Re: [CR]early, light tandems

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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 23:07:59 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]early, light tandems
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jack bissell wrote:
>
> By 1898 Mikael Pedersen had a tandem down to 24 lbs/ 11 kilos.
> http://www.dursley-pedersen.net/images/imgmod/mdtandem.jpg And those
> pacer track tandems were among the fastest vehicles of their time.
> http://www.dursley-pedersen.net/images/imgmod/tandem.jpg
>
> I think the Dursley-Pedersen tandem is a masterpiece. Has anyone seen
> one anywhere?
>
> --Jack "read somewhere that there weren't any surviving Dursley
> tandems" Bissell
> tucson, Az
>
> D-P home page:
> http://www.dursley-pedersen.net/index.html

There was this at Velo Rendezvous three years ago: Dave Ductor's rare and unusual 1990s Pedersen tandem. http://www.velo-retro.com/VRendez.jpgs/PedersenTandem.jpg

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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