this sentence… wow
i guess wear a full face for protection
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Never ever would I have pictured myself purchasing a tandem, but this showed up at my door for $430. How could I say no?
Jack Taylor Tourist Tandem 1970’s custom built for seller’s great uncle, who put 6500 miles on it according to the odometer. Bottle dynamo with in-frame wiring for headlight. Hi-E hubs and phil wood BBs. Paint matched custom racks. 700c wheels with gobs of clearance. I don’t know exact measurements but it seems like a M/L captain and S/M stoker.
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That is gorgeous.
Lovely! 700c rims with clearance is really nice.
Thank you for saving me from that. It’s gorgeous and will be super sweet with some TLC.
that pinstriping!
new sickest bike on tarck
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I just need someone to ride it with. Not sure I’m going to convince Mrs Smitty and the kids are too small. maybe I find one of those kid back things
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Get a good suspension seatpost for the stoker and find some nice smooth roads for the first ride. I rode with sup on a tandem once, and it was glorious (she is scared and slow when she rides on her own bike so I have to drop 5-10 mi of speed to stay with her, but on a tandem she can’t get dropped or chicken out of riding into intersections, and we were quite a bit faster than my own normal pace), but she hated getting whacked by bumps she didn’t see coming so that was that.
That’s a good tip. My wife would probably bike more but has never found a saddle that treats her well (although I’ve also had 5 bike fits and still get uncomfortable after like 30 minutes)
God I wish my tandem took that it would make life so much easier
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would be normal to shim down from a 29.8 or bigger to that
26.4 in the rear and 25.8 in the front!
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