth and flat so we can tap out a 24mph pace all day long. We usually pick up quite a following along the way... A guy from Germany stayed on our wheel for like 10 miles, all the while riding a mountain bike with flat pedals! We were impressed. The bike is a fast, comfortable machine for these rides - Comotion Macchiatto w/Campagnolo Record, carbon belt drive, and Topolino wheelset.

jimmuller 10-23-14 09:18 AM


Originally Posted by archbikes (Post 17242068)
A guy from Germany stayed on our wheel for like 10 miles

That looks like a fun ride.

Do your pics show that guy on your wheel? Maybe it is just a trick of the camera perspective but if that had been us I would politely and then not so politely asked him to move. Drafting or not, I DO NOT like someone riding that close to me riding solo or to us on the tandem.

twocicle 10-23-14 09:57 AM


Originally Posted by archbikes (Post 17242068)
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=413530http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=413531It's always fun to take our tandem to the Seagull Century in Salisbury, MD. 7000+ riders. The roads are smooth and flat so we can tap out a 24mph pace all day long. We usually pick up quite a following along the way... A guy from Germany stayed on our wheel for like 10 miles, all the while riding a mountain bike with flat pedals! We were impressed. The bike is a fast, comfortable machine for these rides - Comotion Macchiatto w/Campagnolo Record, carbon belt drive, and Topolino wheelset.

:thumb:

Glad you made it through unscathed. The last couple large Gran Fondo I've done had narrow misses with carnage in front and around me necessitating dodging bodies & bikes. Ah the sound of carbon cracking in the morning.

At least with that line of leeches behind you, your risk was mitigated. Well done on blitzing the course!

archbikes 10-24-14 07:11 AM


Originally Posted by jimmuller (Post 17242529)
That looks like a fun ride.

Do your pics show that guy on your wheel? Maybe it is just a trick of the camera perspective but if that had been us I would politely and then not so politely asked him to move. Drafting or not, I DO NOT like someone riding that close to me riding solo or to us on the tandem.

Yeah, that was the German dude. I think it is the camera lens that made him look so close, and it was often a cross wind so perhaps he was echeloning a bit... Regardless, if he were too close it generally doesn't concern me. Years of racing on the track and in criteriums, countless field sprints, I don't worry too much if someone were to contact my rear wheel with their front. My pet peeve on these large group rides is when people on single bikes sit on for long periods and then if they try to take a pull they surge in speed. I'm not even talking about the sketchy squirrels, I'm just talking about the surgy "I think I know how to ride in a paceline but actually I need a remedial course" type riders. If my wife and I take our tandem on single bike group rides we prefer to ride with smooth safe people who know how to ride around tandems. Otherwise, those little constant accelerations are annoying.

archbikes 10-24-14 07:40 AM


Originally Posted by twocicle (Post 17242690)
:thumb:

Glad you made it through unscathed. The last couple large Gran Fondo I've done had narrow misses with carnage in front and around me necessitating dodging bodies & bikes. Ah the sound of carbon cracking in the morning.

At least with that line of leeches behind you, your risk was mitigated. Well done on blitzing the course!



Thanks, agreed! If we see sketchy behavior we give the singles plenty of room. Sometimes I admonish riders as politely as possible, try to give them a coaching/safety tip, but it's tough in a setting like that. -Better to just give them room, right? We saw a six rider pile up occur. A trigeek squeezed by us closely on the right, on his aerobars, and I said to my wife "Let's watch out for that guy. Let's go up the left side instead." And about two minutes later he tangled with some riders ahead of us on the right side of the lane, unable to brake in time due to being on his aerobars. Took five riders down with him, most landing in the grass. No major injuries but he did taco his front Zipp Carbon wheel. When we told him he shouldn't have been on his aero bars while in the pack he said "But I wasn't in this group, I was on the right side of this group." He thought he was fine even though everyone knew he clearly took out five people. Ugh. - "Strong like a bull. Smart like a tractor."

lemonster1 11-02-14 11:40 AM

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Here we are on a recent Cycle to Farm ride metric century in our area of western NC...hilly ride and we were the only tandem..mucho fun!
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=415413

Trsnrtr 11-02-14 04:05 PM

Halfway up a climb in Croatia last week.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7469/...26a698d4_o.jpgIMG_1142 by trsnrtr, on Flickr

WPH 11-02-14 06:54 PM


Originally Posted by archbikes (Post 17245443)
Thanks, agreed! If we see sketchy behavior we give the singles plenty of room. Sometimes I admonish riders as politely as possible, try to give them a coaching/safety tip, but it's tough in a setting like that. -Better to just give them room, right? We saw a six rider pile up occur. A trigeek squeezed by us closely on the right, on his aerobars, and I said to my wife "Let's watch out for that guy. Let's go up the left side instead." And about two minutes later he tangled with some riders ahead of us on the right side of the lane, unable to brake in time due to being on his aerobars. Took five riders down with him, most landing in the grass. No major injuries but he did taco his front Zipp Carbon wheel. When we told him he shouldn't have been on his aero bars while in the pack he said "But I wasn't in this group, I was on the right side of this group." He thought he was fine even though everyone knew he clearly took out five people. Ugh. - "Strong like a bull. Smart like a tractor."

Archbikes: wisdom! Agreed all points.

Sad admission: as a young bloke, for two rides, I was that surgy rider who thought he knew how to ride in a working bunch but needed a remedial lesson. Lesson delivered in a never-forgotten form, I don't think it's been a problem since!

vrooom3440 11-03-14 04:08 PM

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In anticipation of an upcoming supported bike tour, we got new bike jerseys and tested them out yesterday on the Giro D'Vino Bike Wine Tour around Lodi:
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=415648

Not matching but coordinating: Captain gets yellow for command section, Stoker gets red for engineering section. "I NEED Warp Drive, Scotty!" -- "Sorry Cap'n I'm pedaling as fast as I can!" "Cap'n I donna think she'll take much more!"

barkersoldbean 11-03-14 05:57 PM

file:///Users/tonybarcroft/Desktop/IMG_1242.JPG

Great ride north of Nice albeit a bit spoiled by the horseflies that ate me alive.
Bike 3.5 kg lighter now with Rolfs and various weight cuts in the stem, saddle and seat tube areas.

barkersoldbean 11-03-14 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by barkersoldbean (Post 17274016)
file:///Users/tonybarcroft/Desktop/IMG_1242.JPG

Great ride north of Nice albeit a bit spoiled by the horseflies that ate me alive.
Bike 3.5 kg lighter now with Rolfs and various weight cuts in the stem, saddle and seat tube areas.



Better when you actually load the photo properly...duhhhhhh

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=415685

Monoborracho 11-05-14 07:16 PM


Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 17270999)
Halfway up a climb in Croatia last week.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7469/...26a698d4_o.jpgIMG_1142 by trsnrtr, on Flickr

Hey, we did that climb too, probably.

Trsnrtr 11-05-14 07:23 PM


Originally Posted by Monoborracho (Post 17280195)
Hey, we did that climb too, probably.

This is the climb that ended with the tunnel at the top.

zonatandem 11-15-14 05:46 PM

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http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=417895http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=417892http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=417893http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=417894Tandems we have owned since 1975:
Follis: A French 'real 10 speed' that taught us what we did not like about a tandem in 1975.
Assenmacher. Our first custom tandem with ultra-short (60 and 1/4 inch) wheelbase. Put 64,000 miles on that one.
Colin Laing: a beautiful handmade rolling work of art with chromed hand-made lugs and a 'stretched' wheelbase of 63 and 1/2 inches. 56,000 miles on that one.
Co-Motion: full custom with chromed rear triangle/partial fork and custom paint . . . a desert scene airbrushed on the boobtube. 55,000 miles.
Zona: full custom carbon fiber built by Bob Davis in Peoria, AZ. Built in 2033 weighing a then light 26.5 lbs. Currently 40,000 miles on the odo.

Photos: 1 and 2=Assenmacher. #3 =Co-Motion, #4 = Zona, #5 airbrushed desert scene on Co-Mo boobtube
Pedal on TWOgether!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem

mwandaw 11-15-14 09:13 PM


Originally Posted by zonatandem (Post 17310547)
Tandems we have owned since 1975:
...
Zona: full custom carbon fiber built by Bob Davis in Peoria, AZ. Built in 2033...

I really, really want to be able to ride a tandem built in 2033!

B. Carfree 11-15-14 11:59 PM


Originally Posted by mwandaw (Post 17310949)
I really, really want to be able to ride a tandem built in 2033!

Wait your turn.

WillFam-Reno 11-16-14 11:18 PM

Rudy is very much ahead of his time!

chris ss 11-17-14 08:40 AM

... and I think somewhere along the way here we oughta say thanks to Rudy for not only sharing his amazing depth of experience on the forum, but also for (presumably unwittingly) providing all the entertainment potential of a lil typo. And all the more-so for timing it in a week where the weather is closing down the riding for some of us.
So thanks Rudy!


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