Daniel, In our experience tandems are slower on uphills and faster (sometimes lots!) on downhills than singles.
The Shimano 12-36 cassette might be good for you since you're in a hilly area. It will work without the changes needed to make a long cage work with the 40 tooth plus cassettes. Sometimes, if the hill is really steep and long, getting off and walking makes for a nice change -- although it's hard for me to accept that sometimes -- the HHH fun/relaxed nature will help in that regard, I hope. :) Glad your drag brake worries are somewhat allayed. You could always set it up with a brake lever controlled by the stoker, but the advantage of using a shifter is that it can be set and left until the hill flattens out without gripping the lever. If you're setting it for captain's coytrol of the drag a shifter is the only practical solution. Julian "our HHH arrives tomorrow via FedEx!" Westerhout Bloomington, Il On Sunday, May 14, 2017 at 8:46:45 AM UTC-5, Daniel Jackson wrote: > > Hey Julian, > > Thanks for the reply. My main gearing question is whether or not gearing > preferences from a single machine translate to a tandem. We know what we > like on our own single machines but are unsure how to extrapolate this to a > tandem. > > Re: drag braking I was simply concerned about the safety of using a > shifter cable to actuate disc calipers - a big no no on mechanical lever > driven discs. But someone pointed out that the forces are likely less at > any given time and their application is gradual, which allayed my concerns > a bit. > > Thanks all. > > -- 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.
