-
It is lovely. We managed a little jaunt yesterday on it and already identified a few issues from a comfort perspective! Only managed to have one incident on a roundabout with a dozy driver...
Stoker wants a flat bar for easy access to the brakes (which from my understanding are really only for descending / emergency situations) as she doesn't like drop bar / hoods. Glad I've now got 3 x cantilever brakes to mess around with...
I'll also need some narrower bars, previous owner was seemingly a giant. The Cinelli Giro Italia bars that are fitted are lovely though which is a shame.
Tyres, will try and squeeze some 32mm, debating putting on some relatively new Gp5000's but might be prudent to go for something abit more robust. Recommendations welcome!
Comically my frame pump is also too small to fit on the top tube.
Pmccee-
Nice, enjoy these first rides, they are such special moments!
On thing I'd say is that if you ever want to ride it loaded, wide bars are helpful with leverage and control. With tandems the less twitchy the nicer for everyone involved, and the fully loaded experienced is hard to imagine until you try it.
Kind of same with the tyres, good thinking to consider something sturdy. For touring I like Marathon Almotions, they're solid and fast — once they break in. Even then, wear was significant on a loaded bike.
ough
Not quite sure why the stoker has levers rather than just hoods though. A flappy bit of ally too near the pilot’s legs when mounting.