Awesome! Would love to see photos of the build and the experience. We test rode one when visiting Riv on vacation and right away I was able to pilot it, regardless of which member of the family was stoking. I don't think it was my deft handling, as I'd NEVER ridden a tandem in my life prior to that. Kudos to Grant for the design.
Just out of curiosity, how fat of a tire will you use? (In principle it fits 2.3" tires, but in practice it's hard to get them through the v-brakes when inflated.) (Also, I'm curious where you'll set the handlebar height. (Measure twice, cut once!) The bars Riv recommends these days are so much higher than anything I'd used past age 12. Every time I try one of those swept-back riser bars, I end up going back to drop bars at or just below saddle height. Then I get paralyzed about cutting the steerer to get the bars low enough, but leaving it long, in case of a need to raise them again as I get old...) - Max in A2 On Friday, October 20, 2017 at 8:55:18 AM UTC-4, Tim wrote: > > I just ordered the wheels and stoker Bosco bars from Riv for the tandem. I > got the cranks when I was in Walnut Creek over the summer so I have all of > the Riv-specific parts I need. I plan on taking Grants suggestion of having > it assembled at an LBS. I thought about doing it myself. I'm a somewhat > competent mechanic. I've built up 2 Riv's and do almost all of my own work > (I get stumped or lazy occasionally, though.) When I talked to Roman > yesterday he said getting the timing chain tensioned correctly was one > pitfall on tandems. Are there others? I guess I'm considering doing the > work myself since it is always rewarding when it works. Otherwise, I need > to find out which LBS has tandem experience here in KC. To be quite honest, > when I've had adjustments on my other bikes made at the LBS, their work is > no better than mine. And I see Sheldon has instructions on the timing chain > setup. Bottom line: DYI assembly or not? How much rocket science is > involved? -- 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.
