Santana Tandem, sold

Hi there, it's time to part with our beloved tandem.

It was bought a while ago as upgrade on our Dawes Super Galaxy, which it most definitely was. We taken it to a couple of jaunts here in the UK, and a Summer trip to France. This was our third tandem, and the things we appreciated the most over the previous ones we owned were the extra room for the stoker (rear top tube is around 700mm), the generous disc brakes, and the 26in wheels. And the paint, of course!

It's very stable, gives a grounded feeling that makes me unafraid of tight spaces even when loaded. I don't know how much the 26in wheels contribute to that, but it feels much nicer to maneuver than the 700c Dawes. It's good to have a bit of extra strength in the wheels too.

The bike is built to a high spec, if not avant garde stuff:

• Santana Fusion SE, Columbus tubing
  
• Hope hubs laced to Exal KM19 xlite rims
  
• Shimano Ultegra triple cranks
  
• New Specialites TA chainrings
  
• Shimano Dura Ace levers, with Flight Deck (very handy on a tandem to check gears)
  
• Shimano XT rear derailleur, long cage
  
• Avid Single Digit 5 + Avid BB5 brakes
  
• Hope 203mm disc rotor on rear
  
• Crane Creek Thudbuster rear seatpost
  
• Crane Creek headset
  
• Tubus titanium rear rack
  
• Nitto front rack
  
• Schwalbe Marathon tires
  
  

Measurements are:

• Seat tube, captain, 56cm ctt
  
• Tot tube, captain, 60cm virtual
  
• Seat tube, stoker, 51cm ctt
  
• Top tube, stoker, 70cm ctc (I know it's obvious, but please note the stem eats back some of this as it points backwards)
  
  

Please feel free to request any detail you might want to see pictured. I'll add below a couple of photos from our travels, just to show how it looks loaded. By the way, reason of sale is because we're set on another tandem, this time with couplers as our plans are getting a bit more adventurous. I guess we can blame the Santana for hooking us up on that :)

Lastly, we're after £1,500 for it.

Thanks for looking.