I love tandems, and so does my Glorius-riding stoker! That said, I highly doubt she would want to sit on the back of one for a century. There's no such thing as "not pedalling" unless you have a Da Vinci type independent system http://www.davincitandems.com/dv2.html
Used Santanas are the most common, at least here in Southern California. I've had two of them and they're great. Lower trail (there, I said it!) than Co-Motion. Not as pretty as C-M though. Don't know anything about Burley or other models. They all limit 700C tire size to about 30mm which is lame on a tandem. 26" models usually have a full 2" tire capacity. I recently purchased a mid 90's Trek T200 and *highly *recommend those along w/ their lower level T100. They both fit a full 700X40C tire, low-ish trail, and fairly inexpensive. Steel of course. Unless your stoker is significantly shorter than you are, it will be hard to get their handlebar much higher than saddle height. So you can put on Albas, but getting real upright is limited. This entirely too awesome for words tandem auction just ended on ebay with no bids: http://www.ebay.com/itm/231108852323 On Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:39:50 AM UTC-8, Michael wrote: > > And could I put Albas on the back for my stoker wife? > > I am going to do the Six Pillars Century ride in Maryland this year, Lord > willing. > > They have a 37 miler my wife might be interested in. > > I told her if we had a tandem she could go on the full century with me and > just stop pedalling whenever she gets tired. At least I think you can do > that on a tandem. > > Anyone here have any ideas about tandems? Is steel still real, or are > lighter materials in order for a frame of that size? > > Wonder if RBW will ever go tandem, not that I could afford 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
