Tandems of the forum

They could check without needing to put a headset on.

Worse case scenario, new fork with threadless set-up.

Get your mate to pony up

Cheers. I'm not going to give up. Not sure where to take it though. I just want to ride it!

isn that the best case rather than the worst case?

I thought worst case would be mutiple tubes are buckled and it isnt worth fixing.

I am ok if it is just replace forks and if they can do something or other for under £200 odd quid. guess I then have to have it resprayed which is probably pricey too.

The worst thing is i dont know who crashed it. Everyone is blaming everyone else and i just cant be bothered with it. We will see

Simple - they all are equally responsible and should pay their share for wrecking an expensive bike.

Agreed. They all pay. Then you'll see them oust the culprit

I'll figure that out. I mostly just want to find the time and place to fix it

I got my tandem sprayed by Mario Vaz. It was cheap and not rubbish. His brother downstairs can replace tubes and other frame building magic. He's currently storing @veLLo 's tandem too with a long term plan to save it. Might be worth popping by?

Tandem three point turn

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Hello tandem people!

I was at Mario Vaz's workshop last sat, showing him the finished Varonha. We were chatting about various things, including tandems.
He told me he had a tandem frame he needed to get rid of, that he had there for many years. I said I wasn't interested as I already have a tandem and hope to repair / get back on the road another one left at Winston, a glorious Orbit that Ian sold literally gave me.

He asked me to pass the word around, I'm pretty sure he won't ask much for it, possibly nothing... I believe he primed and painted it at the time to prevent rusting, so it's probably in good nick (I did not see it, otherwise I would have taken pictures)

Anyone interested should contact him and pay him a visit maybe.

Loic

maybe if my frame is beyond repair then i will take that one!
I dropped off my frame there on Saturday to see if it can be repaired or what needs doing. Fingers crossed it is good news

we've just joined the lfgss tandem crew. picked this Knight tandem up from ebay/birmingham on sunday

needs a bit of work but is (sort of) working already.

will update when its all done!

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Always wondered where to post this! Thanks @hanrob_ for getting this thread in todays posts!

So I recovered this a couple of years back and rebuilt it - Higgins Ultralite (Short Wheelbase). It's old (early 60's or before as Higgins went out of business after that). Apparently there's only ~10 of them ever made...I've ridden it more cautiously since finding that out...

London - Paris on it was a highlight as was this foray in Boulogne for a vintage bicycle rally. Have annoyingly bent the rear chainring recently (which is surprising because it's Chater Lea so a solid piece of steel!) but will have it up and running again for when there's more sun

Nice baguette transportation system you have going there

Just to master the Brie transportation and it'll have everything I need

@sloth

yeah!

Forum tandem ride must happen again soon.

Somebody, not me, make it happen!

^but you did so well rallying the hordes for the last one.
Saw the purple beast at Cycle PS last night. Looks promising.

That's really nice.
The curved seat tube acts as mudguard, doesn't it?
There's one like yours from 1946 here with an interesting crackled paint job.

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/bikes/higgins-tandem-jones-rb.html

How do you find running such a long chain on the drive side?

Cheers. It kind of acts as a mudguard, but also as a deterrent for having a rear chainset (nowhere to clamp derailleur) hence the epic chain! Other than the weight (which with a tandem is rarely light anyway) it's always run great and allows me to run a double crankset thou. Apparently it's good for bottom bracket stresses as well...

heres mine, just aquired and in desperate need of sorting the fuck out. First off, those saddles need to go, cables need shortening and the list goes on...

very happy with it though, looking forward to getting it worthy and out picnicking with the missus

So I'm going to have a look at a Dawes Super Galaxy (vintage unknown) on Sunday, anything in particular I should be looking at/any well known issues on these bikes? It looks in lovely condition (pics here) but don't want to miss anything that's going to cost a lot to remedy further down the line.
Otherwise, very much looking forward to trying it!

Same stuff you would look out for on a regular bike, although tandems are harsher on their drivetrains and therefore they wear out faster. Worth taking a chain wear tool and checking that. I had to replace the entire drivetrain on my tandem (not that I'm upset about that), it was extremely worn out. Also brake surfaces, check them. Can't think of anything else right now but those are the main ones I would think.

Same vintage as mine! '90/91 I think. On phone so didn't look too closely but it looks to be original parts/spec, I which case check the spokes/rims as well as everything else @hovis said.

It'll be 135 spaced at the back with a JIS headset, everything else on them is quite normal.

The dual brake lever does front and rear with the other doing the drum - I found this to be a not-great arrangement so swapped the drum onto a dirty harry on the stoker bar and independent front/rear on the front handlebars, before dumping the drum entirely. You may get on with it, who knows!

Ok, thanks @6pt - it's useful to know it's rough age.
I'll keep an eye on the rim/spokes in general but may well replace the wheels entirely at a later date. I'll also watch the transmission and check the BCD on the chainrings (I seem to remember you had an issue with that @6pt?). I don't have a chain wear tool but will eye up the cassette and chain in it's absence.
I noticed the brake arrangement, undecided about how I'd rather have it set up. Guess it depends how trusting the stoker is as to whether you give them a lever.

Can anyone hazard a guess as to whether this has lowrider bosses? I can't really see but all the other Dawes tandems I've seen seem to have them.

Any other pointers appreciated!