Post Pics Of Your Tandem Bike

[Karate Chicken Industries]

1976, stock except for the tires, tubes, cable housing and cable.

 

[Graffix1972]

My "Little Johnny"

 

[Graffix1972]

 

[MattiThundrrr]

My Ancient CCM Double Person bike

 

[Graffix1972]

 

[Gravelgrinder59]

1968 schwinn mini twin, only year. Still working on it, needs chain installed

 

[Gravelgrinder59]

Co_Motion gravel tandem

 

[tat_bikes]

11 years later

 

[Gravelgrinder59]

Promotional contest giveaway tandem for Elysian Brewing, got for next to nothing ( love the crazy frame design) I BMXed it

 

[Speed King]

 

[rickpaulos]

My sister's curb find.

 

[rickpaulos]

A Nashbar 10000X tandem I had a few years ago. Top tubes were just too long for us.

 

[rickpaulos]

1960s Jack Taylor Touring tandem on tour with the the bikes orignal panniers in 2018.


same bike: the original owners on tour in Texas in 1975. This photo was the cover for the League of American Wheelman magazine that year. I'm looking for that issue.

 

[rickpaulos]

My good quad on Ragbrai in 1994. Sadly our friend (guy in blue) drowned 2 weeks after the photo was taken. He was escorting a boy scout group on a trip to Florida. Got caught in a rip tide.

 

[rickpaulos]

Raleigh Companion tandem. Nice bike with bigger tires for rougher roads.

 

[Captain Awesome]

My good quad on Ragbrai in 1994. Sadly our friend (guy in blue) drowned 2 weeks after the photo was taken. He was escorting a boy scout group on a trip to Florida. Got caught in a rip tide.

What's the fork on that one?

 

[rickpaulos]

I designed the frame and hired a custom frame builder to do the work. He designed the fork. His dad machined the crown and lower plates from solid steel. Oversized steerer. 1" round main cromo blades, a top plate with a second set of smaller blades. The bottom plates bolt in. The idea was those bottom plates could be replaced with the axle slots in different locations to adjust the effective fork rake. But IMO, he got it right the first time. The bike is rock solid. I've had it up to 55 mph with no stability issues. The frame material is 4130 aircraft tubing. The top tube is a single tube from front to back. The .... tube is a single tube. The 2 laterals are single tubes. The entire frame is dead straight. Holes were drilled for each seat tube and the standard bottom brackets. All brass fillet brazed (that's what the builder wanted to do). We used floating chain rings to take up chain slack (it works). The long tubes were sourced from Wicks aircraft supply in Chicago. They sell stuff to experimental aircraft builders in lengths UPS or FedEx wont touch.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

We used floating chain rings to take up chain slack (it works).

I forgot about ghost rings, I love watching them turn. That custom tandem is incredible

same bike: the original owners on tour in Texas in 1975. This photo was the cover for the League of American Wheelman magazine that year. I'm looking for that issue.

Can't decide if I like the bike, or the original owner story/picture. The matching outfits? C'mon!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

@Speed King that Santana is serious business. Cool bikes, guys

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

Had the Twinn out last night and was happy to have had my one fendered bike for the task. Every time I even have a remote thought of dumping it, that thought gets erased quickly. It may get modded with ISO622 wheels with a two-speed kickback hub someday, mainly to have better tire selection.