Old 09-01-21, 01:27 PM
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ferengii
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Loveland, CO
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Bikes: Co-Motion tandem; Bilenky tandem; Trek Domane SL6

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Thanks for taking the time to share your post-ride thoughts and lessons learned! All are helpful and useful for anyone planning a long trip.

The chain wear surprised me! Our Rohloff tandem came with Gates belts, and we have over 28,000 miles on the original set. They’ve been no problem, and have required no maintenance. It just never occurred to me that chains would wear so quickly. We travel with a backup set just in case.

We have GPS units for both the captain and stoker, but the stoker does most of the navigating. Navigation directions are usually the only “quibbling” we tend to have. Maybe I (captain) shouldn’t use the maps screen on my GPS computer.

I’m really glad that your final comment was that it was fun - and more so than you expected!
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