Tester's Tandem

No, 6 week lead time on the chainring is putting a lower boundary on the date of its first outing.

Awesome project!

I hear that Xav chap's name around and about from time to time, I think he used to be local to me. Not a bad tester?

Tandem looks awesome, I'd be terrified.

Takes a special pair of balls to ride tandem, particularly on the track.

#anyballsbutmine

Takes a special pair of balls to ride tandem

Hard as fuck them two...

The degree of testicular fortitude required is in proportion to the speed. I gather Dr Hutch was a bit scared when Sean Yates piloted him to a 43:39 on the concrete mountain, 34mph average and apparently close to 60mph down the Bank.

Me and Stix must've hit at least warp 7 going down Highgate West during Swaintoux on my old Pug tandem. Tandems are just way too fast for their own good.
Luckily I was pilot, she must've been crazy to trust me on that thing! The flex when hitting the speedbumps at top speed without slowing down was something else.
This build is gonna awesome. Look forward to it being built with the Testers usual precision and general radness.

Have descended mountains on mine. Fully loaded. Not as iffy as you'd expect, until stopping becomes a concern.

Stopping has always been one of my main concern when it comes to mountain descents.

Fenella really wants me to buy that Cannondale tandem, it has a steel fork so I could get disc brake tabs put on there I guess, plus maybe a drag/drum brake on the rear.

it has a steel fork so I could get disc brake tabs put on there I guess, plus maybe a drag/drum brake on the rear.

Best to build a new fork rather.

Don't put disc tabs on a fork designed for rim brakes, especially on a tandem

Good point.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_urSQl6wUA5g/TKayhTKcFJI/AAAAAAAAIec/4xzdj1RzsoQ/s400/braking+induced+fork+failure.JPG

I'd happily get on the back of your tandem. Fear means nothing to me.

I'd be well up for stoking that if (a) I lived nearby and (b) I had any significant level of fitness.

very unexpected, MT

Any updates? This looks like a seriously great project.

There are parts piling up in my room. Also in the DHL an Porcel Farce depots...

This looks seriously fun. Subscribed.

Most of the OTP bits are here, still expecting to wait another month for the chainring and I haven't finished drawing the custom parts yet

What kind of chainring have you ordered?

Gebhardt

Levers? Is this not a tarckdem?