Originally Posted by Squeezebox

I spent some time this am reading an interesting thread on the Tandem forum "gravel tandem project'. It's a Paketa frame, magneseum I believe. Electric shifting, went on about the saddles, very top end everything. Almost $7K for the frame , no fork. Not just custom size but also custom bend stays. Wouldn't be surprised if it cost them $20K. He looks about 5'8" she is 5'2". Nox composite rims. And get this 28 spokes on a rough tough tandem. He did say he would have prefered 32 spokes but not available for 6 months.
So probably the toughest tandem out there, with guess what,,, 28 spokes!!