Curious what kind of Santana you have,and is it set up with upright bars. I have been on the HHH list, but my circumstances have changed and I cannot afford one. I was lucky enough to pick up a Santana Vision, circa early 90s with 7speed bar ends and 26" wheels. I put on 2.1 Tioga powerblocks and some crank shorteners. Waiting for some long cable and I will swap the front drops for Boscos or Albatross, but on our short test rides, I really like it. Does not exhibit tank-like qualities. I'm hoping it is 87.6 percent of the HHH.
I would dearly love to get an the HHH, and I also don't like to go on about a "poor man's Rivendell" but there is just no way I can even think of getting one. I do think they will be highly sought after in the future, based on reports that they have a Clemish ride quality. On Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 7:58:15 PM UTC-4, ttoshi wrote: > > The captain definitely needs to be able to stand solidly with both feet on > the ground. The stoker need not be able to straddle. If their legs are > too short for the little ones, then you can get crank shorteners that will > allow you to get an extra inch or two higher in terms of legs being able to > reach the pedals firmly. > > --My wife says I need to get rid of our Santana tandem if I want to buy > the Riv tandem (she is the voice of reason). The Santana rides like a tank > compared to the Riv tandem which I test drove. With that said, does anyone > want to buy my tank? :) > > Toshi > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 7:20 AM, Ginz <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Not that I have $1,600 in my art budget, but I would love to buy one, >> hang it on the wall and await he growth of my children. >> >> However, that standover on the smallest size is just about .5 to 1.0" too >> much for me to even possibly straddle, which, on a tandem, seems important. >> >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
