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Posted : 22/08/2014 8:39 am
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Posted : 22/08/2014 8:45 am
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Posted : 22/08/2014 8:51 am
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Could they have picked something less likely to flay skin for the landing ramp?

Nuts.


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 9:09 am
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Properly nuts.
is there video footage?


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 9:34 am
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Does no-one make properly braced tandem frames any more? See quite a few now with no diagonal between front and rear seat tubes.


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 9:35 am
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Bloody hell! ๐Ÿ˜ฏ


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 9:38 am
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Pah - We were hucking off the 'big jump' at Chatel bike park on a tandem, towing the toddler....
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(bike park at chatel, nursery run in Poole..one or the other, I forget now)


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 9:48 am
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Is that TJ and Al?


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 9:50 am
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did a search and can't see video of this year, it's this event: [url= http://www.blitz2thebarrel.com/default.html ]http://www.blitz2thebarrel.com/default.html[/url] which was only a couple of days ago so they may appear in due course.


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 9:51 am
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See quite a few now with no diagonal between front and rear seat tubes.

Bigger tubes, smaller rear parallelogram and a rear shock mount to accommodate. Both of mine have proper bracing (road and hybrid), although one is an up-lateral tubed kiddyback (thanks Pete Bird) and the other an old school marathon Super Galaxy in 531.


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 10:43 am
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TJ and GW as stoker. They've had loads of time to practice since being banned from here.


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 1:22 pm
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Hope there's plenty of pressure in that rear shock or the stoker's gonna get his bunghole flayed by the back wheel when that lot hits the deck ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 1:33 pm
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But he is wearing a helmet....... Are you sure it's TJ?

I'll get my coat


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 1:41 pm
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is that a golf course they're landing on..

Chipps, surely ?


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 1:51 pm
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But did they land it?


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 2:14 pm
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OMG. As a stoker myself I would have to have extra padding in my shorts if my hubby (pilot) took me down that.
I think Singlespeedstu and Amanda would though.


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 3:49 pm
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Braver than me...........they're riding an Ellesworth!


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 4:42 pm
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Knarly.
I had a WTF moment today when I happened across a tandem coming the other way with only the pilot, no stoker. Looked very bizarre.


 
Posted : 22/08/2014 5:48 pm
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But did they land it?

Yes................Carbon frame and a Fox 34 ๐Ÿ˜ฏ

[url= http://www.pinemountainsports.com/2014/08/23/2014-blitz-2-the-barrel-tandem-jump/ ]Tandem Article[/url]


 
Posted : 24/08/2014 4:53 am
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Wow ๐Ÿ˜ฏ

Good link there switchbacktroll...gives further clue to size of jump...
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Posted : 24/08/2014 7:46 am
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Hmmmm, interesting: I could fit a thick/thin timing chain and rings when the current set wears out.

Has anyone tried this?


 
Posted : 24/08/2014 9:39 am
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Hmmmm, interesting: I could fit a thick/thin timing chain and rings when the current set wears out.

Has anyone tried this?

Yes.......[url= http://forums.mtbr.com/tandem-mountain-bikes/timing-chain-derailment-917522.html ]Narrow/Wide on tandem[/url]


 
Posted : 24/08/2014 11:21 pm
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^Nukes pic

๐Ÿ˜ฏ ๐Ÿ˜ฏ


 
Posted : 25/08/2014 8:23 am
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I'd opt to be the stoker in Nukes pic ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 25/08/2014 10:37 am
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Thanks sbt.

Are they really on a golf course?


 
Posted : 25/08/2014 11:11 am
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Looks like a golf course to me!
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Posted : 25/08/2014 11:28 am
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I wonder if the golfers laughed at their silly multicoloured clothing..


 
Posted : 25/08/2014 12:26 pm
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Loads more photos at the bottom of this article:
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/2014-blitz-2-the-barrel-dash-for-cash-photo-epic.html


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 12:07 pm
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How the heck do you time a jump with a wheelbase that long? Don't you just nosedive everything?


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 1:34 pm
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What a great photo;

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Posted : 26/08/2014 1:40 pm
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How the heck do you time a jump with a wheelbase that long? Don't you just nosedive everything?

I think they did nose-dive a bit.
That pinkbike link talks about them having to preload the forks at just the right time to get the pop.


 
Posted : 26/08/2014 1:56 pm