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Flip the sweeps so that they're properly upright, knee issues go away.
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What bars should I use for my tandem frame?
There's a thread for that
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What bars should I use for my tandem frame? This is how it came from eBay:
It has a 56cm top tube and it came with two sets of Cinelli Giro d'Italia drop bars, perhaps the originals. So I'm guessing the frame is designed for drop bars and doesn't have enough length for other bars. Or does it?
I want to make this tandem versatile, i.e:
I could just fit the Cinelli drop bars that I have. But I want to make something easier for friends to use and honestly I would like a change from drops.
If I fit bars with a sweep, like this fine tandem from our very parish, will I just bash my knees into the bars? (I'm tall - 193cm.)
Of course I could put sweep-back bars on a silly long quill stem. A fun Google search has told me that I can find 14cm quill stems but probably nothing longer. Except maybe a Look ergostem. This is exactly the excuse I need to buy a Look ergostem...
Sweep back bars also enable me to use MTB / town bike brake levers and they enable the fitting of normal V-brakes, which are cheaper and easier than mini-V brakes or cantilevers. So that would be a bonus.
Anyway this bar conundrum must have come up before. What are my options?