Jim, thanks for the link to the tandem group. I subscribed right away but don't have time right now to search the archives. I also hesitate to take this group off in a direction it wasn't intended for, but maybe Steve could answer two quick, simple, and maybe dumb questions.
Santana doesn't list the Noventa on its web site, so have been focused on the Arriva frame. Do you know what the tire capacity is, and how well its designed to take fenders and racks for touring? I keep reading about "Tandem Cranks", but don't remember ever seeing one on a mfg web site. I would assume that the stoker's crank is a standard crank, a longer axle, and a SS crank; and the pilot's crank is a standard SS crank. No? Michael On Mar 16, 8:15 pm, "Steve Kesling" <akesl...@pacific.net> wrote: > Well looks like the tandem thing sparked some interest. Lynn and I have been > riding a tandem since we were married, almost 30 years now. One of the > conditions of marriage was that she would ride cross country with me since I > was unable to go the inaugural year of 1976. Opps I hope she doesn't see > that last statement. Our son was 18 months old when we road the first time > across. We pulled him behind our Taylor tandem in an equinox trailer and > were told that he was the youngest ever to go across. That was back in 1981. > He was a trooper. When he was 15, we went again only this time he had to > pedal himself and when my wife and I turned 50 we did a third trip across > with Nancy Redpath from Imagine Tours. We have had a Santana triplet, a > Santa noventa and now ride the Santana Beyond. The Jack Taylor still hangs > from the ceiling with its beautiful tandem campy crankset. That bike will > stay in the family forever or at least until my son inherits it. So ask away > I have lots of opinions. My brother in law rides his co motion and it to is > a wonderful machine. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
