Tandem Devoted Thread! Original Photos, your bikes, literature, anything!

[juvela]

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Matthews Nomad, 1975 -

https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/1975-matthews-nomad-tandem.158820/

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[juvela]

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Delangle advert of 1936 -

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[juvela]

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Stella advert of 1938 -

Company located in Nantes, France.

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[juvela]

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It's the same everywhere.

Stokers always want to loaf and make captains do all the work.

https://adfc-thueringen.de/sites/default/files/pedalritter/pr_2014/pedalritter_1-2014.pdf

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[tech549]

35 colson rear steer

 

[Goldenrod]

My blue tandem custom. Note that it is made from two boys bikes. Big mistake. I restored it to the maroon picture at the end. . My Schwinn 1970s red tandem. The Kermit bike was seen for years at Portland. He had a amplifier and a toy that said Kermit's voice. The last maroon re stored bike is called the octopus because of how the bars meet under the front seat. Think that they used a string to weld it straight. one of the done bikes was a Sears. Boy Schouts would make these for funds. Shelby, an early internet bike guy, would make these from junk until he died-- young. My wife will ride with me but she closes her eyes. I had to put a kick-back two speed rear hub because it wouldn't make it over a toothpick. It was so hard to crank.

 

[vincev]

 

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[AndyA]

Love that Colton! So much curvy tubing and streamlined chain guards!

Some years ago, I picked up a Sears middleweight tandem from the curb. I greased it up and put on new tires. My wife and I took occasional rides around the neighborhood. I remember thinking that the bike was really heavy and tough to pedal. One day, my then-14-year-old daughter agreed to take a ride. We were going faster than usual and and I asked "What are you doing back there?" She said "I'm pedaling." So she inadvertently dropped a dime on her mom's scam. When confronted, my wife admitted that she had been sitting in the back with her feet up. Man, how does a guy know who to trust?