Originally Posted by
Markeologist
Been addressing various issues on my Ritchey Palo Alto tandem, most importantly yanked later Specialized crank that was on stokers drive side and replaced with early Dura Ace to match other three cranks. Also replaced tires, replaced stoker's seat post with a Campy NR to match captain's post, put on a pair of Brooks B17 Imperials, a Silca Imperio pump, and three vintage Avocet bottle cages...Avocet was Palo Alto Bike Shop's own brand. Only had two yellow cages, the third is black and is used to hold my vintage Kangaroo Baggs tool role. The ride of this bike is simply marvelous.
That really looks nice. Now you just have to find some matching yellow water bottles. Your placement of the pump is interesting. We put our pump behind the stoker's seat tube because the space between the split diagonals was too narrow. It still was a struggle getting the pump off the frame.
I miss riding our version of that bike. It was our favorite tandem - we have owned six tandems over the past 48 years.