RabidChi
Warming-Up
- Jul 18, 2019
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I've been asked to write a post about my tandem.
And yes, it turns out that when many Oba-chans notice my wife and me riding our tandem, their face either turns to an expression of amazement or displays a wry smile as if they had seen something naughty. I have some theories on what's behind the latter.
Here it is:
It's a Nazca Quetzal recumbent tandem, meant mainly for touring. I bought the frame and built the entire thing, even laced the wheels. Gearing is 1x12 SRAM Eagle, 44t chainring, 10-50 cassette. 203mm disc brakes. The frame and cables are separable so that it will fit in two rinko bags. It weighs about 24kg, 4 times more than my climbing road bike. But 12kg per person for a steel touring bike isn't that bad. I could provide more technical details, but be forewarned. Imagine a Venn diagram with a circle for each of the following geeky microcosms of cycling: recumbents, folding bikes, S&S coupled frames, 650b randonneurs, 1x road, 12-speed MTBs, e-MTBs, and not the least, tandems. This build would be smack at the intersection. If ever you're interested in one, Nazca's standard builds are perfectly fine. I just like to geek out.
And yes, it turns out that when many Oba-chans notice my wife and me riding our tandem, their face either turns to an expression of amazement or displays a wry smile as if they had seen something naughty. I have some theories on what's behind the latter.
Here it is:
It's a Nazca Quetzal recumbent tandem, meant mainly for touring. I bought the frame and built the entire thing, even laced the wheels. Gearing is 1x12 SRAM Eagle, 44t chainring, 10-50 cassette. 203mm disc brakes. The frame and cables are separable so that it will fit in two rinko bags. It weighs about 24kg, 4 times more than my climbing road bike. But 12kg per person for a steel touring bike isn't that bad. I could provide more technical details, but be forewarned. Imagine a Venn diagram with a circle for each of the following geeky microcosms of cycling: recumbents, folding bikes, S&S coupled frames, 650b randonneurs, 1x road, 12-speed MTBs, e-MTBs, and not the least, tandems. This build would be smack at the intersection. If ever you're interested in one, Nazca's standard builds are perfectly fine. I just like to geek out.