Originally Posted by
riceowls
1) The bike comes with rim brakes that is why I put a question mark for the seller's claim of the year. Not sure how hard and expensive would it be to change it to disk brakes.
This
2010 Co-Mo spec sheet says Mocha came standard with disc. Of course, the original buyer might have asked for custom rim brakes. See if it has disc brake mounts on the rear seatstay or chainstay. Our 2005 Speedster came with both disc mounts and V-brake bosses mounts on the rear, so I installed both!
It's doubtful the fork has both, but I once asked Co-Mo and they said they'd build me a fork with both disc and V-brake mounts, so who knows! Post some pix of the rear and fork, and that will help us.
Also, what hub do you have? If it's a Hugi (DT Swiss 540) and has threads on the left side for an Arai drum, Tandemseast sells a thread-on adapter for a 6-hole rotor, which is what we use.
Originally Posted by
riceowls
3) For those who had both 6x SS-coupled tandems and BikeFridays - can you comment on how these compare in terms of the packing/unpacking setup?
I can't speak for BikeFriday, but by watching the Co-Mo YouTube vids carefully, I was able to take apart and box our S&S Speedster in a little over an hour and pack it--and re-assemble it in about 2 hours. Whether it takes 30 minutes or 2 hours, if you're on a long tour, I'd think you could amortize that time out. Better to decide which bike will be better to tour on, rather than which will save you a bit of time assembling, I'd think, but that's just me. We've had our Speedster apart and back together a number of times, and were always happy with the ride in between.