Rocky Mounts R4 tandem rack

Picked up a tandem rack, this one is much better than the Thule or Yakama offerings, but I needed to find a way to mount on my Audi Aero Bars.

to do this I used the nuts from the square bar attachment as spacers and Allen Head bolts threaded into a square plate that is used to mount other items top the Aero Bars

Now I need a replacement handlebar strap so a quick visit to their website

https://rockymounts.com/products/tandem-mount-r4

and correspondence with their Customer Service rep - BTW Collin there is a rock star - strap is on the way until then I will keep using a Park HBH-2

Long Bike on Long roof

NIB Arai Drum/Drag Brake

I have a NewIn Box Drum brake for Burley Bob, need to order the Quick disconnect kit from Tandems East and get a friction shifter for the handle bars. This is everything in the box and it looks like I'm "Good to Go (or Stop).

Easy Updates as we go on this first ride journey

Broke out the old red pin spanner and adjusted the eccentrics to set timing and tension on the chain

Got rid of the "Flip-Flops" friendly pedals and put commuter SPD on for both the captain and stoker

cleaned up and painted the repair, the Rustoleum Blue was a great match just no "sparkle)

yes I need to get a new seat collar but the Perrier can shim will work for now

now our first big shakedown ride (lots of tools went on this trip)

the run was great I have a great co-piolt. No mechanical issues, no complaints

How Does one get here to this crazy plan

So, tandem is at my house now, lets see what I have

Chain is with-in the end service life before having to swap out

Shifters are a mid level Shimano rapid fire not the original Grip shift but still 7 speed (for now)

Brakes have been upgraded swapped around -Silver Deore up front Black Deore out back

Sora front shifter and a new long cage Alivio in the rear

Wheels look to be Shimano Tandem HF5 (LX level) hubs and Sun rims

Some crazy granny hi rise handle bar up front and the original Ritchey handle bar out back

pedals are currently flip flop friendly - not for long

The reason it was sidelined was the captains seat collar split from not having min insertions of a seat post

this has been repaired and now uses a 26.4mm seat post vs the 26.6 it came with

I do have a portable park work stand but finding using an older Allens rack on my porch works MUCH better for a tandem

Start of the Burley Samba experience

So a little Back ground, in the early 90's I helped start up a Bicycle Shop on the tip of the Cape. Hired on as the lead (only) mechanic the owner Bill put a lot of trust in this "kid" Ptown Bike is now the largest full service bike shops on the cape with focal brands such as TREK (I have a farley EX) and Specialized (Tricia has a Sirius Womens Carbon pro) Our rental fleet at the time, consisted of Mongoose bikes (a couple hundred) back when they were owned by Service Cycle and a LBS not box store brand, with the new to market grip shift. to up our game we added two tandems from Burley Spin the time machine foward to 2020 and in conversation with the bike sho owner I mentioned I was looking to get a tandem for my wife and I to do Rail to Trail ridingI had just picked up a rocky Mounts R4 tandem carrier too. Much to my surprise he stated that tandems were not feasble any longer and that he had one in the warehouse rafters if I wanted it but it needed work and a stoker seat post and seat. So the journey begins with Burley Bob the tandem (its actually a 2003 Samba, not one of the ones I built and maintained) for your viewing pleasure here is how I found him.

almost a year

holy cow - Masonic Masters Path and first Boston reefer meeting
follow weekend Moto giro and I have not even started or reg the bikes ----- YIKES!!!

tiffany watch

1990 Honda GB500tt

Mongoose Comp SX 13" frame

a combo of Sachs and XTR round out the wifes bike
bought as a left over and sold the judy XC for the cost of the bike - nice profit

scouts ate my summer

just finished a canoe weekend 3.11 miles back and forth from the camp spot

404y4m

buglady's LR3

time to upgrade from the DiscoII to an LR3 HSE - I bet a service tec has this Safari Gard bumper on their rig before the end of the week

USCRA Spring Moto Giro- rider #46

did I even grown up in Wmass?
this years event was not far from the area I grew up in and I never knew the roads were this good! (google Hancock MA)
nice twistys and elevation changes, Italy eat your heart out

Day one was on a 66 Honda S90 - it'll put hair on your chest at 65mph

before the first stamp check I snapped the rear brake pivot bolt and need to do the next 130+ miles with just the front, smoothness was the rule of the day.
I did keep up with a few bigger (read less than 250cc) in the twists but lost them on the straights and hill climbs

Day two was on my 250 Monza that Pete T from MACH 1 has breathed on

did day 2 on the monza, forgot to wire the exhaust / header nut and had to bang it tight on with a rock applied to the end of my socket wrench, rewired at the time check stop - but toasted my leather riding gloves reaching down on the straight to snug it up while riding

only other problem with the noise maker was that it lost both screw in lever to the petcocks - any one know the size and thread?

Loud and Proud on the Monza

1993 yo

which I want to paint to look like this