New Bicycle Developments
Posted by Donald Merand
There’s some new work brewin’ on the tandem. Here’s a preview of what we’re talking about:
Front View
Side View
For those of you who are bicycle-inclined, I’m swapping out the handlebars and stem because the current setup of drop bars and loooong stem puts me too far forward:
Wedding Tandem Ride
That and the VO Porteur Handlebars are sooooo rad. So the old setup was Nitto Technomic 130mm stem and Nitto drop bars (model unknown) with some unknown drop brake levers on there. The new setup is Nitto Technomic 100mm stem (from my road bike, which I swapped for an EVEN SHORTER one), VO Porteur Handlebars, and Tektro Inverse Brake Levers.
One thing to note for those of you thinking about using this particular combination: those brake levers really wedge tightly, so be careful or you’ll get what I got trying to pull them out:
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