Originally Posted by mben2979
Spec wise they are not even close, frame wise is even father apart as the Paso uses OX Platnium tubing the best steel tubing you can get. If you would like to learn more about the tubing go to the TRUE TEMPER website. BUY THE PASO.
The 2000 model year Paso Doble (noting that it's not a new Paso on Ebay we're talking about) would have been fabricated with True Temper custom OX-Gold and OX-3 air hardened CrMo, not the OX Plantinum that is now being used. Burley has since changed the tubing it uses on all of its steel and aluminum tandems once and in some cases twice. If you check the 2005 specs you'll find that all but the Samba are now fabricated using the OX Plantinum, e.g., here is a link to the spec sheet for the '05 Rumba:
http://www.burley.com/images/PDF/RumbaSpec.pdf