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I was just thinking earlier today about tandeming the DunRun; Mrs R and I have a lilac Orbit in the shed, bought from another forumenger a while back and so far very little used. But we've not managed any rides of any length on it, and Mrs R is suffering knee-itis (off at physio at the mo) so I suspect our tandem plans are on hold for the time being.
Edit: we might, however, manage some SE London rides if they're not too trafficky.
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Cool. Any tips on good places to ride in SE to gain confidence? We're still hopelessly nervous at busy junctions and haven't really got our starting and stopping sorted out. It's a bit embarrassing really, realising that I have a bike that I can't really ride.
Incidentally, there's an owner of two tandems who lives along the way from me and who may be on here (he commutes on a fixed wheel) and still holds the British 100 mile tandem record or some such, from 30 years ago. If you see this, Mr M, make yourself known!
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Does this also count ?
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I've got a Claude butler short wheel base that I have been working on for about 2 years, it's nearly finished.
It's meant to be our wedding transportation, but lack of money and living in a partial building site is holding up the whole process (as you can imagine the other half ain't to happy about this).
Also got a Gitane in my mum's shed in Bristol as I'm not allowed another tandem in the house.
Would love to go on a tandem forum ride when the claud is finished.
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[/url] [url=http://skitch.com]The claud in it's current state
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Def up for a tandem ride soon assuming I haven't sold the pug by then.
In other news the loprotracktadem frame is possibly for sale at the moment(frame inc eccentric bb shell, 2 posts and all frame bolts. no stems or drivetrain) if anyones interested? No idea of price tho, pics are somewhere on here, will have a look.need to sell it to start restoring my claud butler ultra club tandem(similar to the uswb except the 2nd downtube runs from front to back instead of up to the captains seatube as above)
needs 9 cable guides, one shifter, 2 sets of brake bosses. new chrome for the forks, new paint for the frame and new chrome for the stems.
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I will be chief spanner on this next month
We did it last year from Gloucester to Dulwich with one tandem. this year we have three. Brunhilde - the original from last year, a WWII era tandem and a horrid cut and shut job a couple of mates were gullible enough to buy off ebay (no stoker bars, timing chain tensioned with a broken derailleur and cable ties/elastic bands, just fitted a rear derailleur with a thumb shifter bolted into a bottle cage boss)
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@edmundro
I know a couple of other people on here have recently acquired tandem projects and frames. How many of you are there? Do we have enough for a tandem ride yet? Anyone elses in full working order yet? I just need to rebuild a pedal at the mo.
Tandem riding is rad, I suck at climbing hills but on it seems to breeze up them with no effort. Also goes like stink on the flat and downhill. Would be cool to go out with a few others some time.