We've decided that buying a house right now is more important than building another bike (I think we got 3 inches of snow today) so I'll have to pass for now. I probably got your PM, and didn't have time to respond right away, then it got bumped off the page, since I get a few as a mod.

About the springs - I'd get the stiffer ones, but maybe ride with the current ones for a bit first. Someone previously mentioned that the DJ series were a bit flexy compared to a dual crown, and just from the install, I can see that's pretty true. But we're looking to make our tandem less aggressive anyway, so I'll have to wait and see how it performs.

It looks pretty wimpy compared to the other fork: