[Sportsandrec] tandum bike?

[Lori]

Steel isn't always bad.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Kociaba" <williamkociaba at comcast.net>
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Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] tandum bike?


> Hay Fred,
> thanks, thats a lot more info to work with.  So I don't want a beach 
> cruiser and I don't want a steel frame??
> I will check out all the sources you suggest.  I really don't want to get 
> involved with a riding club this is just something for my wife and I to do 
> together but I will check them out.  As you said might be a good source of 
> A. info and B. maybe a decent used bike.
> I did check out both craigs list and backpage(just like craigs list)and I 
> am glad you commented that nothing there was worth looking at because I 
> honestly didn't know and thought about making a call or two.
> thanks again
> Bill
> Bill Kociaba
> CRUISEONE
> Bill at Ycruise.com
> 954 227 7772 or Toll Free 877 227 7775
> 7600 Wiles Rd, Coral Springs, FL 33067
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fred's ol' XP" <regenerative at earthlink.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 1:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] tandum bike?
>
>
>> Hi again,
>> Did you sign-up for the Blind Stokers Club, yet?
>> www.blindstokersclub.org
>>
>> Next, you might want to hook-up with a local tandem club.  I think the 
>> Panthers are near you.  This is a  good way to be  able to ride different 
>> tandems to get a feel for what you like.  Rental shops usually have one 
>> or two junky tandems.  A tandem club won't charge you money to check out 
>> their bikes.  The Panthers' web site link is below, and they have a ride 
>> today, next Saturday, and most every Saturday from what little 
>> investigation I did online.  Hopefully, that means they are a 
>> well-organized and large club.  If you contact them, and arrange to meet 
>> them at the end of a ride, I'd expect that you'll meet a bunch of great 
>> people, with a dozen or so different bikes.  You may even find a bike for 
>> sale through the club.
>>
>> Florida PANTHERS  Tandem Club
>> www.floridatandemclub.org/panthers.htm
>>
>> I wrote before that I use Craigslist for some of my tandem shopping. 
>> Below should be a link to your local craigslist site.  Most of the bikes 
>> on there now are not my kind of bike.  For me, a good bike would be a 
>> used Santana, Cannondale, or a similar road bike with CrMo or Aluminum 
>> frame. Your area is flat, so maybe you won't want or need lots of gears. 
>> You also get more rain, which may mean fenders and different wheels and 
>> tires that I'd use along PCH.  On CraigsList, the best items often 
>> disappear quickly.  At last check, all you have to pick from are 
>> "vintage," "classic," and "custom" tandems.  They all seem to be 
>> cruisers, and not worth looking at.
>>
>> http://fortlauderdale.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=tandem+&catAbb=bik&srchType=A&minAsk=&maxAsk=
>>
>> good luck!
>> Fred, in Carlsbad CA
>>
>>
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