Tandems of the forum

That's the same as mine! Nice!

Sturdy, like the good Mrs Savage and a lot lighter than it looks (the tandem). I'll see if we can pare some weight off ......

Picked this beast up on eBay and did it up. It's a 1996 Dawes Discovery twin, it may not be pretty but it was comfy and functional.

It has just finished carrying us from Lands End to John O'Groats with only a few horrible mechanical problems....

So I've always known that my GF's Dad had a tandem tucked away, but I'd always assumed it was too small as he tends to ride 54cm to my 58. However, after my experiences on Tester's TT Tandem and reading about @6pt 's touring tandem antics, I got thinking. Got it out today and the captain's TT is 58cm, which would be spot on for me with a longer stem. Longer seatpost, upgrade a few bits, hmm...

GF currently has an obsession with camping, so have suggested some touring, which she seems up for. Probably won't happen until next year, but still exciting stuff.

Looks great

Another one sucked in. The sooner you get it going the sooner it'll get you smiling :)

Looks great. Dawes has the tandem world dominated. Everyone has one!

I'm after a cheap tandem if anyone has one going.

Plan is to take it to France, use it for a weeks pootling about and then leave it there for future visitors, so cheap!

Cheers

I've got a frame and forks with cottered cranks but someone tried fitting V brake bosses with what appears to be bird poo. Currently with MTB 559mm wheels. I'll drag it out of the shed and take some pics if you're interested. Pics now included, with original forks with bird shit welding and some drum braked 622mm wheels (need truing). S/T front and rear are 52cm.

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My rear hub uses screw on freewheels.
Are 7 speed shimano fine?
Do they hold up well to tandem use?

I have some friends who have an 8 speed freewheel on their tandem and that works fine. I have a spare 7 speed that you're welcome to borrow if you want to try it?
You might need to space your hub out slightly more, depends on your frame. You can do a quick calculation using Sheldon Brown's cribsheet to see if you have enough space.

If you have the suzue rear hub you might have issues with axles bending/snapping due to the increased leverage, there's an idea here for adding an extra bearing at the end of the freewheel to support the most outboard gears.

Thanks for the offer, I'm all set.
The hub is a Phil all shiny and sleek,
the freewheel next to it suddenly looked like a weak link.
Hadn't thought about it before.
I won't use more than 7 speed freewheels,
I broke a few mtb axles.

thanks I don't think I have enough time to get that running before I go.

Not a problem. It's been taking up too much space in the shed for five years. I think it's heading for eBay.

Anyone able to shed some light on a double-rear-rim-brake conundrum? CP thread here.

Finally found the hub you were referring to. I got the old freewheel off the stock wheels and took the opportunity to properly measure the OLD. The dropouts seem to be 135, but the hub is 140 (ish). How odd... This may make it difficult to go with my plan of adding spacers to allow an 8spd freewheel.

A new wheel is definitely in the works, but still undecided about getting a hub for a thread on drum brake or getting a disc hub like you did (for that sweet future tandem that is definitely going to happen...). Definite bonus point for the disc hub as it has 4 bearings (two in the shell and two in the freehub body) whereas the threaded hubs have only two.

gone to a new home, for a worthy cause

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That may have been my one as we were there around that time! Pics here http://smutpedaller.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/jackyll

Inherited from the rents' (although still remains in their garage due to lack of space at my place). Did a fair few family tandem tours as a kid on it (4 of us on this and a Merican tandem). Old man has done the Polaris on it a few times. Can't wait to do some touring on it myself.

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Inherited from the 'rents

ftfy

Many thanks

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Tandem-Trike-Frame-un-finished-winter-project-/291634674499?hash=item43e6c7fb43:g:578AAOSwI-BWP3NH

Youngest stoker now at senior school. Mrs int'wood climbed off after barely 100 metres. Bit sad. It has kept me pedalling through ~10 years of school runs. I suppose this is a preamble to selling it.

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That looks interesting, how much folding does it do? What height does the back suit?

An Orbit Zodiac. Fab.
Not much folding; two-stage seat posts, plus a folding stem to reduce storage space (Circe or Bernds do modern equivalents). My stokers started in Reception. It's lower at the back than a Thorn childback.