-
Awesome, will have a read!
-
Right, I've had a bit more of a look it this and the more I look at it, the more I like the idea of having the transfer belt on the right side inboard of the main drive rings. Good weight savings according to Paketa as you're eliminating one spider-mount arm.
This is what Paketa have to say on the subject:
Custom Yoke to mount timing belt on drive side
The CAD-designed, CNC’ed chain stay yoke is a Paketa exclusive. Who else but the company that's been working with magnesium exclusively for ten years could engineer this subtle work of art? Paketa introduced the worlds first - and still the only - magnesium tandem in 2005, and brings more experience in magnesium bicycle construction than anyone on the planet. The yoke design allows the transfer sprocket to fit in as close as possible to the center line of the frame, yet still provides enough clearance for up to a 28 mm tire—enough for even Clydesdale-class tandem teams to enjoy the benefits of a light weight Paketa tandem.So I guess you would need a special chain stay yoke to acheive this?
Also, can someone explain what they're doing with the main crank set to be able to get the gates drive inboard of the small chainring? Some sort of fancy adapter?
From these pictures, I see di2 with Sram. I'm not familiar with Sram so assume that it works ok? So you'd just need two standard cranksets?
You are reading a single comment by @Greenbank and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
deleted
@Greenbank
Definitely worth looking at the Things' blog: http://blog.tandemthings.com/
They used their Tandem for RAAM, which has some big long descents on it (especially in Colorado) and they've done a whole bunch of other rides with big descents.
They've got a Paketa tandem (magnesium) with Di2 plus some other fancy bits (such as an adapted drivetrain so that the timing chain is on the same side of the drive chain, so there's less power put through the frame laterally and so less frame flex).
Don't even want to think about the cost though.