I have looked at the picture and the specs posted on hubbahubbha and find myself with three concerns. First, I hope the bike can handle drop bars. Since starting to ride a tandem 6 years ago my wife and I have done a couple of three day rallies every year. I have no memory of seeing a tandem with upright captain bars, other than recumbents. There may be a number of reasons for this but in any case all the captains I see, who are regular riders seem to prefer the added comfort & control of drop bars. Second, the stoker compartment looks tight. We spread our out 6 cm beyond what Santana & Co-Moion offer and than added Albatros bars. Pat really likes the added space and not feeling like she is pressed up against my back. Third, tandems create the worst possible case for shifting. They have long cables that stretch a lot; the captain & stoker may have difficulty coordinating pedal pressure during shifting; they require a higher hi gear because its easy to spin out and they require a lower low gear because they don't climb as effectively as a single. Finally the captain and stoker often prefer different cadences making big jumps between gears hard to satisfy both riders.
I have wanted to see RBW get into this market because the big players make a lot of think alike bikes. Michael On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 12:46:29 AM UTC-4, Manuel Acosta wrote: > > Tandem looks good. > > Rides good with the proper captain and stoker. > > Will and Roman can attest. > > Pictures proved that tandems are not slow up dirt roads (when you have the > proper captain and stoker) > https://flic.kr/s/aHskCvrS8H > > Manny "The stoker makes no mistakes" Acosta > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
