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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!
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Yeah the bcd of the timing cranks caused issues when it came to sourcing replacement rings, but a slightly more modern crankset was long overdue for it anyway so I solved the problem that way (but still have the new-ish rings (one tour on them, about 1500 miles), if you want them).
Are lowrider bosses the bits halfway up the fork? If so, mine has them. With a tubus tara quite happily attached.re: the drum lever - more standard is to route it to a bar end shifter, @hovis has experience of this.
6pt
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.