MAKE you own tandem - with duct tape!
07-10-06, 08:16 AM
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07-10-06, 08:31 AM
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he admits it's bloody awful to ride.
no stoker bars is a pretty exciting concept.
no stoker bars is a pretty exciting concept.
07-13-06, 06:35 PM
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Certainly not elegant workmanship. (This comment comes from the guy who once put the front end back under a race car with four coat hangers and a roll of duct tape; the driver said it handled like it had two steering wheels.)
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07-15-06, 09:49 PM
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I don't know how you managed that DocF, but you got skillz.
Anways, I wouldn't want to ride it. With what I do to my bike, I'm paranoid enough that it'll snap in half or the head tube from this fork, but riding a frame fastended with duct tape? I couldn't do it.
Anways, I wouldn't want to ride it. With what I do to my bike, I'm paranoid enough that it'll snap in half or the head tube from this fork, but riding a frame fastended with duct tape? I couldn't do it.
07-17-06, 03:39 AM
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I you're going to go to the trouble of hacking up two bikes, I would have thought the extra effort in getting it welded / brazed by the local framebuilder or car bodyshop would be worthwhile. Plus then you could swap the chainstays for a substitute boom tube. For $50-100 in beer or similar, you'd get a worthwhile tandem that wouldn't require checking the life and dental insurance before each ride.
