Re: [CR] Taylor Tandem HS

(Example: Humor:John Pergolizzi)

Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:46:09 +0100
From: "Hilary Stone" <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: M-gineering <info@m-gineering.nl>
References: <4AC10FB4.6050201@pacbell.net> <F361FD80-2F86-411A-B991-BA4CF5CAA09B@SpiritOne.com> <73706f460909281456t75fceb82t4b767fbbc6ec44d2@mail.gmail.com> <8CC0EA1DDB4BA91-3C24-24C09@webmail-d002.sysops.aol.com> <73706f460909281858j5ee4c562k1c0e3896f51f6115@mail.gmail.com> <4AC1AC87.2040302@m-gineering.nl>
In-Reply-To: <4AC1AC87.2040302@m-gineering.nl>
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Taylor Tandem HS


Taylor tandems mostly (but not all) use the French tandem headset size. English tandems other than Taylor's mostly used an oversize headclip which I think was 1 1/8in. A few later but classic tandems from the 50s/60s did use screwed races on the 1 1/8 steerer but I don't know what thread standard - I would suspect 24tpi.

Hilary Stone, Bristol, British Isles

M-gineering wrote:
> Wayne Bingham wrote:
>
>> Did Taylor use these? What is Sutherland's referring to when they
>> mention that "older British tandems use 1-1/8" headsets"? I need to
>> expand my tandem knowledge.
>
> Sutherland lists 28.6 x 26 tpi as an older English tandem size (as used
> in motorcycles) and the French 28 x 1
>
> The Taylors got a lot of stuff fromm france, and Reynolds were making
> tubes in metric size and not always in the inch-equivalent, so a metric
> steerer wouldn't surprise me