[CR] tandem mount

(Example: Framebuilding)

Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 07:30:58 -0800 (PST)
From: "Bill Mendell" <bluebutterflybicycleclub@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR] tandem mount


Friday, on my ride along the South Bay Bicycle Trail near LAX, I came upon a couple on a Cannondale tandem repairing a rear tire; I learned that they had owned that bicycle for 20 years.  A few miles later, I came upon a second couple at a pit-stop on their Santana tandem who said this was their west coast bicycle when they visited their son in LA; they have a second tandem at their home in New Jersey.  So, bicycles built for two are still out there.  Though, transporting tandems require a larger vehicle than other bicycles; that may be a limiting factor.  Of course, LA has a huges population; tandems per thousand may be within the margin of error with other parts of the country. Bill Mendell (not a tandem rider though my wife continues to press the issue) Palm Springs