Tandems

[456_rich]

Did Kona ever make a tandem? What retro beauties are out there?

Would dearly love to buy SteveW (http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=159607) but have no where to store such a beast!

 

[hamster]

I have never come across a Kona tandem. Probably the most well-known are Dawes, Cannondale (amazing huuuuuge bottom tube), Santana.

Several of the MTB tandems I have seen (from non-tandem specialists) look all wrong, specifically in frame design, and would be most probably too flexy. It's as if they had seen a fuzzy photo of a tandem but never ridden one... :?

All those extra frame tubes are there for a reason, omitting them makes the back end do something only loosely related to the front.

 

[chiswickcollectables]

If you want a retro tandem, try this it's 40 years old... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-Tande ... 562wt_1139

 

[hamster]

Oooh, that's nice. But no so much use off road I suspect. My MTB tandem is a real hoot on twisty singletrack...like trying to drive a bus round a multi-storey car park.

 

[FairfaxPat]

This is the one I have been riding for the last 3 years, it is on kinda long term loan from Gary Fisher. I use it to ride the road with my friend Megan-hence the over padded rear saddle! It is a MTB tandem from the late 80's, painted by one of Gary's ex's, with a very eclectic mix of two tone metallic paint with some really odd artwork on the headtube which is beyond me. It is a lot of fun to ride, and we get over 50 MPH every time we come back to Fairfax down White's Hill to the West of town.

 

[jango]

We're really enjoying our recently aquired GT Quatrefoil DX, gradually getting it back to standardish spec!

 

[yo-eddy]

Rody with his Grove Tandem..... doesn't get much cooler than this

 

[Ductape]

I have owned this one for over 20 years. No good pics of it in MTB mode....
Guaranteed fun.....