Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
PJ, my bike buddy, went mad and carted me 4 miles up the road to Eaton to view a tandem, that is a little too small but was only £275.
We had a nice test ride for 20 minutes or so and didn’t kill one another, paid the man and rode back home on the bikes we rode there on. Had a quick sarnie and walked back to the tandem man. Only 3 1/2 miles when you can take walking shortcuts. The bike is a 2008 Viking Tarantino in a medium sort of size. We took the tassels off the stoker bars.
One small domestic on the way home as I had a rucksack with PJ’s jeans and shoes in, as he refused to walk in shorts and trainers. The rucksack (quite heavy) caught on the saddle, tipping me. It wa not helped by a hill start and a big Merc up our backside, revving his engine, like a big twit.
Finally home, the long way and not through the centre of town, on a Saturday. We swapped bars front to back as they were slightly different and also rootled about in my spares boxes for decent bar stem and longer seat stem. My old Whyte seat stem is now at the pilot position and the front stem is now under my seat. Quick trip to Go Outdoors, half a mile away, for better bar grips than the cheap, nasty, ones that were on. Also brake pads, stopping is good.
A shakedown ride to the pub called. 19 miles and discovered a deep loathing of the saddles (now changed for real ones). We have since ridden a nice 37 miles and, today, a 33 miler. That’s 2 x 50km rides in the bag. For an old, entry level, slightly small bike, it’s been OK. Definitely a ‘gateway drug’ for us. He is now planning an Orbit Gravel Tandem, or at least that’s the current thought in his head.
We had a nice test ride for 20 minutes or so and didn’t kill one another, paid the man and rode back home on the bikes we rode there on. Had a quick sarnie and walked back to the tandem man. Only 3 1/2 miles when you can take walking shortcuts. The bike is a 2008 Viking Tarantino in a medium sort of size. We took the tassels off the stoker bars.
One small domestic on the way home as I had a rucksack with PJ’s jeans and shoes in, as he refused to walk in shorts and trainers. The rucksack (quite heavy) caught on the saddle, tipping me. It wa not helped by a hill start and a big Merc up our backside, revving his engine, like a big twit.
Finally home, the long way and not through the centre of town, on a Saturday. We swapped bars front to back as they were slightly different and also rootled about in my spares boxes for decent bar stem and longer seat stem. My old Whyte seat stem is now at the pilot position and the front stem is now under my seat. Quick trip to Go Outdoors, half a mile away, for better bar grips than the cheap, nasty, ones that were on. Also brake pads, stopping is good.
A shakedown ride to the pub called. 19 miles and discovered a deep loathing of the saddles (now changed for real ones). We have since ridden a nice 37 miles and, today, a 33 miler. That’s 2 x 50km rides in the bag. For an old, entry level, slightly small bike, it’s been OK. Definitely a ‘gateway drug’ for us. He is now planning an Orbit Gravel Tandem, or at least that’s the current thought in his head.
