Pictures of happy tandem couples?
09-28-22, 06:12 PM
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Hey we finally have a picture for this thread! We did a small organized ride the day after our wedding reception. This is us riding back to our hotel on our trusty Rodriguez 
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10-03-22, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by zonatandem
After 33+ years of tandeming this woman is still smiling . . .
. . . and as usual, we're having a good time!
Pedal on TWOgether!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem
. . . and as usual, we're having a good time!
Pedal on TWOgether!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem
At the Tucson swap a few years ago, I bought a box full of cycling shorts from Rudy. I think that was the last time I saw him.
10-04-22, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by RCMoeur
They are truly missed.
At the Tucson swap a few years ago, I bought a box full of cycling shorts from Rudy. I think that was the last time I saw him.
At the Tucson swap a few years ago, I bought a box full of cycling shorts from Rudy. I think that was the last time I saw him.
10-05-22, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by jethro00
Uh-oh. What happened to Rudy & Kay?
10-10-22, 06:54 AM
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Saturday's Filthy 50 was amazing. We had beautiful clear skies and the autumn colors were on full display!
The temps were cool, starting around 45°F ... and stayed chilly most of the ride warming up to the mid 50s. The big challenge was the wind ... 10-15 mph winds outta the west all day, with gusts getting to 20-25 mph. Somehow there was never a nice tailwind, just lots of crosswinds and some brutal headswinds to keep it spicy!
The other change was the soft gravel, there was very little hero gravel to be found. And the limestone dust was so fine and covered everything. After the ride, I looked like Pigpen taking off my socks.
One of my favorite parts of the day is that it's a gravel family reunion. We saw so many friends at the start, on the route, and at the finish party.
Stats: we finished the 50-mile & 4,200 ft course in 4:47, that's 6 minutes faster than last year (I was hoping with all our experience on the tandem, we'd have been much faster). With a bigger field of tandems this year, we were 4th of 7 tandem teams. Overall we finished 416th place, moving up 42 places overall from last year & a larger field finished... 588 finishers this year and 541 last year. So based on the rankings, everyone was slowed by the conditions, and I don't feel bad about being just a little faster this year.
The bike is our 2021 Co Motion Java - our30th anniversary gift to each other.
Trenton and team put on another amazing The Filthy 50 ... THANK YOU!
Photo credit: Cam Evjen
The temps were cool, starting around 45°F ... and stayed chilly most of the ride warming up to the mid 50s. The big challenge was the wind ... 10-15 mph winds outta the west all day, with gusts getting to 20-25 mph. Somehow there was never a nice tailwind, just lots of crosswinds and some brutal headswinds to keep it spicy!
The other change was the soft gravel, there was very little hero gravel to be found. And the limestone dust was so fine and covered everything. After the ride, I looked like Pigpen taking off my socks.
One of my favorite parts of the day is that it's a gravel family reunion. We saw so many friends at the start, on the route, and at the finish party.
Stats: we finished the 50-mile & 4,200 ft course in 4:47, that's 6 minutes faster than last year (I was hoping with all our experience on the tandem, we'd have been much faster). With a bigger field of tandems this year, we were 4th of 7 tandem teams. Overall we finished 416th place, moving up 42 places overall from last year & a larger field finished... 588 finishers this year and 541 last year. So based on the rankings, everyone was slowed by the conditions, and I don't feel bad about being just a little faster this year.
The bike is our 2021 Co Motion Java - our30th anniversary gift to each other.
Trenton and team put on another amazing The Filthy 50 ... THANK YOU!
Photo credit: Cam Evjen
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10-11-22, 09:39 AM
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A video, as opposed to a photo, but two happy tandem couples:
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10-26-22, 03:23 PM
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Here is a picture of us at the top of the road to Maunaloa on the Big Island of Hawaii, elevation 11,100 feet or so.
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10-27-22, 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Magnum PI
Here is a picture of us at the top of the road to Maunaloa on the Big Island of Hawaii, elevation 11,100 feet or so.
10-27-22, 10:53 AM
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This was after the Mount Dora cycle fest in central Florida where us coastal Floridians learned a little about hills.
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10-27-22, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by RCMoeur
At a recent GABA bike swap they had a display with their riding jackets and other memorabilia. A person stated that they both had passed. I know that Kay had stopped riding by 2019. I'd love to be wrong and that the person gave me incorrect info and they're still around, but my current Tucson contacts aren't returning my messages at the moment.
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11-10-22, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by jethro00
Uh-oh. What happened to Rudy & Kay?
As stated earlier, they will be missed.
11-10-22, 12:00 PM
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Here's one of the family in 2011 from the Loop 303 freeway opening with our Santana and the trailercycle. The kid's taller than me now, and the trailercycle's been sold to another user, but we still have the Santana.
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02-04-23, 03:44 PM
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My wife and I started riding our Cannondale 29er Mountain Tandem 5 years ago. Last summer, we "raced" to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado (Cycle to the Summit). The mountain-bike gearing is great for climbs like that, and we did put slicks on the wheels, but that's still a pretty big bike to haul up a big mountain! So, we bought a Cannondale T2 last fall. With luck, we'll ride Pikes a little faster--and we hope to also ride Mount Evans (soon to be renamed Mount Blue Sky). We love riding our tandem year-round on dirt, gravel, pavement, snow, ice, whatever! Here we are on the top of Pike's Peak:
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Its been a years long journey to create our motor-assisted custom steel-frame tandem with handicap-adaptive features.
The huge smile on my wife's face as we tour roadless river gorge rail trails and local rail trails is priceless.
Giddyup, I'm ready! When are you going to finish building the front half of the bike?
Success.
Framebuilder Jay Borden of Roulez Cycle, Lynn MA made this journey possible.
Eleven other builders said it could not be done or was too hard, before we found him.
We recommend him for your framebuilding needs.
The huge smile on my wife's face as we tour roadless river gorge rail trails and local rail trails is priceless.
Giddyup, I'm ready! When are you going to finish building the front half of the bike?
Success.
Framebuilder Jay Borden of Roulez Cycle, Lynn MA made this journey possible.
Eleven other builders said it could not be done or was too hard, before we found him.
We recommend him for your framebuilding needs.
Last edited by RoulezTandem; 02-09-23 at 06:59 PM.
