[CR]ebay outing: interesting italian tandem

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Columbus)

From: "Charles Andrews" <chasds@mindspring.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:00:18 -0700
Subject: [CR]ebay outing: interesting italian tandem

This is worth a look:

http://ebay.com/<blah> ame=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Too tall for us or I'd be horribly tempted. I like the unusual attempt to get more stiffness in the boob-tube by usuing two tubes instead of one. I suspect it's stiffer than the usual single tube in the columbus tube-set, but not as stiff as an ovalized boob-tube as used in England and France. This bike has a number of other trick features, and would be a nice catch if it fits you. Hard to say how it would ride though. Most italian tandems are not as easy to control as the French and british tandems. although sometimes the italians got it right.. Picchio for one. This one might be another.

Charles Andrews Los Angeles

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