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2 weeks agoFixed frame, that’s brave!our tandem has S&S couplers and for several trips we broke it down into the S&S suitcases. What a science project! Near complete disassembly of the bike. Later we learned to just undo the couplers -all of them on the tubes in the stoker frame section, - and the bike then fit into a regular cardboard bike box with no problem. Lots of bubble wrap still deployed though.
2 weeks agoI know I typed K but damned auto correct changed K to I. It was 6 in the morning and I didn’t catch it! She gets the photo credit
2 weeks agoHi Mike,
No problem asking ‘bike questions’
Mannmade is Graham Mann with some ongoing support from Dale Marchand (who started Rollindale bikes about a decade ago). Both very small and very bespoke operations that are now merged into one. Bikes are built ‘one at a time’, or in our case 2 since K and I are so close in size that the frames are identical with slight individual tweaks in stems and seat dimensions.
When designing the bikes, we literally sat down (well mostly zoom but a few face to face meetings - he’s in Edmonton area about 400 km’s from us) for several months and went over every detail of the design.
These bikes were to replace our Tout Terrain Silk Roads that we got in 2015 (which are still perfectly great touring bikes, but, well, you know… that classic n+1 thing with bikes)
Anyway, the current bikes are very similar to our Silk roads in dimensions and function, and the steerer stop was one of the key little, but important little things we wanted on the bikes. They were designed and machined by Graham after seeing what we had on our silk roads. He also custom anodized them (purple for K and green for me) to match a few other ‘bling items’ on the bikes.
We’ve got a very custom Bilenkey Tandem that we’ve done quite a bit of touring on so are well aware of some of the issues with loaded Tandems!.
Hope this long winded reply helps.
That auto corrected I. I as in Kirsten took this picture!! Haha. The other truck behind it had newer paint and graphics complete with the ‘Hershey kiss’ emoji.
2 weeks agoThanks for the research. It may be just a Zadar thing. So many places have their own individual little rituals and celebrations wrapped up in some sort of religious cloth. If we were here longer I might dig into it, but we’re off to Pag to discover some of their quirks!
2 weeks agoIf you lived in the UK it really was part of ‘everyday’ conversation. Just another quirky thing about that place
2 weeks agoI took that one and it’s good, but I’m still sticking with my Split ducks
2 weeks agoNever heard of 'ronseal moment' before. Looked it up, cool reference thanks for teaching me a new expression.
2 weeks agoModerate being the 2nd level on the Avi scale.....so not low but pay attention and watch for situations that could arise. Compared to 28 kms/hr on a bike, maybe not so moderate if a headwind but pretty nice if warm and a tail wind 🤔. I think Kirsten and I went out sailing when it was gusting to 90 kms/hr, it didn't end so well. 28 would have been a piece of cake.
2 weeks agoCute!
2 weeks agoWhat a great trail!
2 weeks agoGreat photo!
2 weeks agoLyle and Kristen, good morning. Six of us, including my wife Joanne and I on our tandem, rode from Trieste (Muggia) to Pula in September 2023. Our route included the Parenzana rail trail that Janez mentioned above but it also overlapped with your route quite a bit. I can offer some route and restaurant tips if you’d like, let me know if you would like them.
2 weeks ago
First time we’ve been this conspicuous. They’ve ’worked out’ for us a couple of times already too.
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