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No Skid Marks
04-09-2007, 03:26 PM
I don't know how it happened but I now own a Tandem. Anyway,I've been tuning it up and was wondering if the front and rear cranks should be set up the same,oposite or 45degrees out of sink,can anyone help me or do I need to think and/or experiment? I would have thought opposite or ajar but they're currently set up with the front just a few degrees futher forward and both with same foot up at a time.
Any other tips on set up,I chopped down the stoker(rear pedaler)bars so they can't spin the front seat post they're connected to as easy,and I put some widish DH bars on the front for more control. I'd like to whack some tripple clamps with a disk on it and would like to weld disk mounts on the rear and give the rear V-Brake controls to the stoker(pillion)but I doubt this will ever happen.
I also put a fatter front tyre on to save the front perons wrists a bit(rijid forks). The rear seat is sprung and has a suspension post,does the front need a sprung seat. I want to take it onto the dirt.

AngoXC
04-09-2007, 03:46 PM
When it looks like this;

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k207/Whitz_End/NicolaiDualTandem-1.jpg

Then we will get talkin'!
(I quote this picture way too much!)

kudos
04-09-2007, 03:56 PM
that is awsome ,hope yours does end up looking like that and would love to see it doing dh or some massive drop offs.:D

No Skid Marks
04-09-2007, 04:00 PM
I like the M2 Intense better,but there's others in this link
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140174&highlight=intense+tandem
I don't think DH is very possible unless the front person can levitate.Anything over a 1ft drop will bottom out the frame on it unless your doing probably 45km/h or something.
Anyway,by searching for pics of the Intense I figured out my crank question.
Does anyone have some DNM VTSs for sale? They had disk and V mounts and would be stiff enough. Or old 6" Boxxers?
What have I started here,here's an Elseworth and others if this is going to turn into some nuts Tandem freaky fettish thread.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mtbtandems.com/images/gal2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mtbtandems.com/gallery.html&h=506&w=1006&sz=60&tbnid=ghkBKi-5CDIJ:&tbnh=74&tbnw=149&hl=en&start=8&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dventana%2B%2Btandem%2B%26svnum%3D10%2 6hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG