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10-28-20, 10:02 PM

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jim_pridx

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Originally Posted by joeruge

I second R+E cycles. At least give their article on tandem forks a read: https://www.rodbikes.com/articles/ta...dem-forks.html

Yeah, thanks for posting this article! I have a fork on one of our tandems that I've been a little suspicious about for quite some time now. The bike goes into a front-end shimmy mode when descending while going above 40mph, and I've never been able to track down the cause. When comparing that particular fork profile to our other two tandems, though, it appears to be built much lighter in comparison. It actually appears to be more in line with my old steel racing bikes in many respects. It generally feels to be a safe bike with the exception of hitting that 40mph mark, but I have been entertaining the idea of purchasing a new fork for that bike as well.

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