Baldy1953

I just acquired a really low end kent dual drive tandem. Wife and I rode it for the first time this evening and i have a couple of questions.

1) It feels like the frame flexes ( It felt like it was wiggling)Do these have that problem?
2) Is it worth putting any money into to make if slightly better?
3) It has Shimanno Tourney shifters and does not want to go into either the smallest crank or with adjustments the largest one. I can get it to do 2 out of the 3. Is there a secret to getting it to work? Appears the front derraleur is bent. Slightly chewed up from the chain hopping over the big cog. Has revo shifters.

Don't beat me up too bad. Wife cannot ride her single bike and we wanted to try it out and see if we were going to be compatible for riding tandem. Will upgrade if this works out.

Thanks for any constructive comments.