Hey, thanks...fluted fenders going on it soonish. And I will point out that it's a dyno hub, because we ride a lot in the late afternoons / into nights, and use it as our going into town for the evening transport (though we're also starting to split our time between our rural homestead and Cambridge MA which is such a great biking town].
I will say riding a tandem is a very intimate experience / connection w a partner [not necessarily a romantic partner, but that is super nice]. And, ha, my first wife and I did not function well on a tandem, and that was that; the oft repeated cliche, 'a tandem gets you to where your relationship is going, just faster' or however it's less awkwardly phrased, holds true. Happy to say that my [current, final& last] wife and I have been happily riding tandems for 20 years now. My son and i rode tandems for 10 years or so, and those were some great parent / kid conversation times [bike Friday tandem - for sure another weird machine / but works so well] On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 7:15:50 PM UTC-4, RichS wrote: > > Sensational Hubbubhubbah! So classy looking. Thanks for your post. I'm > with Patrick in the "boo hoo" no one to ride with category. > > Regards, > Richard > > > > On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 9:28:24 AM UTC-4, M G wrote: >> >> Hey, though not much of a poster here (at least not since 2010 or so), >> here is a photo of our new RIv tandem. >> The Riv is super great. >> We have had many tandems over the years, this one is one of the great >> ones. >> Really stable, but - in a good sense - LIGHT steering, climbs well, which >> for us is the mark of a good tandem, even if we're going slowly uphill and >> spinning it, if it feels like an effort or not -this one does not (and it's >> less an issue re gearing than that ineffable "something". This frame has >> that something. >> We've carried a fair amount of weight on it, and it's good for that too. >> Since getting it in July we've ridden it a lot for shorter rides / >> errand rides [10 - 30 miles, almost daily], a few longer ones, and we're >> looking forward to some all day expeditions in the fall (which seems to >> have landed just this past weekend) >> It is an incredible value, having had a bunch of other tandems, even >> though all bought used, this one new - seems to be almost at cost. >> > > > > >> We've really hammered with it a few times, and because it's so stable >> feeling - plus big tires - it's been a revelatory change, especially on >> dirt roads where we do a lot of riding. >> Anyway - other impressions? >> >> Ron >> Berkshires Mass >> >> PS [thats us on another tandem, a Santana, which is also a good one, but >> has some fit issues for us (too small for me, + dismount issues for the >> boss in back / top tube too high) >> > -- 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.
