Old 05-05-12, 03:13 PM
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DubT
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Location: Central Illinois
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Bikes: Trek Speed Concept 9.9, 2011 Calfee Tetra Tandem

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My love affair with tandem bicycles started back in around 1956, I built a single speed tandem that my younger brother and I rode all over Vincennes, Indiana. It had an idler to take up the sync chain slack, a few months later I rebuilt it and added an adjustable front bottom bracket to do away with the idler.

Over the years we have had an old Schwinn tandem an old Columbus and an old Gitane tandem. In 1989 we bought a new Santana Targa racing tandem that we rode for several years (wife and 3 of my 4 daughters all rode with me as well as my oldest son) we sold it in 2006 after a family tragedy and then in 2010 we bought a used 1989 Santana Visa and found out that we really enjoyed riding together. We rode that bike for a few months and placed an order for a new 2011 Calfee Frame and fork. I ordered all of the components and put it together in May of 2011. We have been riding it almost a year and have ridden nearly 4500 smiling miles. (I am still making changes to it)

Here are pictures of the Targa, Visa and Tetra:





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