frame design revealed studies failed to confirm the designer s claims after the beams were relabeled to say soft-ride however many tandem retailers found a ready market for the original the original tandem was built by welding two in-plane tubes while others including bob jackson and bolt-on version after a superficial spin an influential diamond single bike frames together relatively schwinn believed that pairs of smaller plain-gauge magazine editor who was a fan of neither tandems nor cheap and light the double diamond style of outrigger tubes were more efficient beams pronounced this a magical combination while tandem frame shown opposite survived for a century seeking to learn more about frame flex peculiar other builders jumped headlong into this new market unfortunately because the captain s bottom bracket has to tandems in 1982 santana built a tandem version santana subjected beams to a thorough examination little to keep it from skewing sideways with each pedal of the famou
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bill s tips for hassle free airport check-in santana s bill and jan mccready have checked tandems onto over 200 flights in 25 years they and their tandems have never missed a flight additionally they ve coached thousands of customers who have flown to santana s events here s bill s summation of what they ve learned 1 don t phone the airline airline phone operators will only scare you by reciting luggage limitations dictated by their smallest planes 2 book the right flights loading 40 built tandems onto a hawaiian airlines inter-island flight because larger tandem cases won t fit in the cargo hold of a regional jet with 4-across seating check the size of your case against the how it travels section of the chart at lower right to ensure your tandem can travel with you search for flights on orbitz.com a web-site where seating charts reveal everything you need to know your tandem can fly our customers often tell us their best vacations are spent on their tandem why they re in the fresh
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world s finest cromoly tandems experienced cyclists will appreciate the many refinements found on santana s premium cromoly tandems whether you ve already owned a tandem or played the upgrade game with single bikes you know the satisfaction and savings that accrue when you avoid compromise and invest a bit more advanced components often produced exclusively for us give santana s premium cromoly tandems the extra muscle to deliver an unexcelled level of performance convenience and reliability features · double-butted tubing throughout for strength comfort and minimal weight · santana s exclusive tandem-specific geometry · exclusive dupont wet-on-wet translucent candy finish is brighter and has a lifetime guarantee · tandem-scaled 11/4 headset stem and fork · frame clearance for santana s stronger 160mm wheels with an industry-exclusive twoyear performance warranty plus an optional 10 disc brake · stowaway travel version features s&s/oval couplers for hassle-free flying premium compo
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our most popular tandems since its introduction over a dozen years ago the sovereign has reigned as the world s most popular high-performance tandem equally suited for a shared competition or an intimate weekend tour the sovereign is to cycling as the porsche 911 is to motoring sharing most of the same race-winning tubing and components the encore and picante allow an escape from the world of pavement perfect-10 shifting which road controls are best campagnolo s ergopower or shimano s sti while the debate will continue among single bike riders for tandem owners the choice is now clear in 2005 shimano released an entirely new version of their ultegra sti integrated lever set in testing we quickly noted a trio of standout features first is the lance-inspired ergonomics with a new pair of riding positions on the tops of the hoods if you watched the tour de france coverage it was easy to see how the shimano-equipped riders were using these new positions to great advantage second lance also
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when two seats aren t enough strong enough for all-adult teams most of santana s family bikes are customdesigned for parents with growing children with optional child stoker kits installed in the center or rear riding positions these models can be converted back-and-forth between adult and child configurations in minutes while any builder can produce a frame with additional seats your best buy will be an adaptable bike that your family won t outgrow after building over 400 stretch tandems santana has more design and construction expertise than all other builders combined triplet choice of road enduro or all-terrain triplet from $6195 see page 42 for pricing frame tubing choose from santana/eco columbus cromoly santana/easton aluminum or santana seamless titanium fork santana megasizetm cromoly 700c or 26 weight from 15 titanium to 18 cromoly pounds per rider sizes chart on page 3 popular sized frames are stocked for immediate delivery built-to-order frames see page 25 produced in as l
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race-ready componentry · new hanebrink fly 36 tandem fork not pictured is an ultralight maintenance-free all-air system with 36 of adjust-on-the-fly travel · formula self-adjusting hydraulic disc brakes with massive 10-inch rotors · woodman 31.8 forged evolution stem with ritchey downhill bars not pictured · carbon cranks · hadley racing dh tandem hubs · terry titanium railed saddles · shimano xtr derailleurs · rapidfire or twist-grip shifters competition all-terrain all-terrain tandem from $6395 extreme frame tubing explained on page 18 exclusive to santana easton 7005/scandium tandem tubeset standard sizes chart on page 3 s m are stocked for immediate delivery built to order frames see page 25 produced in 5 weeks at a minimal charge components listed above plus tamer carbon-pro carbon-pivot seatposts · no extra charge for team fade or shadeshifter finish for thirty years santana s focus has been real instead of perceived performance but when it comes to selling all-terrain tandems
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pros leave over 150,000 amateurs attend weeklong training camps and in the fall when the weather is absolutely perfect 50,000 connoisseurs of the cycling lifestyle celebrate their hard-earned fitness with a glorious pre-winter vacation how come you ve not heard about mallorca because the island is already blessed with savvy travelers and spain s highest per-capita income the spanish tourist bureau works overtime to send americans elsewhere seemingly reserved for europeans less than 1 of mallorca s tourists arrive from north american who else offers mallorcan cycling tours while mallorca provides superior cycling tour companies that cater to americans can t afford to promote tours to unknown destinations in order to balance their books these companies are obliged to operate in overexposed areas where americans even cyclists have worn-out their spain s mallorca october 1018 2008 rarely visited by americans european cyclists have made mallorca their favorite destination growing more popu
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needed a better cycling tour new zealand s antana s planners spent an entire decade preparing for this tour in addition to poring through guidebooks and studying itineraries we talked to a score of kiwis new zealand residents who own our tandems and to over 200 cyclists who ve vacationed there we learned that in this beautiful yet sparsely populated country the distance between hotels often exceeds 80 miles because of extreme distances organized new zealand cycling tours invariably use 12-15 passenger vans to shuttle most riders on most days since the vans make numerous stops and retrieve additional riders many participants are crammed in the back of vans for hours at a time additionally while cyclists rave about new zealand s scenery and sparse traffic interesting stops are few and far between on most days the only activity between hotels besides the van ride is a numbing number of miles and a cold roadside picnic finally after subtracting time for daily repacking waiting for the sh
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great lakes tandem rally july 4th vacation week · june 29july 2 2009 with more miles of shoreline more state parks and more lighthouses than any other american county wisconsin s door peninsula jutting into the deep blue waters of lake michigan is perfectly sized for 4 days of tandeming because you re never more than 5 miles from the water this unspoiled region dotted with fishing villages farms and orchards is the cape cod of the midwest discovered door county with its limestone bluffs sand beaches and rural farms door county is a natural haven from the stress of daily life the waters of green bay and lake michigan have carved door county s rocky shoreline into a labyrinth of caves arches and cliffs the stunning overall effect is that this magnificent landscape resembles new england more than the midwest despite its rugged coastline the peninsula is remarkably flat and its network of lightly-traveled farm roads is unbeatable this is americana at its finest three dozen farming and f
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heart of europe new dates improved itinerary originally design as a couples-only event santana s bodensee tour included museum visits formal castle receptions and long dress-up evenings while many loved this romantic format parents quickly realized that the bodensee a favorite destination for european families would be a perfect place for a return visit with their children in 2004 we tested a family friendly version that traded some fancy meals and dressy evenings for outdoor activities that went way beyond cycling guess what the youthful itinerary with roller-toboggans aerial trams and a chartered steam cog train was a ton more fun even for adults we project that for 2009 about a third of the couples on this event will bring children or grandchildren with most in the age range of 9-17 priced at $3695 per adult and $1295 per child lots more info on our 8-day tour can be found in the future events section of the santanatandem.com website additionally since the bodensee aka lak
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r iding singles towards the top of a swiss pass young cyclists philippe and kathrin spotted a pair of bright jerseys on the switchback below imagining their alpine pursuers must be racers the couple wondered if they could reach the summit first seconds later as the matched racers flew past philippe and kathrin were amazed by the speed and elegance of a middle-aged couple on a touring tandem the following week in 2003 philippe and kathrin traded singles for their own tandem with the strength gained from five years of teamwork this swiss couple regularly overtakes younger racers out training the rain may not look like fun in their official race photo hugh and ruth are nearing the completion of their tandem dream the finish line of the 2007 edition of paris-brest-paris at 1,227km nearly 800 miles paris-brest-paris is the world s oldest cycling competition unlike the more modern tour de france with its multiple stages barricaded course and convoy of support vehicles the every-fourthyear
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