I found this on the WWW today and laughed out loud. Thought you would enjoy it also.
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Last evening, Nicole and I experienced our first crash on our Ruegamer tandem. It was a minor incident and not much happened. Here are the details. About 1/4 mile from the start we were rounding a corner and some railroad tracks. Immediately after passing the tracks as we were traveling somewhere around 10mph we had a front tire blowout. Now a blowout or flat is not usually something that is of much consequence if it is on the rear wheel, but this was a front tire blowout. With the added weight of two riders and the sport geometry we have on our tandem suffice it to say it was a bit squirmy as well as unnerving. Instead of crashing in the road and suffering all sorts of road rash I had the idea that we would head straight for the lawn of the house next to us. Fortunately here in our riding area there are few curbs or sidewalks so I did not have any problem rolling into the yard. What we do have here are drainage ditches and we ended up going down one side of the ditch then attempting to climb the other, at least we missed the large bush as well as the mailbox. That ditch is where we finally went down.
Wow, what a shocker, there is doping in cycling. Floyd Landis reportedly sent several emails to USACycling and the UCI outlining systematic doping by US Postal as reported by the Wall street journal. In those emails he specifically names Johan Bruyneel, Lance Armstrong, George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer and Dave Zabriskie.
The article is linked to hear: Cyclist Floyd Landis Admits Doping, Alleges Use by Armstrong and Others
Cyfac, a french bicycle manufacturer has two tandem frames in their 2010 lineup. Both available in custom geometries and handmade in their french workshop.
Le Duo Carbon Tandem
http://www.incidentalcyclist.com/zenphoto/racing/charlotte-motor-speedway-tt/
A few images in our gallery.
Well, thank god that is over!
I knew that the front straight was uphill and that coming into turn one would be difficult, I just didn’t realize how difficult it would be. To get the stats out of the way. We finished the seven laps around Charlotte Motor Speedway in 00:32:15.67 for an average speed of 18.6 miles per hour. We came in dead last in the tandem category.
The following post is not cycling related by any stretch of the imagination.
While waiting for my neck to recover and for parts to arrive for the only cycling purchase (other than maintenance items) of the 2010 season we have been doing other things to cut down on our living expenses. Gone is the extra phone line, gone are the additional set top boxes, gone are magazine subscriptions, as well as cutting back on most recreational/discretionary spending.
On our tandem!
It seems that every time we went on a ride the rear derailleur would come out of adjustment during the ride. We wouldn’t have to go more than ten miles before we needed to stop and make a minor adjustment. On the bike stand before a ride I would adjust the rear shifting until it was spot on. One issue, though, was that it was never perfect in all three chain rings. It would be close, but not perfect. Now the drive train is not a low end group or low end components either. We are using a Shimano Dura-Ace rear derailleur as well as Dura-Ace STI levers, a KMC chain as well as a SRAM Powerdome rear cluster.
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