Colin Blackburn said:I was walking in and around the Howgills over the bank holiday. One walk,
away from the Howgills proper, took me to Dent. Sitting in a pub at the
end of the walk, sampling some fine beers from the Dent Brewery, a tandem
with a baby seat pulled into the outside seating area-cum-car park.[Aside: The stoker got off and took the toddler from the seat. As she
walked towards me I noticed she had a Che Guevara (sp?) t-shirt on. Right
next to me was a Skoda with a Che Guevara stencil on the boot lid. She
noticed the car's stencil and said to the toddler, "Look Che, it's Che!"
It turned out the toddle was named Che, after Che G.]When I went in for the next round I had a look at the then parked up
tandem, an Orbit, and noticed it had both disc and V brakes on the rear
wheel. I know tandems need very efficient brakes but is it normal to have
two rear brakes in addition to a front brake? Is the second rear brake
used in conjunction with the first or as an emergency brake? Are the two
rear levers both on the pilot's bars? (I forgot to look, I had had a few
pints of Kamikaze by then.)Colin
More than you probably want to know about tandem brakes:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tandem-brakes.html
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