Mannetjie Posted May 5, 2006 Share Hey you allToday I need your help for a change. My wife and I are thinking of maybe getting ourselves a tandem. I just dont know where to start.What makes are there. What are the best, what to look out for. Is a tandem really so expensive? (seen a few prices 20k + ) How will one size tandem fit both my wife and I? ( I ride a 54 and she a 52)Any help would be appreciated alot!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowpoke Posted May 5, 2006 Share first ask someone very nicely if you can try out theirs before you go spending cash.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayC Posted May 5, 2006 Share Hi MannetjieSize is not a problem. Tandems are built to different leg lenghts for pilots and stokers; you should therefor be able to get a 54/52 combination.Slowpoke's advice is very valuable. You can also consider speaking to Joneene at Linden Cycles about hiring one, to try it out, before you spend big bucks.RegardsKayC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big H Posted May 5, 2006 Share Mannetjie,Firstly a warning. THERE ARE NO GREY AREA IN TANDEM CYCLING!!!!!!! It is one of two issues..... a new honeymoon or you ride directly into the divorce court. If you are lucky and a Honeymoon befalls you, you may just become a successful tandem team. When I say successfull I do not mean fast and winning races. Tandemming is to work together as a team and to compensate a lot for the shortfalls of your companion. Another rule..... THE STOKER IS ALWAYS RIGHT. It does not matter what and how it happnes, the stoker is always right.Lending a Tandem is a tender trap. We got hooked that way.Go and visit shops and ask. Many makes available but my choice would be as following:-Expensive but the best - CannondaleVery good value for money with good components - RaleighCheap and bottomrange but by no means inferior - Titan with a great possibilty of future upgrades.Go and visit www.sheldonbrown.com and http://tandem-fahren.deLaat weer hoor as jy nog inligting nodig hetH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdk555 Posted May 6, 2006 Share Below is a piece that I copied from another thread to which I replied. Seems like I really get the tandem product bit on www.tandemcyclingsa.co.za up and running.<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />My honest 5 cents is that the Titan is a great entry level tandem (one of my friends and fellow Outrider member has one). The next step up is the <?:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Raleigh or my choice is the Ravo which comes standard with Uletgra shifters, carbon cranks, carbon fork, much more and some great accessories. The only real upgrade that I did, yep I own one was better saddes. The thing that really blew me about the RAVO is that it can hold 5 cages. I also installed the side mount cages which means that the bike can easily carry 5 750ml bottles and maybe the biggest plus is that the guys at Cape Cycle Systems went out of their on 2 occasions to fix my baby when things went wrong.Price wise - shop around as i have seen for sale anything between R 10 000 and R 14 000.As for sizing check http://tandem-fahren.de/Mitglieder/Christoph_Timm/WeightDist ribution.html As for www.tandemcyclingsa.co.za - got some amazing racing pics and will post them as soon as I figure out how too. Even got a pic or two of Big H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cois Posted May 6, 2006 Share I think oom H is correct. I have seen a lot of bad things on Tandems in the few years I have been cycling. A tandem is also know as: " 'n maak of breek" That is in relation to your relationship with your stoker. I can work or it can't I had a tandem to my desposal, but I never took my girlfriend out on it. Why? She is now my ex-girlfriend. Ask somone with a tandem if you can take it for a spin, but make sure your wife or hubby is co-operative. Try it. My mother and father does the tandem thing and they love it, but be sure And yes: THE STOKER IS ALWAYS RIGHT!!! smileys/smiley36.gif smileys/smiley36.gif smileys/smiley36.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcyclist Posted May 9, 2006 Share While ANDRE L and myself won mdk555's tandem time trial having never ridden together before, tandem partnerships require a good deal of understanding.My girlfriend owns 1/2 of a tandem along with a good friend of hers, and we (after doing a few races together) decided for the sanity of the relationship not to ride together. I'd much rather shotgun for the tandem on my single bike, and offer a push when they need it.That said, tandems are good fun, and some nice bargains can be found for under R10k! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velouria Posted May 9, 2006 Share You got a girlfriend again? Was it the skin suit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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