Re: [CR] Tandems

(Example: Framebuilding)

From: "Leonard Diamond" <leonarddiamond@verizon.net>
To: "'Peter Jourdain'" <pjourdain@yahoo.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "'W PAUL PATZKOWSKY'" <oldtrikerider@q.com>
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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:12:47 -0500
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Subject: Re: [CR] Tandems


Like this? It does have bar end shifters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_taH_2Qugg4

Len Diamond Ridgewood, New Jersey USA

-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Peter Jourdain Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 12:59 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org; W PAUL PATZKOWSKY Subject: Re: [CR] Tandems

Greetings, Paul & All---

I believe on either the Touring (Phred) or Tandem list I heard of a fellow who toured much of the West Coast in the fashion you mention, and the experiences he had with the numerous stokers who took turns on his mount made for a  most interesting read.

Cheerio,

Peter Jourdain

Whitewater, Wisconsin USA

http://www.bicyclingbackwards.com

"For here is entertainment in excelsis, the sight, the sound and the scent of things....Why cycling for joy is not the most popular passtime on earth is still a mystery to me." ---Frank J. Urry, "SALUTE TO CYCLING"


--- On Fri, 1/21/11, W PAUL PATZKOWSKY wrote:


From: W PAUL PATZKOWSKY <oldtrikerider@q.com> Subject: Re: [CR] Tandems To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Friday, January 21, 2011, 12:54 PM

Several years ago, a fellow showed up at a DBTC ride on a tandem sans stoker.  He had a sign affixed to the saddle which said, "Help Wanted".

Paul Patzkowsky Longmont, Colorado
> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:57:35 -0600
> From: JHurley@jdabrams.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR] Tandems
>
> I missed the Tandems thread earlier, but wanted to mention that one of
> the funnier sights to behold is a guy riding a tandem with the rear seat
> empty, particularly if he's talking all the while in a loud and animated
> fashion while pedaling down the street.
>
> John Hurley
> Austin, Texas, USA
> _______________________________________________

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