Tandem for a newbie?

[TimO]

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Yee gods and little fishes.  People make seatposts that expensive. 

I hope it's comfy, it ought to come with it's own physiotherapist for that money !

[sg37409]

>> * about 8 hours over two days, nearly as much time as it possible to spend in Big Als

Only if your just nipping in for a new tube, with the right money and everything !


Very nice bike !

[rdaviesb]

Excellent choice, and Wifee tells me that you will not regret the expense of the Thudbuster. Enjoy!

[salar55]

Hi    Well done another tandem over in the west and it's a Cannondale .  Looking forward to seeing the beast, will have to get ours up and going again [5 years in dry dock]. Fancy a run one day.

[GlasgowDave]

Mr rdavisb's wifee is entirely correct. After a wee (very wet) run yesterday I can confirm the Thudbuster is fantastic, a worthy investment reminiscent of being on a firm spacehopper!   

PG

[rdaviesb]

Pictures!

[GlasgowDave]

As soon as it's dry...

So sometime next May.

Dave

[thing1]

Congratulations on the purchase! I have found memories of storing our first tandem in the hallway, and making extra trips around the flat just to so I could "check" on it another time 

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Yee gods and little fishes.  People make seatposts that expensive. 

Ah, try googling for "Tamer Pivot Plus Carbon shockpost".
Shockpost. Kind of appropriate name that.

[GlasgowDave]

Finally a photo:



On the Black Isle, the dolphins are just behind us.

GD

[rdaviesb]

Very nice. More piccies! More piccies!   

[clarion]

Excellent!

[Sigurd Mudtracker]

That's very nice.  I've long been trying to persuade my stoker that we need something to compliment our Dawes Double Edge...

I have heard people making dire prognostications about tandems with disk brakes - something I had considered changing ours to, as I am underwhelmed (and sometimes alarmed) by the stock V-brakes.  If Canondale are fitting them, the problem can't be too great.

[GlasgowDave]

I have heard people making dire prognostications about tandems with disk brakes - something I had considered changing ours to, as I am underwhelmed (and sometimes alarmed) by the stock V-brakes.  If Canondale are fitting them, the problem can't be too great.

You mean Thorn?  

The forks are incredibly beefy and the dropouts are modified away from forward facing to vertical. I do make sure the QR is tight before riding.

This photo illustrates it a bit better



I must get a some little red upwards arrows to put on them...

Dave