Kent Tandem Bicycle

Anyone know about the Kent Tandem Bicycle. I'm interested in how heavy
the whole bicycle is. Anyone own one. They seem too good to be true,
price wise.

erness.wild@gmail.com wrote:
> Anyone know about the Kent Tandem Bicycle. I'm interested in how heavy
> the whole bicycle is. Anyone own one. They seem too good to be true,
> price wise.

I liked the reviews at amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Kent-Dual-Driv..._tdp_sv_edpp_i

On Jun 26, 9:48 pm, curly Bill <sc...@anon.com> wrote:
> erness.w...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Anyone know about the Kent Tandem Bicycle. I'm interested in how heavy
> > the whole bicycle is. Anyone own one. They seem too good to be true,
> > price wise.
>
> I liked the reviews at amazon.comhttp://www.amazon.com/Kent-Dual-Drive-Tandem-Comfort/dp/B000LELCIE/re...

I would still like to know, if anyone knows how heavy the bike is,
thanks

On Jun 27, 8:02 am, handel.b...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jun 26, 9:48 pm, curly Bill <sc...@anon.com> wrote:
>
> > erness.w...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > Anyone know about the Kent Tandem Bicycle. I'm interested in how heavy
> > > the whole bicycle is. Anyone own one. They seem too good to be true,
> > > price wise.
>
> >   I liked the reviews at amazon.comhttp://www.amazon.com/Kent-Dual-Drive-Tandem-Comfort/dp/B000LELCIE/re...
>
> I would still like to know, if anyone knows how heavy the bike is,
> thanks

Will you be having a cheap tandem weighing contest with your
neighbors? Or perhaps there's a county tandem fling-win-a-dinner-for-
two?

"curly Bill" <scram@anon.com> wrote in message
news:aGX8k.1132$sM4.415@newsfe17.phx...
| erness.wild@gmail.com wrote:
| > Anyone know about the Kent Tandem Bicycle. I'm interested in how heavy
| > the whole bicycle is. Anyone own one. They seem too good to be true,
| > price wise.
|
| I liked the reviews at amazon.com
|
http://www.amazon.com/Kent-Dual-Driv..._tdp_sv_edpp_i

That first review is hilarious! The guy actually measures the ball bearings
for tolerance? And talks about how much better this new tandem is than the
Columbia he had before?

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

In article <Hk99k.9998$xZ.262@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com>,
"Mike Jacoubowsky" <mikej1@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> "curly Bill" <scram@anon.com> wrote in message
> news:aGX8k.1132$sM4.415@newsfe17.phx...
> | erness.wild@gmail.com wrote:
> | > Anyone know about the Kent Tandem Bicycle. I'm interested in how heavy
> | > the whole bicycle is. Anyone own one. They seem too good to be true,
> | > price wise.
> |
> | I liked the reviews at amazon.com
> |
> http://www.amazon.com/Kent-Dual-Driv...IE/ref=tag_tdp
> _sv_edpp_i
>
> That first review is hilarious! The guy actually measures the ball bearings
> for tolerance? And talks about how much better this new tandem is than the
> Columbia he had before?

It's funny, sure, but that review actually told you everything you'd
need to know about buying that bike, most notably that assembly (and
wheel truing...) is going to be a DIY affair.

As for the Columbia tandem, without more information, it's hard to say
if it was better or worse, but to the reviewer's credit, he did a 50 km
ride on it! I suspect 50 km is more than the lifetime mileage of a lot
of cheap tandems, possibly including my own.

mic'ing the ball bearings is a rather bizarre plan, but the dude was
clearly in there already to lube things up, so why not?

--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@gmail.com http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."