Dawes Super Galaxy Touring Tandem

That is some serious water bottle capacity.

'Murica innit?

Think I saw you and the missus looking very yellow a couple weeks ago heading westbound on Upper Richmond Road.

That certainly sounds like us. Should have said hi!

Should've but too much traffic make it difficult to.

The amount of water you can carry on that one is madness. Wish we had a few more tbh. Bought some clamp on bosses but sillilly measured the top tube diameter as it was closest and it turns out the across-tube where they'll be mounted is fatter, so it's a no go. Ho hum.

Unorthodox stoker stem arrangement on that one too, ed. quite clever as it needs to be loooong, but seems a step more complicated than it needs to be.

Get some big jubilee cup to mount the bottle cages?

Forum tandem ride on your return. It needs to happen.

The amount of water you can carry on that one is madness. Wish we had a few more tbh. Bought some clamp on bosses but sillilly measured the top tube diameter as it was closest and it turns out the across-tube where they'll be mounted is fatter, so it's a no go. Ho hum.

Unorthodox stoker stem arrangement on that one too, ed. quite clever as it needs to be loooong, but seems a step more complicated than it needs to be.

Which ones did you go for? And what size? If they fit on mine ill have em off you probably.

When you toured fully loaded, did you find the frame had a lot of flex?

We took ours touring for the first time at Easter and fully loaded the thing was a bit terrifying at first! Feels like it's twisting a lot. Bit of a learning curve to riding it loaded.

Use the spring to your advantage! When we came back from our first tour it took me a good few days to unlearn the technique and ride a solo again.
Just had a weekend on my super galaxy solo. Which is equally flexy. It's the bike's way of telling you to slow down and relax a little :)

Ours is definitely flexy...especially with 4 panniers and a bag on the rack...oh, and a bar bag.... It's ok, but doesn't inspire a lot of confidence when you're used to something a bit more modern and stiffer....

The last piece arrived from the Netherlands:

It is loooooong, is the fanciest quill I've owned, and has a nice darkish colour to it.

Means I could finally put the new bars/levers/tape on and cable everything up, meaning the bike is officially Finished and ready to roll. We took it on a little shakedown roll to Farningham yesterday and nothing went wrong, so I reckon it's all good to go.

(bit blurry due to water on the lens)

Ta-da!

(click for bigger)
So close.

So rad.

double win! you two rock!

Well, we're off today (in an hour or so). Will try and get a snap of it with everything on but have to finish packing first. We'll be updating tourdetandem.tumblr.com as we go, and if anything falls off and needs fixing I guess I'll update this thread too. See you all at the end of summer :)

I wish I'd seen this thread sooner so I could've wished you a more appropriate 'bon voyage' yesterday; I'm sorry I'm not very good at real-life social interaction!

I hope you two have an epic adventure. You've done enough work to deserve one!

This is an inspirational project.
I'm gonna show it to my wife and then see if we can't throw loads of money away on a tandem.

Woohoo!!!

Have fun!!

Just saw the tumblr on the book of face and am following.
You two are my heroes, and I get super envious every time I read of your touring adventures.
Enjoy it. I look forward to reading about it in this here thread and on tumblr...
Bon voyage..

Awesome! Have fun guys. Hope the wagon holds up, and keep us posted :)

You're gonna have a lots of fun, very jealous (kinda, just booked my flight).

just did a quick ride to bromley to try to get a gopro bar mount. it's fucking grim out there. giving it a little longer to blow over...

For the next tour:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dolan-time-trial-tandem-bike-/321449122396?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item4ad7dc5a5c
?

Too cool.

Bon voyage tom. Well jell.

Thanks for the reassuring answers on the spring! I'll learn to work with itr a bit Better. Thought it was just our old frame...

Enjoy the tour!

so many bottle cages...