I needed to take on another project.
This one's gonna be sittin' for a while, but I had a hard time saying no....
Who knew a little two letter word was such a difficult thing to say... And my wife went right along with me. (I think she'll probably wake up later and decide maybe this was not a good idea, though it seemed so at the time.)
Someone emailed me a CL ad for a tandem that was local (very local) to me. The pictures aroused my morbid curiousity, so I called... and got a fax tone. Figured I'd try again later, same thing. So I sent a fax! Didn't hear anything after an hour, so I called again. Darn. They answered. Discussed details, asked to come and see it.
Loaded the permissive woman in the car and off we went. On arrival, we are escorted to the backyard to see this forlorn, wheel-less creature sitting in an upright position.. as if to say "hey... I'm cheep AND easy! Take me home with you.." Well, as the permissive one already said no problem, I started with an offer they could easily refuse. They didn't. I paid. We loaded. We left.
So... the moral of the story is when someone sends you an email with a deal that seems to good to believe, delete it and save yourself the agony of knowing that there is yet another bike sitting in the wings awaiting reconstructive cosmetic surgery. I mean, it ain't like there isn't enough other stuff sitting around that called me out by being cheep AND easy, but when something with such a nice frame comes along... well, now you know the rest of the story.
Ladies and Germs,
I bought the $25 tandem. (I never figured they'd take the offer, but they did.) a '63 "Bicycle Built For Two"..
Suffice it to say this was a deal I couldn't pass on. If for no other reason, I now have a good original front brake caliper for the Tandemonium Project.
Rat Royale
REC Elsewhere
This one's gonna be sittin' for a while, but I had a hard time saying no....
Who knew a little two letter word was such a difficult thing to say... And my wife went right along with me. (I think she'll probably wake up later and decide maybe this was not a good idea, though it seemed so at the time.)
Someone emailed me a CL ad for a tandem that was local (very local) to me. The pictures aroused my morbid curiousity, so I called... and got a fax tone. Figured I'd try again later, same thing. So I sent a fax! Didn't hear anything after an hour, so I called again. Darn. They answered. Discussed details, asked to come and see it.
Loaded the permissive woman in the car and off we went. On arrival, we are escorted to the backyard to see this forlorn, wheel-less creature sitting in an upright position.. as if to say "hey... I'm cheep AND easy! Take me home with you.." Well, as the permissive one already said no problem, I started with an offer they could easily refuse. They didn't. I paid. We loaded. We left.
So... the moral of the story is when someone sends you an email with a deal that seems to good to believe, delete it and save yourself the agony of knowing that there is yet another bike sitting in the wings awaiting reconstructive cosmetic surgery. I mean, it ain't like there isn't enough other stuff sitting around that called me out by being cheep AND easy, but when something with such a nice frame comes along... well, now you know the rest of the story.
Ladies and Germs,
I bought the $25 tandem. (I never figured they'd take the offer, but they did.) a '63 "Bicycle Built For Two"..
Suffice it to say this was a deal I couldn't pass on. If for no other reason, I now have a good original front brake caliper for the Tandemonium Project.
Rat Royale
REC Elsewhere
). i did have the chance to ride a similar schwinn tandem to that one some years ago. it had the skinny front forks (kinda like... yours) and it was all good untill me and my friend accidently veared... off road. put it into a ditch and bent that skinny front fork into a L almost. we got it back to my shop and i gave my friend a strong unicrown fork to put it there and no more problems.
