Tandem

Before even starting the tour we have received a number of inquiries on our gear and bike.  We will update this as we make changes during the tour.

Our tandem is a Calfee Tetra that will have about 4000 miles of riding before we start our 2021 tour.  We love this bike!  It handles like a carbon road bike!  (Well, we exaggerate just a bit.) 😊   But like always the real important stuff is in the details that follow.  Special thanks to Kevin at Tandem Cycle Works of Denver for a perfect build and fit.

A bit more context on our component selection.   We spec'd a lot of carbon to reduce the effects of road vibrations.   Then we went with a belt drive, internal hub drive train for minimal maintenance on the road.  The internal hub also removes the need to pull the cassette to fix a drive side broken spoke.

 Starting Bike Setup

• Calfee Tetra carbon frame and fork, clear coat, S&S couplers
• Chris King Inset headset
  
• Phil Wood stainless steel bottom brackets front and rear
• FSA SLK front and rear carbon cranks
• Gates CDX chainrings
• Gates Carbon Drive tandem timing belt
• Gates Carbon Drive rear belt
• Rohloff speed hub, and round hub shifter
• TRP Hydraulic assist disc brakes 
• 200 mm disc brake rotors front and rear
• Swiss DT front hub 
  
• 36 spoke Rude Andra rims front and rear
  
• Schwalbe Marathon Mondial tires
  
• SPD pedals front and rear
  
• SRAM single cable levers
• Easton carbon front stem
• Fizik carbon front bars
• Syntase carbon seat post front
• Kinekt aluminum seat post rear
• Profile Wing carbon rear bars
• ControlTech rear stem aluminum

Handlebar and Frame Bags

Full disclosure!  All supplied by our son's company Exile Designs.