I think in every picture I've seen of a recumbent tandem, the stoker is placed forward of the rear wheel, much in the position of a single rider recumbent. Why can't the stoker be placed directly over or just slightly forward of the rear wheel? Maybe one of those suspension booms that hung over the rear wheel. This would considerably shorten the wheelbase of the bicycle. This would seem very helpful while building a long wheelbase style front end without having the bicycle be 10 feet long. It has to be more than losing a good place to put a rear rack...
I think in every picture I've seen of a recumbent tandem, the stoker is placed forward of the rear wheel, much in the position of a single rider recumbent. Why can't the stoker be placed directly over or just slightly forward of the rear wheel?
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I think in every picture I've seen of a recumbent tandem, the stoker is placed forward of the rear wheel, much in the position of a single rider recumbent. Why can't the stoker be placed directly over or just slightly forward of the rear wheel?
Put your ass right on top of the rear axle and see how much you like it. The design also limits you to smaller rear wheel configuration.
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And the BikeE E2
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I think in every picture I've seen of a recumbent tandem, the stoker is placed forward of the rear wheel, much in the position of a single
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recumbent. Why can't the stoker be placed directly over or just
Actually I have a Bike AT that is very nearly that configuration with me one it. It rides the smoothest of my bikes. Ofcourse its the only one with suspension. I don't have any problems with small tires. For tandem use the 32 or 36 spoke BMX rims available in the 406 size are probably stronger than the 48 spoke tandem rims in largers sizes. I would imagine that the Barcroft Columbia does ride a little rough, specially the rear seat. Still the padded seat bottoms on RANS seats absorb quite a bit.
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Put your ass right on top of the rear axle and see how much you like it. The design also limits you to smaller rear wheel configuration.
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And the BikeE E2
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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 05:36:05 GMT, arrowz <[email hidden]> wrote:
> >I think in every picture I've seen of a recumbent tandem, the stoker is placed forward of the >rear wheel, much in the position of a single
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>recumbent. Why can't the stoker be placed directly over or just
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Actually I have a Bike AT that is very nearly that configuration with me one it. It rides the smoothest of my bikes. Ofcourse its the only one with suspension. I don't have any problems with small tires. For tandem use the 32 or 36 spoke BMX rims available in the 406 size are probably stronger than the 48 spoke tandem rims in largers sizes. I would imagine that the Barcroft Columbia does ride a little rough, specially the rear seat. Still the padded seat bottoms on RANS seats absorb quite a bit.
Craig
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Put your ass right on top of the rear axle and see how much you like it. The design also limits you to smaller rear wheel configuration.
I am sometimes reminded of Gardner Martin's comment when asked why the Gold Rush rode so well. He said that sometimes things just work well. I was reminded of that when I read the opening post and follow up comments. We ride a Barcroft Columbia tandem. The captain sits almost on top of the front wheel, the stoker directly atop the back wheel. Analyzing that you would think that a rough ride is virtually guarranteed. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, it was the comfort of the tandem ride which convinced my wife to give up her upright for recumbency. How can this be, you ask? Well, sometimes things just work well.
