That's the way I see it. It's a fun and versatile all-rounder of a bike, not a traditional road-touring bike the way most tandems seem to be. That said, I do wonder how it would ride with some nice plump Compass Switchback Hills on it ....
>>I believe Grant has suggested the lower profile Chocos for the captain and Boscos for the stoker as being one good choice for this bicycle. I think it's actually the other way around, with the Chocos for the stoker. I could also see a moustache or albastache bar being great for the rear position. Personally, I don't know if I'll ever go back to drops on any of my bikes. It's funny - of all the bars I've tried, I found them to provide by far the least degree of control. Mind you, I did grow up riding MTBs rather than road bikes. KJ On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 10:59:09 AM UTC-4, Mark in Beacon wrote: > > I don't have a whole lot of tandem experience, but I am looking forward to > changing the captain's drop bars on my new-to-me Santana Vision (later > changed to Fusion? Anyway, similar 26" bike with fat tire capabilities) to > Albatross or similar upright bars. We've tested it enough for me to know > that I will much prefer the more upright position (my stoker being my tall > for his age six and a half year old). I had a similar dislike of the drops > on my 650b Follis. In fact, I think I will not only get more comfort with > the uprights, but also* more* control, with very little loss of speed, > especially when on the curves. Win win win! I suspect many of the captains > with drops ride them because that's what the bicycle came with and the > thought of changing them out never crossed their minds. I believe Grant has > suggested the lower profile Chocos for the captain and Boscos for the > stoker as being one good choice for this bicycle. The Jones bar is also > highly regarded on this list, and offers a few hand positions for long > rides. I would ask Rivendell directly about how it might work with drop > bars. > > Obviously the Riv tandem is not going to be a tandem rally speedster. It > is falling squarely in the upright Riv category from what I can tell--a > deluxe Schwinn Twinn is I think how Grant has referred to it, a family > style tandem. Whereas, other than the very low end, the think alike bikes > are the go fast, carbon, 11 speed, but with two seats. Even Santana only > has one fat tire offering these days, an aluminum single speed cruiser with > flat bars, 26" wheels, and belt drive for $3,000. Then the line goes right > to 700c racing derived bicycles. Give me an HHH any day. > > Long cables are of course not unique to Riv tandems. If there is a lot of > the run inside housing, might be worth it to try compressionless. > > Right now our main sync problem is the fact that, with the crank > shorteners, he is spinning a 100mm crank, vs. the 135 on his single, plus > just getting used to having to pedal when I pedal, vs. the Burley Piccolo > being independent. By the end of the second test ride, he seemed fine. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
