Team Weight
01-18-08 | 02:38 PM
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From: Peninsula, N. CA.
Bikes: Orbea Orca - 2007, Orbea Ordu - 2008, Cervelo P3 track, Santana Sovereign tandem
My captain (male, 6 feet) and I (female, 5'4 1/2")) are tracking our combined team weight (although I was not eager to jump on the body fat scale after New Year's Eve festivities!). Our combined weigh-in today is 290 pounds. Our tandem weighs approximately 39 pounds (loaded with racks, water bottle cages).
What is your team weight?
What is your team weight?
Both captain and stoker contributed to the loss. Let's hope this 3.5% loss in weight increases our speed exponentially. BTW, the tandem weighs the same. 
01-18-08 | 03:24 PM
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01-18-08 | 06:39 PM
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From: On the road-USA
Bikes: Giant Excursion, Raleigh Sports, Raleigh R.S.W. Compact, Motobecane? and about 20 more! OMG
Well seeing how we are picking our "new to us" tandem up on Saturday and it is going to be snowing...
Cap'n 6'-2" 200# (holiday caught up to me, normal fighting weight is around 185-190)
Stoker 5'-.9999" moon weight unknown
Bike- Who knows? it is a Raleigh Companion, but can't weigh as much more than my Raleigh Superbe or my Worksman bike at work.
Aaron
Cap'n 6'-2" 200# (holiday caught up to me, normal fighting weight is around 185-190)
Stoker 5'-.9999" moon weight unknown
Bike- Who knows? it is a Raleigh Companion, but can't weigh as much more than my Raleigh Superbe or my Worksman bike at work.
Aaron
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Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(
ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.
"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus
"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
01-19-08 | 06:08 AM
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From: Germany, Düsseldorf
Bikes: an old italian "SIMONELLI" Single Road-bike with Campag-Control's
We are Newbies and will start our tandem activities maybe next month after delivery of the C'dale Road Tandem...
Captain: 6'9" and 115kg
Stoker: 6'2" and 73kg (I'm authorized to give the values...)
Captain: 6'9" and 115kg
Stoker: 6'2" and 73kg (I'm authorized to give the values...)
01-19-08 | 07:44 PM
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From: Carlsbad, CA
Bikes: Fuji SL-1, Co-Motion Macchiato w/Record 10, Redline Flight Mono Cog
Captain=205 out of shape and working on it...
Stoker= 145 is working on it....
Bike= 47 Old Santana......that's without bottles or a pump and seat bag
total= 397 OUCH!!!
I (captain) was sick for about a year with cancer and put on some pounds after the surgery and treatments.....I was 220 on Thanksgiving day and will be at 118 or less by my birthday in April.
We also have a Co-Motion Macchiato on order that will weigh about 25is.....
Stoker= 145 is working on it....
Bike= 47 Old Santana......that's without bottles or a pump and seat bag
total= 397 OUCH!!!
I (captain) was sick for about a year with cancer and put on some pounds after the surgery and treatments.....I was 220 on Thanksgiving day and will be at 118 or less by my birthday in April.
We also have a Co-Motion Macchiato on order that will weigh about 25is.....
01-22-08 | 06:00 PM
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From: SW Florida
Bikes: '06 Bianchi Pista; '57 Maclean; '10 Scott CR1 Pro; 2005 Trek 2000 Tandem; '09 Comotion Macchiato Tandem; 199? Novara Road; '17 Circe Helios e-tandem:1994 Trek 2300
Me 220lb, stoker 130lb, bike, unloaded 37lb. If only I could get back to my teenage "fighting weight" of 189lb, but time is running out.
01-22-08 | 08:03 PM
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From: Tehachapi Mtns, Calif.
Bikes: '10 C'Dale Tandem RT2. '07 Trek Tandem T2000, '10 Epic Marathon MTB, '12 Rocky Mountain Element 950 MTB, '95 C'dale R900, "04 Giant DS 2 '07 Kona Jake the Snake, '95 Nishiki Backroads
Captain 511"-185, Stoker 5'3'- 120.....seasoned C'dale road tandem is currently at 40 pounds ...the only one loosing weight in this combo is the bike! As part of my winter fun project, I have it down from 43 pounds in November and heading for 37 or 38 by spring. Working on the bike's weight is a whole lot more fun than working on the other two jokers in the trio.
Bill J.
Bill J.
01-23-08 | 11:14 AM
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From: Troy, Michigan
Bikes: 1981 Custom Assenmacher, 27", full Campy Super Record. Canondale Tandem, 25.5"-21.5" , Giant Yukon MTN Bike 24", 2010 Trek 2.3 64cm
Team 425 lb - Captain 6'5" Stoker 5'4" bike 45 - looking at new tandems.... & wieght loss
01-23-08 | 07:37 PM
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From a survey of 252 tandem teams conducted a couple years back... see the attached image.
You can find an entire collection of survey results pertaining to a variety of tandem-related topics at this URL: https://www.thetandemlink.com/surveys/surveycentral.html
You can find an entire collection of survey results pertaining to a variety of tandem-related topics at this URL: https://www.thetandemlink.com/surveys/surveycentral.html
01-24-08 | 05:31 PM
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We're one big gear mashing team. I'm 6'1 and my wife is 5'10 with a team weight just over 380. The bike is a Comotion Speedster with the weight unknown. We are everyone's favorite draft. We live in Florida so we don't have to contend with huge climbs. During the summer on a club ride we averaged just over 24 mph for a 50 mile loop. We had a lot of friends that day. We also completed our first tandem century this summer with a time of less than 5 hours. My daughter is 5'6 and doesn't put out the watts but she loves being able to ride with the 16 mph group.
