Originally Posted by
wintermute
I hate this thread. I was able to forget about the existence of Moultons and Pedersens - now I find myself searching ebay and craigslist. A pox on you Mr. Sixty Fiver!
What... no Cygnet ?
There are only a handful of these on the planet unless you want an original... which will cost many times what the reproduction costs... which is still a fair bit of change due to the extensive amount of custom work required to build this bicycle.
It is actually easier to build a conventional tandem.
The frame has to be hand formed and it took a lot of prototypes to determine the right type of steel and the bottom bracket and cranks also have to be custom made.
One can see how the diamond frame became dominant... it is fairly easy to fabricate and is very strong while the Pedersen also requires an intense amount of work (almost 60 brazed joints).