This isn’t really a find, just interesting I guess.
I have no idea how they ride, but I REALLY like the way this exploded view works, where as you keep scrolling down the parts keep flying off with nice little call-outs. https://pinion.eu/en/technology/
It could MO use a few nice red lines or arrows showing exactly the rotation direction of components and the path that your pedaling force takes through the innards. An animation showing the parts moving would be cool, especially to show how the input crank spindle is rotating at a different speed than the output, which rotates around the spindle but is independent.
Oh wow that takes me back to 2005. I was an LBS sales rat in a shop that sold Santana (and Burley, Cannondale, Trek, and at least one Litespeed tandems).
That’s probably around 60% of what the original retail was, from memory. I guess if you wanted a lighweight road-only tandem you could do worse, but still.
Things of interest:
-Why does this blinged out bike have a Santana-branded basic stem? Because that fork has a 1-1/4" steerer tube so they had their own stems you had to use.
-Dura-Ace 10s shifters. I haven’t fondled the newest D-A stuff, but IMO in this case the external shift cables may actually be a good thing in terms of reduced friction.
-Avid (magneisum?) V-brakes with travel agents.
-XTR 9s dangler, because it would shift the larger rear cog and also have enough chain wrap for a road triple.
-Ultegra front pusher, because no such thing as D-A front pusher.
-FSA carbon crankset with Octalink BBs!
-Shimano “Sweet Sixteen” wheelset was made especially for Santana Tandems. The rear spacing is something dumb like 146mm (don’t quote me on that exact number). Note the rear 6-bolt disc mount.
-Speaking of, note the small oddball disc mount on the chainstay. Santana had an adapter to use normal calipers. I’m actually not sure if that mount is Hayes 22mm or something else.
-No disc tabs on the fork.
-Santana-specific boom tube couplers for use with their elliptical boom tube shape.
Additional reading:
Santana disc brake options included a special all metal dual-acting cable-actuated caliper, with no plastic parts to melt on long descents (they recommended against BB7 calipers, but we installed a bunch anyways). Sometimes we would insert a small coil spring around the bare cable at the caliper, in between the arm and housing stop, to act as a helper. They also had a hydraulic/cable hybrid option, which was a cable-actuated master cylinder that mounted where a left-side down tube shifter would usually sit, which was then normal hydraulic line and caliper to the rear. There was a 10" rear brake rotor they also liked to spec.
This reminds me of some folks who were regulars at my old shop. They spent a shitload of money chasing a sub-25lb goal for their tandem. I think I remember them getting it but I don’t remember who made the bike. At the time I just thought they were rich idiots. I still think that.
Who cares how they spend their money? Let them have fun.
A fast tandem seems like a pretty inoffensive way to spend a bunch of money. People spend tens of thousands of dollars on boats and jet skis and race cars and stuff and nobody bats an eye
Yeah the couple that bought the $14k (in 2004 money) full custom Litespeed tandem was very nice to us shop folks. Any time their bikes had new parts installed they were cool about leaving the plenty-of-life-left castoffs for us to distribute amongst ourselves.
Details for the curious;
bicycle frame material: carbon fiber
bicycle type: tandem
brake type: caliper
condition: excellent
frame size: Captain: 60cm-62cm, Stoker: 52cm-54cm
handlebar type: Drops, Stocker bullhorn with adjustable headset
make / manufacturer: Zona
suspension: none (rigid)
wheel size: 700C
2005 Zona relaxed race frame. Taller head tube/Longer headset for comfort.
Durace brakes
48-spoke wheelset with Chris King hubs. Max tire size is 28.
Crank size: 175 captain/172.5 stoker
9-speed triple cassette
Bars are 3T
Bike weight: 32 lb including wheels
Tandem has never been crashed. I am the original owner and frame was built by Zona in 2005. It has been in mostly storage since approximately fall 2015. Less than 6000 miles.
Yow, that’s a nice machine (even though the HT is too long); if I had a short sweetie who wanted to do brevets and didn’t mind staring at my not-nearly-shapely-enough butt for 7 hours, I’d be looking at knocking over a bank to get the money for it + the necessary upgrades to make it a really useful engine.
