Originally Posted by
jimmuller
Nice tandem. I'd say 51lbs sounds heavy except that a year or so ago we say a nice 90's-ish tandem (a Santana IIRC) that weighed about that.
Here is our Peugeot. I digital-bath-scaled it after building it up and it came in at a bit over 40lbs without the racks, handlebar bag, and panniers. Those panniers are heavy.
(This morning I weighed 156.7lbs. When I'm biking a lot I can burn calories faster than I can eat them.)
Jim
40 pounds is pretty dang respectable for a tandem, especially a vintage Peugeot. I could probably get rid of a bunch of weight by changing out the 27 inch 48h wheels, brooks saddles for something lighter, and getting rid of the kid stoker(as mentioned earlier). I doubt it would get down to 40 pounds though. The wheels are pretty portly though..