Tandems of the forum

Geneve

I read Genevieve on the "mudguard", it was "The Higgins Ultralite" on the drain pipe (aka keel- or boom-tube) I couldn't read in the wide shots.

Ahh gotcha! drain pipe is new too me

I forgot to post at the time, but I spotted this on holiday in France over the summer.
Reynolds 853, Rolhoff, S&S couplers - judging by the prices on Orbit Tandems website this looks like about £6k-£7k's worth of kit!

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Rescued an old 80's Dawes Horizon the other day. New pilots BB required but its going. It's even got a rear drag drum brake for those "epic" descents, probably not required in the midlands!

140mm rear spacing throws up a couple of minor issues for updating to a more modern rear wheel/cassette to move away from 6 speed down tube shifters.

Still, its all good fun and having raced a 10 as a stoker a few years ago, my appetite is good for more!

You'd be surprised how useful a drag brake is.

Amen. Use ours as a parking brake almost constantly.

I have had it on a couple of times to be fair. Not sure of the condition of the shoes inside but it does work.

BTW, would a 135mm MTB 29er wheel work in a 140mm rear end? Frame is 501

That would be fine. JD Tandems sell 140mm hubs, that's pretty standard size for tandems.
If your frame really is 80s I'm surprised is 140mm, I thought that was a 00s improvment.

So you don't think pinching 2.5mm each side would be an issue?

Sheldon says it’s ok. Otherwise you can try and respace it.

In the long run I'd try and respace it to whatever hubs you're going to be using - AIUI the residual stresses in the chain/seatstays and non-parallel dropouts can cause broken axles and other problems if heavily loaded, and for a tandem that goes double. But I may well be being overly paranoid!

It's only ever going to be used for pootling around the lanes for now. I hear what youre saying though. A 140mm hub would keep everything in line, I just haven't got the readies to shell out on such a wheel.

It's fine. When you (inevitably) break enough spokes to decide you want a new wheel built, get a 140mm hub. It's fine 'til then.
Is it a freehub style (with a cassette) or a screw-on style with a freewheel? If the latter then anything heavily laden will probably write-off the axle soon enough anyway. It won't be you, it's just the limitations of the design. Freehubs FTW!

Its a screw on 6 speed.

Then a freehub would be a good upgrade. Squeezing the frame by 5mm is fine.

That's my way of thinking. Be nice to have something that gives a better choice of gearing for us.

I bought this Paris tandem in August as a frame. It turns out to date to 1949. Handily I already had an original 26" wheel with 1949 Sturmey Archer AW hub. I managed to get hold of a Cyclo Standard derailleur complete with cables and lever, and Cyclo 2 sprocket adapter. Unfortunately the cables don't reach far enough, so if anyone has a tandem length Cyclo Standard cable let me know.

I am considering building a 27" wheelset, replacement saddles and fitting mudguards as future upgrades.

All I have to do now is convince my wife to ride as stoker!

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Amazing

Selling my Dawes Super Galaxy - £250

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/327986/

Bargain!

just aquired almost the same thing but no drum brake fitted, eh oop, neither of us ‘av ridden tandem before,,,,,,eeeek

Went on holiday with my wife and took our drop-bar mtb tandem out. We only got so far down that descent I’m going to go back on the 29er to do again though

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