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Things I Didn’t Delve Into During My Talk At Tandems East’s Expo….
At the end of my 40-minute “Tandem Geek Show” during last weekend’s Tandems East Expo I decided to test the audience’s threshold for interest by asking if there were any questions before jumping into some other topics. As I suspected, there … Continue reading
2013 Tandems East Tandem Expo… It’s All About The People!!
Well, we had a GREAT time at the 2013 Tandems East Tandem Expo. As I mentioned in my earlier blog entry, “Tandems East Open House & The Tandem Geek Show“, this was our second tandem expo — the first time … Continue reading
Tandems East Open House & the Tandem Geek Show
This coming Saturday & Sunday Mel & Barbara Kornbluh will be holding their 25th annual Open House in Pittsgrove, New Jersey. Some of their guest speakers on Saturday will include Zack Strahley of Co-Motion, daVinci co-owner Brian Davis, Spinergy wheel expert Ric Becker of … Continue reading
The Tandems of NAHBS 2013…
Ah, the 2013 North American Handmade Bicycle Show… the best thing to happen in American cycling since I don’t know when. Best of all, next year it will be in Charlotte, North Carolina! You can bet your boots that we’ll … Continue reading
Wow! Calfee Raises The Bar Again With NAHBS Tandems
If you hang out on Facebook and have “Liked” Calfee’s FB page, or are a regular on BikeForum.net’s tandem subforums then you’ve probably seen the two over-the-top tandems Calfee took to this past weekend’s North American Handmade Bike Show in … Continue reading
Eastern Tandem Rally, Inc., Launches All-New Website!
This just in from our good friend Malcolm Boyd: the 2013 ETR rally schedule & a new look for their Website! The Eastern Tandem Rally organization is pleased to release its rally schedule for 2013. The Spring Thaw rally, co-sponsored … Continue reading
Knoxville Tennessee’s Club VIBES In The News….
Our friend and co-founder of Knoxville, Tennessee’s Club VIBES, Sue Buckley, wrote to let us know they were back in the news again. It was a very nice video report from local news station 10 WBIR that focused on a very … Continue reading
R&E Cycles of Seattle, WA… Why Aren’t All Shops Like This?
Just gotta throw out some “props” to Dan Towle and the folks at R&E Cycles up in Seattle, Washington. For the second time in three years Dan and his crew have been Johnny on the spot for me when I … Continue reading
S and S Bicycle Torque Couplings™: Did You Know?
For readers who may not know what as S and S Machine Bicycle Torque Coupling is, they allow full-size bicycle and tandem bicycle frames to be broken down into smaller sections that can be packed into what is essentially a … Continue reading
Changes at PennyWise Cycle Tours & 2013 Schedule Announcement
Long-time tandem friends Rich Wolf & Ina Thompson shared some information regarding PennyWise Cycle Tours that may be of interest to readers. The full press release from September 16th appears below. For release September 16, 2012 PennyWise Cycle Tours … Continue reading
Southern Tandem Rally 2012, Part 2 of 2
SATURDAY The day started much like Friday with a very nice breakfast buffet around 7:30. What should have been a relatively easy “get ready to go” became a bit more complex when a special photo-op was planned by one of … Continue reading
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7-Episode Adventure Series Centered Around Tandem Cyclist Begins Oct 1st
I received a note out of the blue from Jared Abrams, a cinematographer who has been working on a project related to tandem cycling. He went on to let me know the series is called “Take A Seat” and it will … Continue reading
Paketa D2 / D2r Travel Tandem… That’s Right, S&S Couplers
For those folks who have considered a Paketa but wanted the hassle-free ability to travel with their tandem, it looks like you can now have your cake and eat it too. Spied on Paketa’s Facebook Page today was this freshly … Continue reading
More on Mirrors… and Business
Update: Sadly, Chuck Harris passed-away in mid-August 2012, shortly after this was written. I received a prompt from YouTube yesterday that someone has posted a comment on one of the videos that I have posted and shared-out, noting I don’t … Continue reading
New Wheels for the Triplet! But Are My Rims & Tires Too Narrow?
It’s been both interesting & occasionally even informative to watch several different “threads” running on “wider is better” themes across cycling. Frankly, I believe that so long as the average recreational/sport cyclists use wheels and tires at pressures that fall … Continue reading →