I made a new friend, Geoff, a former racer who lived between Seattle and the Bay Area (south).

He knows his stuff and bike history.

He told to me that he met with Mike Sinyard about a Tandem.

I said, "Oh, did Jim Merz build it? His tandems are pretty."

He said, "no. Tim Neenan was the guy at the time, and he didn't want to build a tandem."

Then he said what sounded like the impossible, or at least wrong with his info.

"Mike was interested in entering the Tandem market, and had Colnago make a couple. Thats what I have."


This is odd to me on more than one level. But a couple of things.

1, Geoff seems sincere and knows his stuff.
2, Colnago was NOT famous for tandems. If I were to have a late 70's Italian make a tandem, I would have gone with Sante Pogliaghi. His tandems are stout.

I continued my trip home and am now waiting for Geoff to send me some pics.

Feel free to chime in on this.

Robert