DieselDan:
You are entitled to your opinion/observation.
Perhaps zonatandem 'doesn't know much' and may even be 'ignorant; but after only 220,000+ miles of riding tandem he 'may' not be a complete ignoramus. BTW, did you know he was a Burley dealer since 1988?
Assembled his share of tandems/Piccolos.
Just our observation/experience; yours no doubt, are different.
Thanks for contributing to this forum!
Pedal on TWOgether!
Rudy/zonatandem