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I'm speccing a new tandem for a clubmate who has lost his sight. I'll probably be the main pilot. The idea is for it to be reasonably quick so we can keep up with club runs and do the odd TT (with no expectation of a fast time), rather than having to haul heavy weights.
Team weight under 150kg and no luggage.
Budget about £2k-ish.
Nothing ideal has show up second hand so we are considering a new Dolan. Will probably get frame only and have it built up by LBS.
https://www.dolan-bikes.com/tdr-frameset/
Any views on this frame?
Also hubs. My plan is to get rims from Lightbicycle - who add extra material to strengthen for tandem use - and build on an appropriate hub. Good / bad idea, and what hubs should I look at?
And any suggestions for tandem chainsets? The stock Dolan one only comes with 175mm cranks for the pilot and I use 165 so that doesn't appeal.
LBS will have a view on these but would like to have some ideas first.