And you want to be able to plant your feet wide for the stoker to mount and dismount, and to hold the stoker up when stopped.
On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 3:36:48 PM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 07/20/2016 02:33 PM, Lungimsam wrote: > > Must be hard to design just a few sizes to fit everyone, especially for > a tandem. > > > > Sounds like fistfull of seatpost will be rare on these. > > You have a lot more reason with a tandem to want a lower than usual top > tube with a tandem than you do with a single. There are two basic ways > for the captain to get his leg over: raise it and swing it over the > handlebars (i.e., across the front of the bike); and step over the top > tube. The usual-for-a-single swing the leg over the back of the bike > and the saddle doesn't work nearly as well because the stoker's > handlebar is in the way. The lower the top tube, the easier it is to > get your leg over it. > > > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
