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Tandem Bikes & Hollywood
I stumbled over an interesting web site called “Rides a Bike” that has a large photo collection of celebrities posing with or on bicycles. I shamelessly poached the ones that included tandems, triplets & quads because, well…. I’m a tandem … Continue reading
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KEY WEST PART 3… The Everglades & Trips Back.
This is the third of three installments that describe our min-vacation to South Florida & Key West. Most of the photos you see were taken by our friends David & Deb who were kind enough to share them with us … Continue reading
Key West… A Short Week In Paradise (Part 2, The Keys & Key West)
This is the second of three installments that describe our min-vacation to South Florida & Key West. Most of the photos you see were taken by our friends David & Deb who were kind enough to share them with us … Continue reading
Key West… A Short Week In Paradise (Part 1, The Trip to Miami)
INTRO: It’s not often we take off an entire week and it’s almost unheard of for us to do so without tandem cycling being a centerpiece of that time off. However, our dear friends and partners in crime when it … 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
Should We Be Flabbergasted, Flattered or Fhilosophical?
Yes, yes… we know philosophical begins with a ‘pf’ instead of an “fh” but it was just too hard to resist. Anyway, our good friend Michael S. over in Croatia dropped me a note the other day in which he … 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
Newlywed Bina Bilenky Trahan on Tandems: Stoker’s Life
Stephen Bilenky’s daughter Bina, who has been mentioned several times on our blog before, recently penned an article that appeared on Embrocation Cycling Journal where she shares some anecdotes and insights on tandem cycling. It’s a quick and fun read … Continue reading
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Cycling Apparel: One-In / One Out…???? Yeah, Right.
As a follow on to my “Got Shoes” entry back in early January, and in response to some comments and questions I received both on and off the blog, I finally got around to doing a slight purge of some … Continue reading
Bicycle Fabrication: Handcrafted to Mass Production
While perusing the video’s on bicycle manufacturing I thought it might be interesting to share a few more videos I stumbled over. I decided to start with the high-end beginning with Seven Cycles & a hand-crafted custom and end with … Continue reading
Industry on Parade / Two-Wheel Triumph, Columbia Bicycles, Circa 1952
Ok, it wasn’t all that hard to find, but once again it’s worth the time to watch and compare how the manufacturing technology & techniques had changed between what you may have seen in the previous Raleigh Bicycle manufacturing film … Continue reading
Raleigh Bicycle Manufacturing, Circa 1945
A friend recently ‘liked’ a post on a cycling club’s website that linked to a 1945 British Industry film on how Raleigh bicycles were produced. It’s 17 minutes long, but was absolutely captivating to this bike geek so I thought … Continue reading
Anatomy of a National’s Time Trial Machine: John Price’s Tiemeyer TT Tandem
John Price from Albuquerque, NM, wrote to let us know a little bit more about his Tiemeyer Signature Time Trial Tandem, following a big win at this year’s Master’s Road National Championships held on Sept 5-9 in Bend, Oregon. John is … Continue reading
In Case You’re Looking For An Answer To A Question About Tandems…
… there’s a pretty good chance it won’t be buried in this blog. It’s probably not buried in our companion Website — http://www.thetandemlink.com — either. But, that’s not to say that I or several other folks with insight into some … Continue reading →