I never thought the rear eccentric was anything but a good design idea... the builder is a bit of a genius when it comes to finding solutions to problems and feel that, as a life long cyclist who once raced pro and has logged more touring and road miles than I ever will, has a pretty good idea of what works and what doesn't.

He builds a lot of frames with integrated racks and they do add a little stiffness... one would not be able to spring those rear dropouts to accept anything more than what they are designed for (135mm) with your bare hands.

His S&S coupled models cannot use his oval tubes although I am sure he will figure out a solution to this and have removable racks so that the bikes can be packed.

I am looking forward to receiving the front rack for the bike as it is another original design... will have to wait until the next batch gets fabricated and will probably order two for myself as my touring bike will also get one of these.

It has been a long time since I was this stoked to be building up a bike and it is more than this as it is an engagement present to my wife to be... she did not want an expensive engagement ring but said a custom tandem would be nice.

She is my Daisy Bell...