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It would appear so. Yay :)

looks lethal quick

but for some reason I want to ride it on my own (insert forever alone tandem meme)

I'm no good with photo shop so I just steal images from google.

Love it!

Is that saddle as unforgiving as it looks?

If you mean it looks like its as comfortable as a brick then you're not way off. Its (Tioga Spider) actually quite flexible but it buttoms out from time to time giving slight jolts up the spine. Cant imagine heavy riders (I'm 80 kg incl. tools cloth) loving it. That said, the shape is good and friction is not bad considering its plastic. And its 148g which is quite good for the price. After about 50-60k in the woods though I begin to feel a bit uncomfortable. I can go on no problem but the soreness becomes a factor.

And thanks!

Gav said that he's used his tandem with his dad to go and pick up bikes before - two of you ride out, one rides it back while the other rides the other. Quite handy.

There's a photo of that damn flouncer surfacing around the internet, how do I know it's him? cause I took the damn photo.

Pics or didn't happened. Simples.

The Bike as I got it....

Start of the Project...Bars, Brake Levers, and Saddle changed.

Now waiting for the New Wheels, Grips, Tyres.....also thinking of changing the Crankset to a Sturmey Archer one to keep in with the Bike being a Raleigh.

old cycling coaches in Kharkov used to tell me that UCI (or whatever it was called) cancelled tandem track racing back in the day because death toll was quite high and regular - at least one team per year

Why are real stoker stems so expensive?

Because the market is small. All tandems should be built to take 28.6mm seat posts, problem solved.

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Put the old bars back on

UCI (or whatever it was called) cancelled tandem track racing back in the day because death toll was quite high

Two things strike me as wrong in that sentence - first, I have no recollection of any notable fatalities in track tandem racing, and second and more importantly I have no recollection of the UCI ever taking a decision in the interests of competitor safety.

I think the tandem sprint was eventually eliminated from high level racing (Olympics and Worlds) due to lack of wide support from world class competitors. The fact that it is still contested at a very high speed by blind stokers indicates that it is not inherently substantially more dangerous than solo competition.

Old Bars being kept to put back on if I ever Sell.......

But at the moment....It's a Keeper !!!!!

Don't ask why but there is now a Dolan track tandem in the house.

Lovely, and a bargain, but have you tried it with those wheels? I'm thinking you might want something a good bit stiffer than Shamals for sprinting on a tandem.

The Bike as I got it....

Start of the Project...Bars, Brake Levers, and Saddle changed.

Now waiting for the New Wheels, Grips, Tyres.....also thinking of changing the Crankset to a Sturmey Archer one to keep in with the Bike being a Raleigh.

i hate to sound rude, but you ruined a perfect bike

Because the market is small. All tandems should be built to take 28.6mm seat posts, problem solved.

Got a normal stem and 27.2-28.6 shim for £17 total. Proper stokers are much more pricey.

Lovely, and a bargain, but have you tried it with those wheels? I'm thinking you might want something a good bit stiffer than Shamals for sprinting on a tandem.

It will get different wheels but I'm not sure where to start. Don't want to spend alot on the bike as I'm not sure it will be ridden often.

^^^ The frame looks too big for the rider, which accounts for a lot of the dislike

Lovely, and a bargain, but have you tried it with those wheels? I'm thinking you might want something a good bit stiffer than Shamals for sprinting on a tandem.

I was thinking that.
How can a set of Shamals take, say.... 170kgs at 50mph?

No Worries it only fits me because I'm a Lanky Git.....!!!!!

Well each to our own and if anyone visits Willy Wonkas Choclate Factory and leaves after being stretched... then make me an Offer for the bike.... but I may not sell......
:-)

Perfect? How was it perfect before? Standard 18-23 frame. Dime a dozen! Personally I like it how it is now. Proper basher material.

i hate to sound rude, but you ruined a perfect bike

It will get different wheels but I'm not sure where to start. Don't want to spend alot on the bike as I'm not sure it will be ridden often.

Rear is easy, just borrow a disc, preferably a Comete or Corima HM. On the front, axial stiffness is basically directly proportional to spoke count, all other things being equal, so whatever works for a solo with ~50% more spokes should be OK, e.g. a 24 spoke Deep V is fine for solo use, so a 36 spoke should be OK for a tandem. Same rules apply as for any wheel, deeper rims both improve the spoke bracing angle and shorten the spokes, plus the rims themselves are usually stiffer. On indoor tracks, most teams seem to use a disc on the front too, if you can borrow one off a pursuitist it might be worth a try to see how it handles outside at HH.

I've been thinking about a tandem for time trialling just in case my dad gets too old to be let out on his own, and I fancy B43s might be a good choice for a reasonably priced wheelset for clinchers, nice and deep and strong and if you divide the weight between the two people and you can tell people you're on 350g clincher rims :-)

I'd probably whack in a threadless fork (are the existing ones a bit bent?) or quill stem (but I just dont like the quill-a-ahead things). Grips on your risers. and it's fine. Better thats it's used and functional than mildly better aesthetically (debatable)...

The Bike as I got should have left it....

You really should have sold it on to somebody the right size and used the money to but a bike your size.

quill stem (but I just dont like the quill-a-ahead things).

Agreed, just go with a quill stem or fit new forks if the current ones are bent.

Dawes is getting there. Should be pretty much done by the end of today. Got all the bits to finish it appart from the the chain. It arrived yesterday morning while I was still in bed and now I've got to wait till monday to get it :(

What tyres are these?

pasela tourguard?