Tandem, let me describe this...

[yoothgeye]

A fellow told me he had a tandem, I told him I'd come look at it, I may end up buying it.

I stopped by to see it today but he wasn't home, I did see the bike though.

26" front wheel is gone. Possibly a fork off of a different bike. One of the chainrings is missing and the rear wheel is gone. Front cruiser style handlebar, rear shorter cruiser bar.

Now, the frame, I haven't seen a tandem like this. Both top tubes are double (think left and right smaller diameter like a canti) and they both slope downward like a girl's frame the front and back. Anyone seen a tandem frame like this (if you can imagine it from my description)?

 

[yoothgeye]

I think I found a winner, looked through pages of google image results for "tandem bike frame" but then tried "mixte tandem bike frame" and came up with this:

http://www.bikejournal.com/images/pj1953Mixte2.jpg

 

[udallcustombikes]

Huffy tandem. I have also seen them in Western Flyer badges. Mid 60s to mid 70s.

 

[tnt1]

i had a rollfast tandem like that

 

[55ColumbiaBuilt]

SEARS "Sunny Day Ride" or DAISY "Daisy".

I think the forum needs a "TANDEM" catagory.

 

[pick]

Like this Huffy?

 

[yoothgeye]

That looks about right, he told me $20 but I'll try for less. No rear wheel and missing one of the chainrings.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

That looks about right, he told me $20 but I'll try for less. No rear wheel and missing one of the chainrings.

Go for it

 

[pick]

I paid $20 for mine. If it has the chainguard on it, it alone is worth more than that. Good buy at $20. 8) 8)
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[outskirtscustoms]

For $20 I'd grab it just to make a stretch out of it. :mrgreen:

 

[yoothgeye]

Not for a stretch, I like the novelty of 2 riders, though it would be fun to ride it alone around town with a really sad face. Maybe a tandem tall bike... I was actually thinking about making it a triple, then adding one of those tag alongs on the back, then add a baby trailer to that, then put on my front and rear baby seats. I could stop traffic.

 

[yoothgeye]

I went and got the tandem tonight. Picture may come later, maybe not. I gave the guy $20 for it. Needs rear wheel and he says one of the chainrings is bent. He got it as just a frame and put it together. It has an old Diamondback MTB fork and nice Alex alloy front wheel with a rear MTB tire. Eh. Front chainring looks like the one on my Schwinn BFK bike. The tensioner in between the 2 chainrings is actually a MTB rear derailer, I guess it worked. Anyway, all very solid. I have an old set of tandem wheels (coaster HUGE gauge spokes) that I will put on it. Need to see a close up of a correct tensioner or a homemade one I can copy.

I'm not in love with the frame design, but happy with the price.

 

[Wildcat]

The derailler will work, as long as it is in line with the chain and keeps tension on the chain. I have an old style tensioner from another kind of tandem that works on mine, even though it's not the right one.

 

[yoothgeye]

Cool, I've got enough old derailers around that I can probably modify something together.