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Today’s mail included a very different and contemporary type of “Spring Catalog” from Tandems East & Evelyn Hill Cycling Apparel, and as I flipped-through the 8-page, 1/2-sheet size glossy brochure imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon an event’s page … Continue reading →

Since my last update, a few of the road rallies have opened-up registration — sort of, in some cases, e.g., ETR & MTR — and the Booking Page for the UK National Tandem Rally is now available. Specific updates have … Continue reading →

Knowing a few of the annual rallies that have not-yet opened-up Registration, but are poised to do so in February, having recently received a couple of sincerely-appreciated updates from the folks in Indiana (HOOTS) and Texas (HOTT), and also seeing … Continue reading →

I fear it’s come time to start cleaning-out some of my shelf-ware that’s been essentially collecting dust in closets. However, I’m in a quandary as to how best to find a new home for partial collections of 16 Spring 1995 … Continue reading →

After receiving a Registration Now Open notice from the 2024 Coldspring Tandem Weekend yesterday, I made a point of dusting off our 2023 Calendar and updating it for 2024, and you can now find the by-product of that initial effort for at … Continue reading →

From a post by our GTR Hosts, Roger Strauss and Eve Kofsky…. Now, Let’s Talk About GTR 2024First of all, because our host city is very busy, there has been a GTR 2024 date change.  We have moved the rally one … Continue reading →

27 October 2023 This is our post-rally report and I’m pleased to note we were able to enjoy all three days of riding at the Florida Tandem Rally in Wildwood, Florida hosted by the Florida Panthers Tandem Club based in … Continue reading →

Our thanks to Ray Murtaugh for passing this along… 11th Annual, 20-22 October with Optional Weds, 18 Oct Pedal and Paddle Central Florida is a great location for tandem riding and the location for the 11th Annual Florida Tandem Rally held … Continue reading →

I lay responsibility, in part, on our friend Brian W. for this ‘edit’ of my new wall art in the home office as he replied to my post with a good question, “Cool, but do you still have your Double … Continue reading →

I’m not sure I have to thank for putting this in the hands of the ebay seller up in Frederick, Maryland, but as I was composing my last post and needing a graphic for Tandem@Hobbes, I ‘stumbled’ upon a classic … Continue reading →

Back in May I posed a somewhat rhetorical question, “Have Life, Fate & Weather Conspired to Erode My Mojo…? As mentioned in that posting, it was something I had on my mind given how little I’d been riding as compared … Continue reading →

This just in from the folks in Florida and the Florida PANTHERS tandem Club: Make Reservations Now…. Our 2019 rally in The Villages was a great success.  The last 3 years have brought a lot of changes to our hometown … Continue reading →

As noted in my last post, we had a piece of road debris tear the rear-derailleur (the transmission on a bicycle) off the frame of our Calfee. I did my best to straighten the attachment flange / derailleur hanger once … Continue reading →

He knew not everyone had equal opportunities to encounter the same obstacles on a road, which is why some get flat tires while others don’t. What does it mean to live in a world with many tandem friendly roads, but … Continue reading →

The Catalyst Event That Brought About The Question We just attended our 23rd Georgia Tandem Rally back on May 18th at Thomasville, Georgia. Sadly, it came to a sudden and expected end on May 20th when we had a major … Continue reading →

I did a quick check and found there are several new updates for the Tandem Rally / Events listed below that I have added to our Tandem Events 1 / Road Webpage, which is also linked to The Tandem Club … Continue reading →

I did a quick check of the traditional rallies that had not yet posted updates and was pleased to see several had posted either SAVE THE DATE or event information and links to registration, as follows: COWs Spring Rally: 19-21 May … Continue reading →

Now added to both the Road and Off-Road (i.e., Gravel) Calendars SAVE THE DATE:  Fayetteville Tandem Weekend – 29 Sep – 1 Oct 2023, Fayetteville, Arkansas, hosted by Roxanne & Hank Theiss with support from TEAM HOTT – Houstonians on … Continue reading →

Registration now open: https://hott.wildapricot.org/event-5023155

I just checked and, sure enough, the Florida Panthers have posted-up additional details regarding their planned club weekend. Note that this is a “club member event;” however, non-members can become members by joining the Panthers and paying their very reasonable … Continue reading →

[8.13.22] 2-Minute Read Time Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted A 3-Foot Passing Law whereby motorists are required to afford cyclists 3-feet of distance between the cyclist and the mirror or any other part of their vehicle … Continue reading →

[8.12.22] 6-Minute Read Time Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted A 3-Foot Passing Law whereby motorists are required to afford cyclists 3-feet of distance between the cyclist and the mirror or any other part of their vehicle … Continue reading →

2022 Road Events & Details: Summer 2022 Saranac Lake Tandem Rally, 26-28 August hosted by Gear-to-Go Tandems. Pre-Registration is underway at $90/tandem for the full-weekend and limited to 30 tandem teams per day. Lodging is on-your-own and available from multiple … Continue reading →

About the only thing tandem related we’ve done in a month was the Georgia tandem club ride back on 12 June. In fact, I haven’t done much cycling during the past month, mostly because I’ve been battling what I suspect … Continue reading →

[5.27.22] 14-Min Read: There were a number of subjects I was tempted to add to my already too-long Rally Report on the Georgia Tandem Rally Pre-Tour and Georgia Tandem Rally (GTR), but resisted. As regular readers may have already discovered, … Continue reading →

[5.26.22] 15-Min Read: On 16 May we headed off on a 7-day trip with 6-days of planned tandem cycling here in west, north-central Georgia. Our first destination on Monday was La Grange, Georgia, about 90-miles to the south where we’d … Continue reading →

[5.13.22] 8-Min Read: The other day when we were out doing a single-bike ride from the house and having to deal with a few motorists who just don’t seem to get it when encountering cyclists on the road — and … Continue reading →

[5.06.22] 6.5-Min Read: Once again, it’s been longer than I originally expected between updates. I’ve written a few things, but nothing that offers insight into what’s been going-on in our own, personal cycling and tandem cycling world since my last … Continue reading →

[4.30.22] 7.25-Min Read: While it pales in comparison to my old “TheTandemLink.com’s” web traffic over the years before I sunset the site on 31 December 2019, I thank those who have “visited” The TandemGeek’s Blog since I launched it with … Continue reading →

We just noticed the Dirty GTR Webpage has been updated with new information, including dates and a location. More details to be forthcoming, with registration beginning in July. I’ve updated the links and information at our calendars hosted on this … Continue reading →