Originally Posted by
Jalopy Jockey
Option 1 The little on is too young
Option 2 and 3 she cannot take one of the kids weight alone. possibly if the oldest was stoking on the tandem, but then it wouldn't fit me.
I'm not sure what you meant by this comment. Your wife can't pull a child in a trailer over level ground? Are you doing some significant climbs or something?
Originally Posted by
Jalopy Jockey
I fail to see what length of ride has to do with if the set-up will work. the worst of the ride is first half mile in my sub. after tat it's old train tracks. If a freight train could do it in the 1890s I should be able to do it now.
I'm assuming you are curious about the ride characteristics in asking if the "setup will work," otherwise, you wouldn't have made this thread. If it's just a matter of whether it's possible to hook the things together, you could figure that out in a few minutes.
Yes, the length of the ride does matter in that it will affect handling. The train analogy only works if you never have to deal with traffic, make a U-turn, go around a sharp corner, or backup.
Originally Posted by
Jalopy Jockey
Oh and my tandem will be disk ready, if not equipped.
And if I haven't pointed it out already I regularly ride a 12 foot rig with multiple pivots, and 2 wheels at the end. I would not do it with coaster brakes and no helmet. Rim brakes are adequate for every thing we've done so far. I felt very exposed on our test drove in the parking lot without the brain buckets. Especially when we dropped the curbs, or found the big potholes.
My comments above were directed at that picture. I wasn't suggesting you would want to do that.
Originally Posted by
Jalopy Jockey
I think we're gonna do it. At worst case it will work for our family rail trail rides to far flung parks and the misses and I can have some 2 wheeled fun. We'll see where it leads with the kids and touring. That will come with experience, once i leave the sub its almost straight for 20 miles or so. Then we stop and turn around.
If you have the right conditions for it, go for it. I said as much in my post.