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Old 03-13-09 | 11:35 AM
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[QUOTE=TandemGeek;8522844]
Originally Posted by andr0id
Weight distribution is slightly forward on most tandems, so say 55:45 ft:rr, so that's around 170 lbs on the rear wheel. Lets compare that to a single where weight distribution is around 40:60 fr:rr.QUOTE]

The front wheel on a tandem is definitely carrying a greater percentage of the load on a tandem, but it's not usually skewed such that the front wheel is carrying more static weight than the rear. We hashed this over back in November in this thread:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...4&postcount=21
This statement does not correlate with the referenced thread which calculates just the opposite. I must be missing a TG subtlety.
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