07-16-2004, 01:30 PM
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On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:37:43 -0700, "Scooter the mighty"
<Spambait@nowhere.com> wrote in message
<10fgbh2mphf1692@corp.supernews.com>:
>I was thinking of getting my wife a tandem bike for her birthday. I have
>two issues with this.
>1) We have a 6 inch leg length differential. Is there going to be a problem
>with this?
No. The only thing is it reduces your options if you both want to
take turns as captain.
>2) I notice that the majority of tandem bikes cost in the $5,000 range
>(athough I have not been looking very long).
Wow! Those are big ticket tandems. You can get an Orbit tandem over
here for around the $1,000 mark, which is your budget, and of course
there's always the second hand market.
I can recommend the Thorn Voyager from <url:http://www.sjscycles.com>,
a very well balanced bike from a firm that now supplies more tandems
than any other in the UK (yes, they sell to the US as well, but there
won't be any dealers).
I have to say, though, that the Bike Friday Family Tandem was a
delight, and adjustable enough to accommodate the significant
disparity in heights between my wife and myself (so we could both have
a go at captain). Plus IIRC it can be split down for air travel or to
fit inside a (biggish) car.
<url:http://www.bikefriday.com/bikecat99.cfm?cat=10>
Probably towards the top end of your budget, but a great bike.
Guy
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