My wife and I have decided to sell our tandem. The steel frame was custom
built for us by Otis Guy at his Fairfax, CA shop eight years ago. It is
20.5" c-c for the captain, 19" c-c (effective) for the stoker. The rear is
a "beam" design, which uses the Allsop Softride beam to locate the seat and
provide suspension. D+D Cycles in San Lorenzo, CA did the Imron metallic
blue paint job. Sunshine Bicycles (also in Fairfax, CA) did the assembly to
our specs.
We got it for a bicycle trip, and it is set up for touring. We carried
100lbs of gear on a 500 mile trip when we first got it. Since the trip
we've done maybe 20 local rides and a century. It's never been off-road.
Some specs, more on request:
XTR/XT drivetrain, 8spd
Sugino cranks
(no pedals)
Magura hydraulic rim brakes
Arai drum brake
Sun rims, DT spokes, Hope hubs, Ritchey semi-slicks
Gore Ride-On cables/housings
46cm / 44cm drop bars
Allsop suspension stem front, adjustable stoker stem rear
Turbo / Lady Turbo leather saddles
Medium-weight Allsop beam
Some pics:
http://www.hahaha.org/fs/tandem.html
Price is $1900. We paid $4600 new. I have the original receipts.
We're selling it because:
o It's a little cramped in the rear for my wife, in the current road
configuration. (She's 5'9".)
o She won't ride it off-road with me. :-)
o We'd really like a fast road tandem, and selling this would help us buy
the road tandem.
I'll throw in some never-used "big cookie" chainrings I meant to put on it,
but didn't. Bike is in Oakland, CA.
Morgan