Here's one: *http://tinyurl.com/cm3jku*
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 7:41 PM, David Estes <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > Michael, tandems are wonderful! They equalize riding between unequal > riders, so there's no waiting or hard feelings or anyone getting exhausted. > If you and your wife ride at the same level (speed & endurance) it's not as > big a deal, but if one is significantly stronger, it's the only way to enjoy > the ride together. My wife ended up selling all her single bikes after we > got into tandems. > > I'd try to find an older Santana model. Rio is one of them, can't remember > the others. We bought one used and loved it. Sold it for what we paid and > bought a Co-Motion Double Espresso. Again used, but it was an upgrade and > had 700C wheels. Tandems seem rather easy to find used it you're a bit > patient, and significantly less expensive than new. Most are sized S, M, L, > XL, so it's rather easy to find a good size for you. > > I'd encourage you to jump on in, the water's fine! > > Cheers, > DE > > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 12:42 PM, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Thanks Eric, >> >> Boy it seems pretty early in the year to being doing a century, even >> on a tandem. Of course, here in Vt. the cycling season is just >> beginning for hard core riders. I've been laid up with a bum foot for >> six months now, so any riding sounds awfully good to me. >> >> I'd love to hear your opinions about the tandem. I've got my wife to >> agree, at least in principal, to buying one, but since there are no >> dealers in VT, it takes a lot of effort just to look at one. Montreal >> about 2 hours away and Boston is 3 1/2. >> >> From what I can gather on the web, Santana or Bilenkey would be my >> leading choices. The Santana web site has lots of words, but ends up >> being short on critical info, like tire capacity, fender & rack >> attachments, etc. Also, everybody quotes prices for whole bikes, >> including stuff I don't think I want, like a carbon fork, and 10 speed >> SIS. Without any experience, it's hard to know what's really >> essential in a good tandem. >> >> There have been Riv rumors about a tandem for quite awhile and I'd be >> game for a proto, if the price wasn't stratospheric. >> >> Michael >> >> >> >> On Mar 15, 2:31 pm, Eric Norris <campyonly...@me.com> wrote: >> > Sorry, all ... try the photos again. They should be visible to anyone >> > now. >> > >> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/35176...@n03/sets/72157615309647032/ >> > >> > Flickr is a bit confusing, but I think I'm getting the hang of it. >> > >> > --Ericwww.wheelsnorth.orgwww.campyonly.com >> >> >> > > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
