Thorn tandem - kiddy back!

Okay, just to make sure you made an informed decision, and not to come across, but have you read the Thorn brochures? Or more specifically:

This:
http://www.sjscycles.com/thornpdf/ThornRavenTwinBroHiRes.pdf

And this: (page 44)
http://www.sjscycles.com/thornpdf/thorn_mega_brochure.pdf

I think they’re pretty good guidelines for building a tandem, and for selecting components although they’re very conservative :)

I work for SJScycles (Thorn cycles) ...

Fair play

Hah, keep going then 👍🏼

New thorn tandem fork arrived this week, it makes sense for me to go ahead with this although I like the style of the other one more.

Going to use a decent sized front rack so it will Be mostly hidden!

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Onone Mike bars for £9.99 was too good to take a punt... will need the mrs to test before we say yes!

Jtek dynamo hub, also got a halo rim (same as rear) so will get the wheel sorted this week, using Jtek spokes.

Need to do a stem shuffle and then think about buying some cranks for the front so my mrs can swing a leg on!

Also have a spare edelux light so need to get a rear...

To decide on 2” 26” tyres too!

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Wheel laced, to be finished by a friend this week, not 100% lengths are perfect but we shall see!

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£31 later and we have brakes!

Need to get a connector and more hose for the rear and probably trim the front but that’s not required yet!

Acetone in the post for the handlebar graphics and hopefully a stem soon.

May think about tyres, front bb and cranks next week.

Dropping off the front wheel tomorrow too

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First ride on our Thorn Kiddy back today, amazing fun. Brakes are poor so your choice of discs is wise.

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Looks fun!

A brake pad upgrade could help, or spend £50 plus a new fork / hubs and you could be disc brake ready!

£50! That sounds good. What fork did you fit?

£50 to have a disc mount added to the frame - I went to Ben @ Kinetics in Glasgow for other frames, fork is the new thorn tandem disc at £99.99 - https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/forks/thorn-tandem-26-inch-disc-fork/, then just need some new wheels, the brakes I got were £31!

That's got to be the way forward, back brake bossed could be added too I guess but at least a decent front brake would be a major improvement.

Yeah, for £100, a brake at like £15-20 and a front wheel for like £20-100 you would have a tonne more power!

Front wheel in!

Now to spec the next stage and check it with the wife!

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Few little bits today, light on the bracket, some cable repair, bolts in the forks, still looking for a hydro hose j-kit to length it!

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Picked up tubes and tires today as well as bottom brackets. Tyres make it look really bike like!

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V brakes, brake levers, sti shifters, grips, stoker bars, tape, cables and Maxxis DTH tyres.

Bike feels great.

Guards and racks to sort next.

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Looking grand!

Who’s enjoying it the most?

Little bean has lots of growing to do so Using her bobike seat for a while... need to
Sort out some cranks etc...

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It’s a perfect fit in the shed...

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Picked up a whole bunch of parts... modified some stuff and got a pair of bars on for kiddo.

Forgot crank bolts 😭

Aiming to pick up last few bits Friday and attempt to make it for a test ride this weekend...

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Cranks on cables in, just realised I didn’t get a front mech...

Bash guard to fit to the outer 44t but need to file it a little first. - got some XL bolts from ison dist and using Rohloff chainring spacers

Test ride this weekend is looking very hopeful.

Major job left is new hose for the rear brake,

Kiddo seat sorted, bag too! Bars need to go a little higher though and I have nicer grips and a few bells / a mirror!

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Got kiddo to file a notch to fit the bash on the stoker chainset.

Chain on too, so close!

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Can't believe I missed this.. Very good looking bike.
Love the yellow and purple combo.
How have you mounted the kiddie seat to seat post?