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It's finaly finished. 😀

(Well just got to trim the rear hose, fit a braided front hose and a black captains seatpost.)

Garden pisstaking welcome. 😉

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Roll on Saturday so we can get out on it.


 
Posted : 12/02/2009 2:40 pm
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Cool. Going to have to change your name though as it appears to be geared....

Like the Thudbuster, was the paint job done specifically to match the elastomers!


 
Posted : 12/02/2009 2:47 pm
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forks???


 
Posted : 12/02/2009 2:48 pm
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tandems must be a right laugh to ride!! Let us know the top speed you get!


 
Posted : 12/02/2009 2:50 pm
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Is it possible to wheelie solo...while sitting at the front ?

What weedkiller did you use ?
Its cleaned the slabs also.


 
Posted : 12/02/2009 2:53 pm
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That looks GREAT.

🙂


 
Posted : 12/02/2009 2:57 pm
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That thing is huuuuuuuge.

Not something SSStu hears every day. 😉


 
Posted : 12/02/2009 2:58 pm
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Right. Just shortened the rear hose. Just the other couple of bits to do now....

Ton the fork's a Dirt Jump 1.
takisawa. No it's not. I just tried.... 😥 😉

Oh and the gears will be coming off. Well at least for one event this year. 😉


 
Posted : 12/02/2009 3:11 pm
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Looking good SSS.

Wheelies are virtually impossible - but they can be bunnyhopped which is rather amusing.

As for speed - we have had nearly 60mph out of ours on road and 45+ offroad. More adrenaline than 120mph on a motorbike.


 
Posted : 12/02/2009 3:28 pm
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That looks like a right laff 😆

I assume your next thread will be "What Bike Rack for a Tandem" 😆


 
Posted : 12/02/2009 3:35 pm
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TJ for who? 60/45mph on/off road for the stoker must be scary...


 
Posted : 12/02/2009 3:37 pm
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For both of us tinsy! SWMBO on the back has also done many tens of thousands of miles as pillion on my motorbikes.


 
Posted : 12/02/2009 3:39 pm
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Significant Woman Mountain Bike Other?

Ps SSStu it does look great...


 
Posted : 12/02/2009 3:42 pm
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She Who Must Be Obeyed


 
Posted : 12/02/2009 6:06 pm
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Well we've just got back from our first ride and what can I say but how much fun was that!

Everything that I was worried about didn't seem half as bad once we got going. 😀

Only had one near off experience when we got a bit cross rutted on a muddy descent, but just about saved it at the last second.

A couple of drivetrain issues to sort out and we'll be out again tomorrow for some more. 😀


 
Posted : 14/02/2009 7:01 pm
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No Bell ?

Tyres / Logos !

No mud guard for the stoker/SHMBO ? but you're OK I see

apart from that it looks fantastic & I can't wait until you post a pic of that big bike hanging from a tree 😉


 
Posted : 14/02/2009 10:01 pm
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Amanda hates mudguards......

'sgot a new front tyre on now and the rear's been lined up with the valve after puncturing today.

I'll take the camera out tomorrow and try and find a strong enough tree to hang it off. 😉


 
Posted : 14/02/2009 10:07 pm
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Here's my tree hanging effort from today....

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Posted : 14/02/2009 10:13 pm
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That Tandem looks pish


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 6:52 pm
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random thought - do tandems exist in a 29er, 96er or 69er format?

I feel a potential new niche...


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 7:47 pm
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MTBtandems in the states are moving to 29er tandems now you can get strong enough 29er wheels


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 7:50 pm
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Someone recommended a anthrax weedkiller to me. 12months later and theres still no weeds, grass, plants, anything where I carefully applied it. Its a powder/big tub of sachets that you mix and use a water can from B&Q


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 8:01 pm
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Sheldon you're just grumpy cause you've had to do some work for once in your life. 😛

hora.

That's the kind of coments I was aiming for. 😯

billybob.

I've had my eye on this singlespeed 29er tandem.

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Posted : 15/02/2009 8:14 pm
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How do you transport them? In a normal sized car is it easy? Where do you get them (not seen any in my LBS) and how much did it cost?


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 8:29 pm
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looks good Stu, you freak.


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 8:38 pm
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Cheers Tom.

BTW you can ride my backseat when ever you want bigboy. 😉


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 8:44 pm
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Jonb - starting point on price for a MTB tandem is around £1000 up to £10000

Specialist shops - JDcycles in Ilkley or SJS down south. Transport is a pain - on the roof of a car or in a van


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 8:54 pm
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I want to take the pi$$ but I can't, as I like the look of it.

Who sits up front?


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 8:56 pm
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Who sits up front?

Why the captain of course..... 😉

With the stoker on the rear seat. 😛


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 9:03 pm
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I want to take the pi$$ but I can't as
you ride a Jones with Gold bits on..........


 
Posted : 15/02/2009 10:34 pm
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SSS, glad you both had a good first outing. I remember ours, in Clumber Park, Notts. We were so stoked just to navigate it through a 4ft gap between two logs that when we got back to the carpark we forgot 'dismounting ettiquete' and both toppled over in a big heap of legs,arms and bike. Couldn't stop giggling for ages, think all the onlookers were going to call the men in white coats to come and take us away!
Happy tandeming.

Rob & Sandy


 
Posted : 16/02/2009 12:19 am
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nice bike mate, oh sorry i thought you were on a trail , not in you garden!!!


 
Posted : 16/02/2009 12:56 am