Unlike Fred, I only own two S&S coupled bikes. Rivendell All-Rounder and Santana Vision Tandem.
Like Fred, I agree that cable couplers are a distinct advantage. It is also no 5 minute job assembling or disassembling the bike. You end up with a "normal" bike. I also have a Brompton, very quick to fold/ un-fold, but not a "normal" bike. Angus On Sep 22, 5:17 pm, ItsFred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please do not confuse an S&S coupled bike with a "folding bike" like a > Brompton - Bromptons, Birdies, and their ilk are highly compromised > commuter bikes that can be folded and unfolded in less than a minute. > That's the sort of bike where the wheels stay on. It takes me nearly > an hour to assemble my S&S coupled bikes! Packing it up is not so > quick either - I always clean the bike pretty thoroughly (why pack a > dirty bike), and wrap all the tubes and exposed bits in protective > covers. I remove the pedals AND cranks, chain, and lots of other bits > like bottle cages, etc. It's a job, but you wind up with a great bike > that fits in a suitcase. And by the way, cable couplers are easy to > install, easy to use, and make the job much less cumbersome - I can't > imagine speccing a packable bike without them. > > Fred Roses > (S&S-coupled Roark titanium road-sport, S&S-coupled Landshark stage- > racer, & S&S-coupled Bilenky tourer) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
