Remember the excitement as a kid when you got your first bicycle and couldn’t wait to get it our onto the driveway. Well the same kind of feeling came over us. That said we get on the road for the first ride and all is not as it seems. First thing is that we miss the Thursday night group by five minutes. Then rushing around I do not do my usual check before starting out. so we get on the road and since we haven’t ridden a tandem since August it was a shaky start. We wiggled and wobbled down the road and I had a hard time holding the handlebars still and straight. Everything giggled. It was like riding in a ‘77 Olds Delta 88 with bad shocks.
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Here are some more images taken during the build process.
First thing we needed to do is to insert seat posts. This is not a permanent thing but it assists in clamping the bike in the work stand. Any old seat post will work, but I only have these two Thomson’s here so I will use them.
It arrived safely and it is beautiful, Nicole took about 95 pictures of me unpacking and unwrapping the frame and fork. The box is very well used. On it hand written is the phrase, “Rue Sports, We recycle everything.” Inside there are sheets of used Styrofoam. A lot of packing material to protect the frame during shipping. The frame is wrapped in one of life’s dishonest pleasures, bubble wrap! Also in the box are an Alpha-Q Tandem fork, Bushnell eccentric and seat post clamps. Everything is in great shape.
Yippee.
UPS Tracking number: 1Z5963EX1391479997
Well, it is almost here. I received a few teaser images from the Rue Sports Business Consultant on Sunday. I am posting them here now. I will update this post this afternoon with a UPS tracking number so that you can follow the frame across the country just as Nicole and I are.
Hopefully this will be the final update until the frame is shipping!. If it’s not one thing it’s another. Believe me when I say that having a custom frame built is one of the most frustrating experiences anyone can ever go through. Broken promises, delays, lack of communication, more delays, more broken promises.
Well it looks like we are definitely at the final stages before delivery of our new tandem frame. The frame is prepped and masked for the initial paint. Just to set expectations the green you see on the frame is masking tape that will not be the color of the bike.
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