Originally Posted by
John E
That Belgian tandem is really cool, obrentharris. Tell us more about it!
Thanks. It is labeled "C DeVos, Brussels" Fillet brazed with integral rack. My guess is that it was made shortly after WWII. Pretty much original I think except for the Superchampion rims and Brooks saddles. It came to me with leather-covered mattress saddles.
A lot of really nice details. It came up on ebay a few years ago and I fell in love with it, drove 1300 miles round trip to Portland, OR to pick it up! After installing the Brooks saddles my wife and I tried to ride it: It fit her perfectly but was way too small for me. I've decided to clear out all the bikes that I never ride so tried to sell it at several swaps. Everybody wanted to look at it, photograph it, talk about it, but nobody actually wanted to own it. Just last week I put the original saddles back on and donated it to the Marin Museum of Bicycling who will be putting it on display.
More detail pictures in this thread:
http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...an-tandem.html
Brent