For the curious out there that want to know details of the components that are on our new tandem I now present a build list. Please note that the choices we made, we did for personal or availability reasons and might not have been the choices you or anyone else may have made. Also take into account what your end goals are in comparison to ours when looking to outfit your own single or tandem bicycle.
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Here are a few more images taken today. A bit better focus, a different background. To see the effect of the unidirectional carbon take a look at the image in front of the trellis and garbage can. That particular image really looked a lot like the actual bike from the specific angle the sun was hitting it at. The striations in the carbon tubes are clearly visible through the clear coat.
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.
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.
Okay over the past couple of weeks I have been able to sneak away from Mount Mitchell training long enough to start work on a new bike build. After deciding on a frame and proper size there were just a few parts I was missing. Well to tell you the truth there are still a couple of parts missing but the bike can be ridden.
After a very brief and failed experiment with a triathlon style bike last year, it became apparent to me that there are a few limitations that I cannot overcome. One of the big things I cannot and probably will never be able to do is triathlons. First I do not know how to swim. Never learned, never really wanted to either. When I get in a pool I never venture over to the deep end, I don’t like being in water higher than waist deep. I am not afraid of the water, just don’t know what I would do if I was ever in water. The second thing like it is this, I hate running! When I say hate, I really mean I detest running with all my being, every bone jarring stride, every sweat drenched mile. No thanks, not for me.
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