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The tandem looks great, and that frame bag is mega!
I have a not-so-sporty tandem that I've considered doing some short touring on, but we can't decide if we're better off on two bikes rather than one.
Your stroker is obviously a proficient cyclist. Does she enjoy the tandem as much, with the loss of autonomy and forward view? I love being on the back of a tandem as your free to relax or focus on other things, but my gf finds it a bit boring.
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The bag is a monster. I think the lower section is removable if we ever need to carry less. We’ve got a small frame bag on the way as well for up front so I can store some extra snacks.
So far I’ve only ridden the tandem with my friend and I think he found it just as much fun as I did. He actually designed it so that my partner would fit on the rear (hence the long seatpost), so I’m hoping to fit in a couple of rides on it this summer with her.
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Fitted a front brake, hoods and drops to the Seta.
Just waiting on some bottle cage mounts arriving and then I can do some longer rides on it.
Feels pretty fast on the small promenade rides I’ve done to dial in the fit.
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Brakes! You're growing up, Matt. Looks rad. If you ever want to commit, some shops will rivnut bottle bosses into a frame. Carbon Bike Repair UK would certainly do it, I'm sure.
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@JacqueLucque I’ve finally accepted that if I actually want to ride this it will need brakes.
I have some Arundel cage mounts on order. Hopefully they’ll do the job, but if not I’ll consider Carbon Bike Repair.
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The Arundel cage mounts ended up costing me a small fortune after being stung with an import charge. But they fit well and they seem to do the job. And they look ok (for cage mounts at least).
We had a beautiful summers day here yesterday in Scotland, so I headed out east on the Seta and met up with @Cupcakes for some lanes and a few beers. It was the stuff of dreams and exactly the type of ride I had in mind for this bike.
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Top topiary.
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East Lothian really is a lovely place to ride a bike.
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Looks idyllic! Seta has come together so nicely. What bar bag have you got in there, looks very neat!
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Thanks. It’s a Straight Cut bar bag.
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‘Old Terry’, aka my Dedacciai ZeroTre framed Terry Dolan, is one step closer to completion after getting the fork crown drilled for a brake.
Now I just need a chainring and cog and I’m ready to go.
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Tomorrow Gabi and I are starting a five day frame building course with Matty aka Rothair Cycles in Glasgow.
We’ll be building a frame each; she’s making a gravel thing and I’ll be making a road fixed/audax thing.
We’re both really excited, Gabi especially so as she’s previously worked at bronze foundries and sculpture workshops and enjoys making things and learning new processes and techniques. Not to mention we each get a frame at the end of it.
I’ll post up some photos as we go along over the next few days.
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Day one done and it was amazing. Started off with a bit of half and safety over a cup of coffee and then moved on to looking at our tube sets, checking over our Bike CAD drawings and setting up the jigs. Matt has two jigs so we can build our frames simultaneously.
Next we started on the front triangle by cutting tubes on the lathe. I’ve never worked with metal before so I found this fascinating and Matt explained everything in a way that was informative and exciting. Ensuring the tubes all fit together took a surprisingly long time but we pretty much got the front triangle on both bikes cut.
Finally we spent some time learning how to braze. Again, this is something I’ve never done before. Gabi was a natural and was producing great results in no time. Can’t wait to get back at it tomorrow.
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More.
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This isn't technically a current project as the bike is already up and running, but a friend of mine recently built this tandem for us. It's the second tandem he's built, the first being a fat-tyre, flat bar, off road/tourer.
At the start of the year we did a little ride around Aviemore. It was incredible fun so we decided to dive straight in and ride 200km around Fort William. That was also incredible fun so the next logical step is to complete a 400km and a 600km and get a Super Randonneur series for the season on a tandem.
But first there are a few things we need to tweak in order to get the fit spot on. If anyone has some clip on aero bars they no longer need, then I am looking for a set. Turns out riding a tandem is pretty hard on the lower back (for me, anyway) as it's very tricky to stand when climbing which is usually a good way of relieving tension in leg/back muscles. Hopefully aero bars will alleviate this by helping me stretch out at other times.
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