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Region 1 ( AZ, CA, CO, HI, NM, NV, UT) Double Talk - Bob & Lois Weast, 4324 Paradise Dr, A publication of the Tandem Club of America Carmichael, CA 95608 (916)-961-5193 An International Club for Tandem Enthustiasts Region 2 ( AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY) Established in 1976 - Charlie & Becky Steinmetz, 1165 NW Overlook Dr, Corvallis, OR 97330 www.tandemclub.org (541) 745-7612 Copyright © 2009 TANDEM CLUB OF AMERICA (except where noted) Region 3 ( IA, MN, NE, ND, SD) - Paul Campbell & Cathie Bishop, 1604 S Fairmount, Sioux City, IA 51106 (712) TABLE OF CONTENTS 274-2023 What do TCA members do? ...... 2 Region 4 (AR, KS, LA, MO, OK, TX) - John Who Does What? ...... 2 McManus & Brenda Cole, 922 Easton Pl, Dallas Tx 75218 (214) 321-6085 Back Issues Available ...... 2 Region 5 (MI, WI) - Chuck & Nancy Garber, From the Editors ...... 3 615 Kalamazoo St, South Haven, MI 49090 (269) 767-3920 Charlie and Pat Jenkins Qualify for the Race Across America .. 4 Region 6 (IL, IN, KY, OH) - Dick & Jackie Good Bye Old Friend ...... 5 Homan, 34875 N Helen Ct, Ingleside, IL Bob Larson, Sun City Center, FL 60041-9410 (847) 587-6234 Touring Serbia by Tandem! ...... 6 Region 7 (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN) Lynda and David Febland, New York City, NY - Marv & Miryam Rubenstein, 2815 Sweetbriar Dr, Tallahassee, FL 32312 TROLS ‘08 ...... 10 (850)-385-0534 Reggie Bowers, Longview, TX Region 8 (DC, DE, MD, VA, WV) - Bob & Lake Superior Tandem Tour ...... 13 Willa Friedman, 5514 Callander Drive, Jane Noe, Gwinn, MI Springfield, VA 22151 (703)-978-7937 Tandeming: A New Dimension ...... 14 Region 9 (NJ, NY, PA) - Chuck & Bonnie Steve Katzman, Orlando, FL Dye, 288 Mulberry St, Rochester, NY 14620-2512 (585)-473-8041 What to do if you’re in a Wreck With a Car ...... 16 Region 10 (CT, MA, RI) - Emery & Anne LEWIS,FELDMAN, LEHANE & MCATEE, LL.C, 2100 Glass, 1 Dodge Road, Marblehead, MA Third Avenue N Ste 810, Birmingham, Alabama 35203, 01945 (781)-631-3239 (205) 254-3927 www.lflmlaw.com Region 11 (ME, NH, VT) - Bob & Linda Meeting Our Builder & Tandem East’s 20th Anniversary Harvey, 16 Clinton Street, Salem, NH Tandem Expo ...... 20 03079 (603)-898-5285 Mark Livingood, Marietta, GA Region 12 (AB, BC, MB, NT, SK, YT) - Ray Tandem Calendar ...... 27 Thouret & Audrey Gordon, 88 Doug- lasbank Rise SE, Calgary AB T2Z 1K7 TCA Tandem Hospitality Homes ...... 27 (403) 281-6494 Tandem Calendar ...... 27 Region 13 (ON, PQ) - Dave & Brenda Vandevelde, 2964 Keynes Crescent, Mis- Membership Form ...... 32 sissauga, ON L5N 3A1 (905)-824-9364 Region 14 (NB, NF, NS, PE) - Alan Davidson & Lynell Withers, 20 Cascade Dr, Hali- fax, NS B3M 1Z3 (902) 457-4030 Send articles to: Jack & Susan Goertz, 2220 Vanessa Dr, Birmingham, AL 35242-4430 [email protected] DoubleTalk Who Does What? 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4 Send articles to: Jack & Susan Goertz, 2220 Vanessa Dr, Birmingham, AL 35242-4430 [email protected] January / February 2009 DoubleTalk www.TandemClub.org From the Editors e-mail address, etcetera, let us know immediately so that we can make our A new year is upon us. And the list the most accurate possible. Please times, they are a’changing. First, the TCA send your corrected information to wishes to thank Kay McGuire for the [email protected], with a copy to years of great service that she’s offered the [email protected]. The 2009 TCA. For those of you who’ve received Membership Listing will be mailed some- a copy of DoubleTalk on cassette these time in early February. past years, you’ve listened to Kay. Kay Clean the frame has been an important part of the TCA 2009 will also bring some much and rims. Take the Volunteer corps. She’s retiring from this needed changes to our website. We’re time to repack the position, and the TCA is looking for a anticipating a complete re-design of our bearings (if they’re new reader. If you have an interest in website early in 2009, including fixing not sealed), or reading TCA to a tape, please contact us the broken PayPal link. Keep an eye on replace any sealed and we can discuss what’s involved. We’ll our website (www.tandemclub.org) and bearings that aren’t put you in touch with Kay, and you’ll look for the changes coming. We think it running smoothly. be able to find out just what exactly is will be worth the wait. Don’t forget to pull involved. (One perk – you’ll get a readers’ It seems that more and more cyclists out the seatposts copy of DoubleTalk before your friends (not just tandemists) are involved in car and apply a light get their copy!) wrecks this past year. To help lessen the coat of grease to the shaft. Once If you’ve tried to contact Phil Mortel- legal pain, we’ve included an article in it’s all done your lo, our hospitality homes coordinator, re- this issue from a cycling lawyer about tandem will look cently and had your e-mail returned, Phil what to do if you’re involved in an ac- and ride so much had moved and changed e-mail providers. cident. Of course, you should always better, and there We’ve fixed the link, now your e-mails to contact a lawyer in your area for legal will be much less Phil will get to him. We hope you re-con- assistance, and not rely totally on the chance that you’ll nect with him and volunteer to become information in this article. It is intended be alongside the a Hospitality Home or just update your for information only. road, fixing your listing, or just talk to him about Hospi- Finally, let’s talk about next year! bike while your tality Homes in the area you’re planning Even tho’ old man winter came early to friends’ keep on to tour. many parts of the county this year, good riding! Which brings us up to the next point cycling weather can’t be too far away. of discussion. We are working on the While winter has you “house bound”, it’s 2009 TCA membership listing, which a great time to make sure your tandem(s) See you on the will be sent out to all members who are will be ready for that first beautiful day. road! paid up as of January 1, 2009. If you’re Be sure to take some time to check out reading this as your own copy, your your tandem and give it a good tune-up. name will be listed in the annual direc- Check the tires, cables, chains, and gears, tory. Please take the time and let us know and replace any part that’s worn, frayed, of any corrections to your information or broken. If the handlebar wrap is torn, since last year. If you’ve changed your give your tandem’s bars a new wrap.

Send articles to: Jack & Susan Goertz, 2220 Vanessa Dr, Birmingham, AL 35242-4430 [email protected] 5 DoubleTalk Charlie and Pat Jenkins in Oceanside, California and finishing in Annapolis, Maryland. It’s longer than Qualify for the Race Tour de France by 30%, and racers finish Across America in half the time. But unlike the Tour de France, RAAM isn’t a stage race, nor do Charlie and Pat Jenkins of Denison, participants have the advantage of draft- TX, ages 50 and 49, recently celebrated ing. their 30th wedding anniversary. They also were the first tandem bicycle team To even be considered a finisher of to ever attempt and complete the Tejas the Race Across America, participants 500 Time Trials held every September in must ride at least 250 miles a day for 12 Cleburne, TX. The Tejas 500 is 25 laps consecutive days. Racers can enter as 2, around a 20-mile course with 22,000 4, and 6 person teams, but the real race is total feet of grueling climbing. the solo division, where riders race alone against the clock, the elements, and sheer The time trial began at 6:00 pm on exhaustion. Charlie and Pat plan on rac- the evening of Thursday, September 25. ing in the solo tandem division in 2010, Charlie and Pat mounted their Co-Mo- using 2009 to train and raise the $20,000 tion tandem and rode through the night necessary for entry fees, supplies, and a before stopping for the first time at mandatory support crew vehicle which 3:00am Friday morning for a brief one will ride along with them all the way hour nap. They rode again through the across the United States. early morning hours, and throughout the entire day Friday before stopping Friday As part of the preparation for the evening at 10:30pm to take another brief Race Across America, the Jenkins plan one hour nap. Charlie and Pat mounted on riding from Santa Fe, New Mexico to their tandem for the last time at 11:30pm Kansas City, Missouri, as well as making Friday evening and rode through the several cross state record attempts and at remainder of the night, crossing the least one ride of 1,000 miles or longer. finish line at 5:46am Saturday morning, They also hope to work in a support crew for a finishing time of 35 hours and 46 for riders in 2009, to better familiarize minutes. themselves with the race and map out their own ride strategy for 2010. The Jenkins’ 35:46 hour comple- tion time in the Tejas 500 Time Trials Congratulations and good luck to Pat qualifies them to ride in The Race Across and Charlie! If you have any questions, America (RAAM), considered one of comments or words of encouragement the toughest bicycle races in the world. please send them to sk8erbyker@gmail. The Tejas 500 Time Trial is one of only com seven events nationwide that qualifies riders to participate in RAAM. The Race Across America is an annual 3,000 mile race across the United States beginning

6 Send articles to: Jack & Susan Goertz, 2220 Vanessa Dr, Birmingham, AL 35242-4430 [email protected] January / February 2009 DoubleTalk www.TandemClub.org Good Bye Old Friend A typical question might be some- thing like, “This peanut butter pie is the Beau Rivage in Texan Virgil Fruth, his wife, Jeanie, best I’ve ever had. Did you bake it?” Nice, who should and my wife, Jean, bicycled thousands The waitress smiled and said, “No, I greet us with big of miles together. We first met while just serve it.” smiles but the on a one-week tandem bicycle tour in “You have a beautiful smile. Are you Fruths. A couple New York State. The ten-team group, married?” of years later, they representing nine different states, cycled Before she left to wait on another also joined us for a from one Finger Lake to another. The table, Virgil learned the names and ages trip to the Austrian climbs up the hills separating the lakes of her children and her hobbies. A sincere Alps. were struggles, but the rides down to thanks and a generous tip rewarded her Five years the shores were exhilarating and fun. for her services and conversation. The weather was perfect, the country- ago, while cycling side interesting and the companionship After that ride, we bicycled with them by themselves in wonderful. In the evenings we stayed at dozens of times in most of the states east Texas, a pickup bed-and-breakfasts. The Inn at Starlight of the Mississippi River. We also rode truck hit the Lake was the highlight of our tour. Jean with them in Ontario and Nova Scotia. Fruths. Jeanie never and I developed a close relationship with We especially enjoyed bicycling with fully recovered and gregarious Virgil and his quiet stoker. them while staying at the Jail House Bed passed away after Virgil, made it a point to spend time with and Breakfast in Minnesota. hanging on for a everyone he encountered, from vice-presi- When Jean and I decided to celebrate couple of more dents to wait persons. With a twinkle and our 50th wedding anniversary in southern years. a smile, he won them over. He seemed France, we invited the Fruths to come Virgil lived for truly interested in people and making along. They reluctantly informed us that the last decade with them feel important. He asked simple they wouldn’t be able to go with us, be- prostate cancer. questions that required answers and those cause they had just completed a cruise to Two years ago, the answers led to more questions. Mexico. When we checked into the Hotel

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TCA 2004-1, Rev A Send articles to: Jack & Susan Goertz, 2220 Vanessa Dr, Birmingham, AL 35242-4430 [email protected] 7 DoubleTalk cancer spread to his bones. Each time I talked to him by phone Touring Serbia by Tan- he sounded a little more tired, but nevertheless upbeat. dem! On a Thursday afternoon, as I sat at my computer, trying to think of something to write for the next writers meeting, the You will not be surprised to hear phone shocked me out of my day dreams. I looked at the caller that we continue to spend our summers ID and learned that it was from our long-time bicycling buddy riding a tandem bicycle in various coun- from Houston. tries around the world. We still carry everything we expect to need in panniers “Hello.” suspended from racks on the front and “Hello,” a sobbing lady responded. back of the bike, travel as a twosome or I immediately knew the reason for the call. with a couple of friends, and plan each “I’m Lori, Virgil’s daughter. My dad just passed away two day’s route as we go along, trusting that hours ago.” we’ll find quiet country roads with little “I’m so sorry. Do you know when services will be held?” or, preferably, no traffic and a moderately “No, we haven’t discussed plans yet, but it will probably be comfortable bed for the night. Tuesday afternoon. Several months ago you sent my dad a story Joining us for the first leg of the trip you had written about him. He really liked it. Do you mind if I in early July was Robert Pick, known read it at the funeral service?” affectionately to us as Robert “UK”, a “Of course not.” moniker selected to distinguish him from Before she hung up the phone she said, “Give your wife a another fellow cyclist – Robert “AMERI- hug.” CA”. We met both Roberts on our cycle A shiver ran up my spine. It sounded like something Virgil tour in Russia. To his consternation, we always said while ending a telephone conversation, “Give the revealed ourselves as more like “typical redhead a hug for me.” Americans” than he had thought us; that On Tuesday afternoon, at Virgil’s funeral ceremony in Houston, Texas, his daughter read my story. At the same time, I underwent a 45 minute surgical procedure, while fully con- scious, in Bradenton, Florida. A nice nurse held my hand dur- ing the entire operation to ease my apprehension. The next day I commented to the doctor, “That was a nice touch to have a nurse hold my hand during the surgery.” He replied, “What nurse?” Maybe it was an angel. If so, thank you, Virgil, I owe you one. Bob Larson Sun City Center, FL

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is, cycling in 95 degree heat we required something the a room with a ceiling fan, if not AC, a next day about working toilet and shower, and access to an overtime a steady supply of cold liquids. Robert kick?....….. never got used to David’s relentless search In Slove- for ice or our propensity for starting off nia and Adri- the day’s ride around noon. atic Croatia, we This year we settled on a “concept” relaxed when- ride beginning out of the airport in ever possible at Venice and ending at Belgrade’s airport. beachside towns, Studying a large-scale map of the area, often waiting we planned to spend a week each in the with locals for northeastern-most corner of Italy (in and the next ferry. Here we enjoyed the crowd around Trieste) and along the small piece at the port of Brestova, Croatia. The ferry of coastline of Slovenia, three weeks in transported us and our bike to the island Croatia including the Istrian Peninsula of Cres, where we barely managed the and islands of Cres and Krk, and the last scorching 1500 ft. slog up a switchback two in Serbia, dipping below Belgrade road to the saddle of the island with its into the “real” Serbia before returning to dizzying views to either side before an the airport for the flight home. exhilarating free wheel ride at 35 mph Having cycled extensively in East- down to Cres Town. ern Europe over many years, we looked The promise of the first few days of forward to peaceful off-road tracks along our trip along safe, charming, unpolluted fields of sunflowers. Our expectations were not to be realized, however, except for the roads around Treviso, Italy, and the rare, exceptional dike roads of inland Croatia and Serbia. Early in July all of Italy was fixated on the World Cup. On the grounds just beyond the remarkable Basilica of the ancient Roman city of Aquileia, the lo- cal fans set up an enormous TV under a tent for a community viewing of the game. We found seats and cheered on the home team. Suddenly, like a bad joke, with the crowd totally pumped to defeat the Germans, the digital satellite dish lost its signal without warning, and the screen went blank. Somebody mentioned

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roads and ings of the Croatian villages of the Lon- festive beach jsko Polje stand on an area of wetlands towns gave where the confluence of four rivers way to mostly provides the perfect microclimate for the terrifying road annual migration of hundreds of white conditions storks. Life revolves around the feeding of as we surren- barnyard animals by ladies in babushkas, dered our fate the curing of exquisite smoked meats, to the reck- and the nightly round up of the cows. lessness of the local drivers. The 40 miles from Krk to the mainland Croatian city of Rijeka, for instance, proved to be the most spectacularly dangerous stretch of roadway since our near-death cycling trip in Israel. The road had everything: de- graded, treacherous surfaces; a complete lack of safety margins; squirreling, ever- twisting roadbeds; endless hills including both sustained switchback 8% grades as In the towns along the border sepa- well as the relentless up-then-down-then- rating Croatia and Serbia, there remains up-again variety; ferocious, debilitating startlingly disturbing evidence everywhere heat; and, of course, the requisite flat tire. of the recent Balkan Wars. Signs warn of The range of traffic on these roads was in- land mines in fields surrounding houses spirational: 8-axle tractor trailers, delivery where children live and play. During the vans, belching crapcans from Communist Siege of Vukovar (Croatia), the Yugoslav era scrapheaps, the odd donkey, careen- National Army destroyed most of the in- ing motorhomes with a years’ possessions frastructure and killed 2000 civilians with lashed to their sides all delivering goods, another 2000 still unaccounted for by the services and holiday makers to the new European coast of choice. Portentiously, we rarely saw another bicycle. Whenever pos- sible, we gave our lungs a “breather” and savored village life. The traditional wooden folk dwell-

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govern- barely crossed the ment. border into Serbia Many when Darko, a tat- of the tooed mountain of a build- man driving a Ford ings of Tahoe, rolled down Vukovar his tinted window are now to enquire as to our empty spoken language. shells When we replied from “English”, he contin- which ued, now switching to German, proceed- grow ing to devulge specifics of his Norwegian- weeds. provided pension plan, an overview of For the first time in days we were able the value of his various landed assets, and to get English language news on CNN invited us live in his basement for a week. International in our hotel in Vukovar. As (I assumed chained.) To our relief, he as- irony would have it, we watched a broad- sured us that this would be of no concern cast of the war unfolding between Israel to his wife. and Lebanon. Some time later, extricating ourselves After Vukovar and nearby Osijek, all only by agreeing to meet for breakfast in roads lead to Serbia. We were relieved the next town, we were approached by that the border crossing was a “non- a young reporter dressed for a Chelsea event” given the history of warfare. We art-walk. Having observed us setting spent the first night in the town of Som- up our picnic lunch on a field of weeds bor, located in a flat, fertile plain of towns in a nameless town, she had alerted with large ethnic Hungarian and Roma- her “crew. Four minutes later a team of nian populations. We stayed in a “pan- sion” above a pizzeria. Fortuitously, we arrived in time for the annual folk festival of music, dance, and traditional garb. Over the course of two weeks in Ser- bia, we mostly traversed single-lane roads again lacking any shoulder for safety, where a full compliment of farm traffic from the 1953 Five-Year Plan Fall Cata- logue joined the roadshow. Often it seemed we were the hottest ticket in town, and all the unsolicited attention massaged our egos. We had

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raiding Visigoths converged to prep, style, light, sound and inter- TROLS ‘08 view us in situ In case you missed it, and were for the human wondering, the Bowers / Duval hand- interest segment off of TROLS weekend in Jefferson, of a local TV TX was a resounding success. After ten affiliate’s news years of heading the event, Linda and program. The I relinquished the reins to the Duvals hot light of fame after TROLS’07. Jimmy and Kelly did a shone upon us for an hour…..and then it remarkable job. As always with Jefferson, moved on. In a driving rain that had been there were the requisite last minute plan- quietly gathering, we were left to eat our ning snafus. Most notable this year were subsistence picnic, sodden, anonymous, the relocation of the Saturday banquet alone. The next day, we looked up from (the Cypress Valley Center bailed on our map to find a newspaper photojour- them), and a change in Saturday lunch nalist with the Novisad “Daily” request- caterers (the Bakery became unreachable). ing a photoshoot. But the Duvals turned both of these plan- And so it was --everyone we met had ning calamities into enhancements. They the same question: What in the world were able to acquire the Russell Building are two middle-aged Americans doing for the entire weekend, so it served not on a tandem bicycle in Serbia? With the only for packet pickup, but the social skyline of Belgrade as a backdrop, a very relaxed Lynda ponders what, perhaps to us alone, are obvious answers. Lynda and David Febland New York City, NY

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and Saturday dinner as well. Sev- eral years ago, before it burned, the Russell Building was the site of the Galley Pub on Austin Street across from the Jefferson Hotel. It has since been rebuilt and makes a great two-story banquet hall. Saturday’s lunch catering was rescued by Vanda at Riverport BBQ. This was not the first time that Vanda has saved the TROLS’ bacon. The Friday ride had a new twist. Instead of stopping at the Dam on highway 43 and headed north toward Overlook, the ice cream stop was moved Bivins. The passage of Hurricane Ike about two and a half miles farther to the was quite evident as there were numerous other side of the dam. Audre Casteel was downed trees and other wind damage. set up at a shady picnic table there, giving The rest stop at Kildare had closed since out ice cream when she wasn’t socializing last year and Jimmy was parked across the with a couple of Harley Davidson biker street as a surrogate stop in case anyone dudes who happened by. I think she was needed help. But knowing tandemists, trying to snag a ride on the back of a bike I suspect he did a lot more visiting with that she didn’t have to pedal. riders than providing aid. We got to the Tall Pines Lodge about eleven, just As usual, the Friday night dinner was in time to try to help set up lunch. But on-your-own. A number of riders picked Kelly and Leslie Frank had everything up take-out and brought it back to the under control and only gave us small du- Russell Building to eat, socialize, and ties just to keep us out of the way. Lunch watch a slide show of TROLS pics from at the Lodge was pretty much the same this and prior years. as it had been in years past, except that The Saturday morning ride got a police escort out of town. Even though there is not usually a lot of traffic in Jefferson that early in the morning, it was sure nice to blow through the traffic signals as one big group. The Saturday routes were unchanged, but it had been so long since Linda and I had ridden them that they seemed almost brand new. The weather was cool and the closer we got to Caddo Lake, the more dense the fog became. It cleared again after we got

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the Bakery box lunches had been replaced bit of a modification from previous years. with some great turkey and cheese wraps Instead of turning into Caddo Lake State from Riverport BBQ. Lunch seemed Park (where they now charge $2 a bike), much more relaxing this year … prob- we continued for three more miles to the ably because I had more time to visit and General Store and Grill on the shore of wander around the lodge. Caddo Lake in Uncertain, Texas. History Riverport also catered the buffet claims that the community got its name that night in the Russell Building, serv- because the tenuous dock made steam- ing the usual fare of BBQ chicken, beef, boat landing questionable. But I think stir fry, rice, salad, tabouli, cheesecake, you could also make a case that the early and cobbler. After the meal, Jimmy and settlers didn’t quite know if their mailing Kelly drew names and awarded door address was Uncertain, Texas or Uncer- prizes, the most memorable of which was tain, Louisianna. It is an interesting little a Black & Decker model T-200 manual settlement and one that you will picture cat litter box. I think that Jimmy must in your mind every time you hear the have bought it off eBay because it con- term “backwater”. In any event, Jimmy sisted of a Rubbermaid pan full of “Tidy and Kelly had made arrangements with Cat” complete with a scooper and plastic the General Store and Grill to provide gloves. The Mumbys were the lucky win- cups of peach cobbler to fuel our return ners and obviously were quite thrilled. trip to Jefferson. After the banquet, while everyone was After cleaning up and checking out, still milling around socializing, some- Linda and I helped Jimmy and Kelly fin- one mentioned that there was a Karaoke ish loading the remains of their supplies sing-off happening next door at the coffee and equipment into their trailer. Then shop. It wasn’t long before a contingent we headed across the street to eat lunch at of tandemists were crowding the shop, LaManches, only to find they were closed doorway, and sidewalk out front. Some on Sunday. So we ended up at the Ham- were good, some not quite so much, but burger Store to eat, critique the weekend, one was outstanding. Becky Lencho and discuss their plans for TROLS ’09. Thanks to our hosts: (you may previously have known her as Oh, and after lunch as we were walk- Jimmy & Kelly Duval & a friend. Becky Williams) should be singing for ing up the sidewalk, two old codgers a living. Maybe we can talk her into an in motorcycle leathers recognized us as encore next year. cyclists and asked if we knew the nice Or maybe Jimmy lady giving out ice cream at the Lake on and Kelly could Friday. That Audre … she sure made even book her for quite an impression! next year’s banquet Thanks for a great weekend, Jimmy entertainment. and Kelly. Fantastic job! Sunday morn- Reggie Bowers ing’s ride, had a Longview, TX

14 Send articles to: Jack & Susan Goertz, 2220 Vanessa Dr, Birmingham, AL 35242-4430 [email protected] January / February 2009 DoubleTalk www.TandemClub.org Lake Superior We gathered on Sunday in Tandem Tour Marquette for a ride down Main We were hosts for the first portion Street to meet up of an Upper Peninsula - Lake Superior with the paved tandem tour over Labor Day weekend. bike path. There On Friday evening, we did an introduc- we took the path tory road ride on widely paved shoulders along the beauti- through an abandoned Air Force base ful Lake Superior and on country roads. An evening meal shoreline with at our favorite Italian restaurant of Italian a catered lunch chicken pizza and garlic bread set the stop at Presque tone for a wonderful weekend. Isle. The weather Before our Saturday ride we had fresh was the warmest picked wild blueberries in our pancakes we had had all to fuel us for the ride ahead. Our ride summer with low took us along rolling hillside and country humidity and the roads with views of Lake Superior and winds off Lake Superior helped keep us from melting. Marquette, Michigan. Saturday evening On Labor Day, we traveled with our friends to Manitowoc, we hiked up Sugarloaf Mountain for Wisconson for the car ferry ride to Ludington, Michigan. This wonderful panoramic views of the area was an extension of our biking weekend. We stayed on their and gorgeous sunset. boat and enjoyed a couple more biking days along the Lake Michigan shoreline and Dunes National Park. Oh, and lest we forget, also experienced some great sailing!! Yes, we missed the Midwest Tandem Rally this year, but made our own memories with great friends! Jane Noe Gwinn, MI

Send articles to: Jack & Susan Goertz, 2220 Vanessa Dr, Birmingham, AL 35242-4430 [email protected] 15 DoubleTalk Tandeming: have put over 19 thousand miles on our bike as I write this. A New Dimension We have taken our bike on tours in My wife Debi and I have been tan- Vermont, New York State, Canada and deming together for about 5 years and Austria. have had nothing but wonderful experi- About a year after buying the tandem, ences with our Co-Motion Speedster we bought a small condo in Sarasota so travel tandem since we’ve gotten it. Prior we could more easily spend weekends to our becoming tandemists, we had been visiting our children, grandchildren and avid members of our Orlando bike club Debi’s mom, who all live there. We had a – The Florida Freewheelers, obviously on good time painting the rooms bright, viv- our single bikes. Now we ride the tandem id colors, in stark contrast to our Orlando almost exclusively on our club rides. We home which tends to be more sedate. We love the togetherness that it fosters and decorated our new “playhouse”, as we like to call it, with art deco bike posters from the early 1900’s. We have had a big blank wall over our bed for the first four years of living there. We were always on the prowl for the “just right” painting or other wall hanging to fill that void. However, when we saw original paintings that moved us, they were always way beyond our means. Besides, paintings of a cityscape, a landscape, sailboats, animals, etc. just never quite seemed appropriate for our surround- ings or personal interests. Finally I said to Debi that I have never done a paint- ing, but how hard can it be? I would like to have complete control of the subject mat- ter, the colors, the size and shape and not have it cost a fortune. So I set out to give it a try. What did I have to lose?

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Besides I would enjoy the creative outlet to do was “paint by numbers”. Did I just and have plenty of time to pursue a new say “all I had to do”? hobby. Well, I lied about the second part Well anyway, the rest, as they say, is of that, but I digress. history. After about a month of part time So once I decided that the canvas painting, the picture was ready to frame should be in the neighborhood of 3 feet and hang in its intended position over by 4 feet, the next challenge was to come our bed. We are excited about the way it up with a subject and a design. I thought, makes us feel every time we walk into the what could be more appropriate for this bedroom. As it works out I sleep on the location than a picture of a cyclist on captain’s side of the bed and Debi sleeps a bicycle. I did a lot of surfing on the on the stoker’s side. internet, but nothing quite did it for me. In conclusion, I could not have found Then I thought, Why not do a painting a more appropriate picture to hang above of a tandem - maybe a blue one like ours, our bed if I scoured every art fair and with likenesses of Debi and me riding it? store in the country. And the painting’s So the first thing I did was try to colors compliment the other colors of our learn to use Adobe Illustrator software, little playhouse. Not to mention that it which I had never used before. I tried to was fun to do and it was quite affordable. come up with a design on the computer I wonder how many original paintings of that was colorful but simple enough tandems even exist. that I could feel confident painting it on Steve Katzman canvas. I knew that I was not ready for Orlando, FL realism and LeRoy Neiman’s free-form style seemed too hard to emulate. After about eight versions of design and color changes I decided that I was ready to put the paint to the canvas.

I decided on acrylic paint and went There once was a team from L.A. out to the art supply store and bought a Their names were Hugh and Renee. canvas, paint, brushes and a cheap easel. The latter was possibly a luxury that I When Hugh would get tired, could have done without, but in retro- Renee’s words were inspired: spect I think it was well worth having. I used an opaque projector to transfer my “I’m behind Hugh all the way.” design to the canvas so as to not lose the Pat Hill proportion. Hey, I’m an engineer, not an Cedar Rapids, IA artist. Anyway once I had a tracing of the computer picture on the canvas, all I had

Send articles to: Jack & Susan Goertz, 2220 Vanessa Dr, Birmingham, AL 35242-4430 [email protected] 17 DoubleTalk What to do if you’re in a of its accuracy or inaccuracy, will play a major function in determining liability Wreck With a Car for the wreck and it is critical that you are INTRODUCTION there to assist in its preparation. Having an accident with a car is a Once the call to the police is made, nightmare for cyclists. At such a time of you need to start making a record of vulnerability and disorientation it can what happened. This is in addition to be difficult to gather your thoughts and the police report that will be generated. choose what to do. Unfortunately, such If you find yourself on the ground in the an incident requires immediate action middle of your ride as the result of an and attention to detail in order to protect incident with a car you will very likely be your rights. This guide represents a plan disoriented and confused. Although you of action and recommendations for what may be hazy in your immediate recollec- to do if you find yourself in the most tion, it is vital to record a description of dire of circumstances. The information is the events that led up to the incident as broken down into 5 sections: soon as possible. It is rare that we carry pen and paper when we ride but often I. Recorded Recollection we carry cell phones. One way to record II. Information Gathering your recollections is to leave yourself, your significant other, or a friend a voice III. Treatment mail with as much detail as possible. You IV. Insurance can also do this with a text message or V. Protecting Your Rights through one of the applications on your Blackberry (should you have one with We hope that this short guide will you). Your descriptions should include prepare you in the event that you are a summary of the event, meaning who involved in a bicycle versus motor ve- did what when. Also, include the time hicle incident. This is only a guide and of day, weather and other contributing has been crafted for general applicability. conditions (traffic, road conditions, ect.), Each incident is different and requires at- specific location, presence of witnesses, tention depending on varying elements. and anything you notice about the driver I. Recorded Recollection or their vehicle. Although I would not recommend doing this at the scene, or on After an accident with an automo- the way to the hospital in the ambulance, bile, the first thing that you should do, you may be able to do this while wait- if someone hasn’t already, is to call the ing to be treated in the ER. Surprisingly, police. It is important that you remain at there is often a good bit of “downtime” the scene until the police arrive so that while in the emergency room. the police can make an on-scene inves- tigation and record their findings in the “police report”. This report, regardless

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II. Information Gathering III. Treatment (This guide is premised on the as- No matter how tough you are (or sumption that your injuries are not so think you are), it is imperative that you severe that you are unconscious or other- be checked out by a medical profes- wise incapacitated. Obviously, the abso- sional as soon as possible. In the most lute first priority after a wreck is to look severe cases this treatment will begin with after your own well-being.) EMT’s and an ambulance at the scene of After you have tried to gather your the incident. In some instances, you may wits and record everything that occurred consider the injuries minor and may want during, after, and around the accident, to forego treatment. This is a mistake. you need to gather all of the available There almost never are “minor” colli- information. Most obviously you want sions between bikes and automobiles. It Don’t feel to get the responsible driver’s personal is in your best interest to be checked out and insurance information. This may be by medical personnel. You may feel fine bad about impossible If the driver is uncooperative, riding away from the crash, only to suf- or worse, leaves the scene. If the driver fer pain and discomfort later. Don’t put record- does leave, try to get the license of his/her yourself through this; go ahead and seek ing a $10 car and a description of the make and medical attention immediately after the model. Any information would be helpful incident. co-pay. at that point to identify the person that When you go for treatment, make hit you. If the driver stays, but refuses to sure to record all of the individuals and give you any information, don’t worry. facilities that treat you, especially those Their information will be reflected in the that require out of pocket expenses. This completed police report that you have the is vital for any possible claim made on right to obtain. your part and any future recovery of In addition to the driver’s informa- expenses. Don’t feel bad about recording tion, you want to try to gather contact a $10 co-pay. If you were hit riding your information from any witnesses to the ac- bike there is no reason that you should cident. Often times the police report will feel responsible for even a dollar out of contain this information as well, however your pocket. this is not always the case. Anything that While your body is your first priority you can get on your own will help your when obtaining treatment, make sure to situation. A name and a way to contact visit your “bicycle doctor” as well. The the person (preferably a phone number most important consideration is that and/or an e-mail address). It is helpful your bike may no longer be safe to ride, to try to store this information in your or may need work to make it safe. Only phone or Blackberry. Don’t trust yourself a trained professional can give you a reli- (or riding partners) to remember vital able, accurate assessment. Make sure to information, especially after a wreck. have them record all the costs of repair and keep any of the receipts. Try to find

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the original receipts for the purchase of insurance coverage. Despite the law, your bike or attempt to get a copy of almost one in three Alabama drivers are the same from the shop where it was not insured. Not surprisingly, this group purchased. Don’t forget about listing the of people cause almost half of the car losses of your cycling items other than wrecks which occur. Accordingly, when your bike such as helmet, shoes, gloves, you are struck by a car while riding your shorts/jersey, and any accessories on your bicycle, you have almost a 50% chance of bike. Be complete and thorough, includ- being struck by a driver without insur- ing receipts when possible. ance coverage. As a general proposition, IV. Insurance most people without automobile insur- ance coverage are judgment proof. (This When you In a perfect world, you wouldn’t means that without insurance, they have are injured be injured by a car while you are out no tangible assets that can be attached enjoying a ride. In a less perfect world, in a personal injury claim.) You can sue on your once something like this happened, the them and win, but collecting a judgment driver would take responsibility (along is another thing. The old saying that bike, you are with their insurance company) and they “you can’t squeeze blood out of a turnip” covered by would compensate you for everything is true. Accordingly, if you are going to that you lost in the accident. However, make a recovery from someone without your Unin- in the world we live in we often find un insurance, then it will have to be against (or under) insured motorists, litigious your own carrier. sured motor- companies that deny claims, and driver’s claims that frequently put the cyclist at Every insurance policy in Alabama ist coverage fault. What to do when faced with this must provide UM/UIM (un- or under- from your reality is the subject of the next section, insured motorist) coverage unless you af- but, before considering a claim, there is firmatively decline same. However, most own car one important item of insurance coverage times when people purchase “full cover- for cyclists to understand. age” the applicable limits are 100/300 insurance on bodily injury (BI) and 20/40 on UM. When you are injured on your bike, What this means is that if you “run a red policy. you are covered by your Uninsured light” and cause an injury, you are cov- motorist coverage from your own car ered (insured) up to $100,000 per person insurance policy. This often is an area and $300,000 per claim for the bodily that insurance companies do not stress injury you cause. However, if the other to include high coverage limits because guy runs the red light, and does not have the cost to you is low and presumably insurance, you can only recover up to the benefits to the insurance company $20,000 per person or $40,000 per claim are small. The benefits to you are im- from your own carrier. I strongly urge measurable if you find yourself in the people to increase their UM/UIM limits situation of being struck by a driver with to equal the amount of their BI limits. little or no insurance. In Alabama, the After all, why should you insure the law requires drivers to have automobile rest of the world for your mistakes then

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not insure yourself against the mistakes you may be asked about your speed and of the rest of the world? Although you may provide your best guess - say, 17 will need to check with your insurance mph. If the speed limit is 15 mph, your company or agent, in my experience, admission of going 2 mph over the speed the additional premium you will pay to limit may be enough for an insurance increase your UM limits from 20/40 to company to deny your claim, even if 100/300 will be in the range of $10-$40 the driver caused the wreck by running per year. Remember, if you are struck a red light. At the very least, you ought No one by an uninsured motorist and you suffer to know the “rules of the game” before bodily injury, the only way you are likely allowing yourself to give a recorded state- wants to ap- to recover will be from your own carrier. ment. My strong advice is not to do it proach an (This whole discussion applies equally to until after you are represented, and of you in a car as well.) course, that will be a decision made by accident like If an accident occurs, make sure to you and your attorney. this with an put your insurance company on notice No one wants to approach an acci- that you may be filing a claim if the dent like this with an eye towards litiga- eye towards driver turns out not to have insurance at tion. However, with the prevalence of all or if the driver’s insurance proves in- denial of claims on the part of insurance litigation. sufficient to compensate you completely companies today, this is often a foregone for your loss. conclusion. Many people are apprehen- V. Protect Your Rights sive to use an attorney for a variety of reasons, most prominently, the cost of It is an old adage that insurance com- their services that will be deducted from panies (of the individual at fault) do not the ultimate recovery. The most impor- work for you. Never is this clearer than tant thing to remember is that many in the case of an automobile versus bike attorneys do not recover anything unless accident. The first thing to remember is you do, and unfortunately, going it on do not, under any circumstances, give a your own can greatly reduce your chances statement or allow a statement of yours for a fair recovery (if any). In addition, regarding the events to be recorded by there are other issues that will have to be the driver’s insurance company. You will handled - ie. the matter of paying back be told that your statement is needed for your own health insurance carrier (sub- the insurance company’s “investigation.” rogation) that most people simply are Nonsense! not equipped to handle. It is in your best You can send the insurance company interest to talk with an attorney regard- the police report. Oftentimes the state- ing your claim. Most attorneys offer this ment is used to prepare the driver’s case service at no charge to give you an idea against you. Since Alabama is a “con- of the viability of your claim. If pos- tributory negligence” state, any admission sible, find an attorney with experience of alleged wrongdoing on your part may in bicycle injuries. They are going to be be used to deny your claim. For example, the most knowledgeable and understand-

Send articles to: Jack & Susan Goertz, 2220 Vanessa Dr, Birmingham, AL 35242-4430 [email protected] 21 DoubleTalk ing as to the specificities that go into this Meeting Our Builder particular type of claim. Remember, you have the right to be put back in the posi- & Tandem East’s 20th tion you were in before the accident. You Anniversary Tandem are not looking for a handout, nor should you expect a windfall, but you should not Expo suffer significant financial losses for the As some readers may already know, carelessness of others. we recently took delivery of a 2008 Cal- CONCLUSION fee Tetra Tandem and, yes, it’s wonderful. However, while I have known and cor- Being hit by Being hit by a car on your bike is responded with Craig Calfee for nearly 8 one of the worst things that a cyclist can a car on your years, I had never had an opportunity to imagine. For many cyclists, this will never meet him in person. bike is one be a reality that they are forced to deal with. However, for those that will endure Recently, and although somewhat un- of the worst this event, being prepared is the best way expected and unplanned, the sun, moon, things that to protect yourself, your rights, and your and stars aligned for us during the last future. After an accident, record all of week of March, 2008 such that we had a a cyclist can the information about the collision, the chance to visit with Craig. No, we didn’t scene, and other related circumstances. make a trip to San Jose, California or to imagine Gather personal data on the driver and Ghana. Instead, circumstances found us all witnesses at the scene. Seek treatment crossing paths when a road trip for a fam- for yourself and get an assessment of the ily event put us in eastern Pennsylvania damage to your bike and cycling gear. on March 26th. This placed us within a Increase the limits of your under insured relatively short 2-hour drive of Tandems motorists coverage and make sure to put East in Pittsgrove, New Jersey and, as your UIM insurance carrier on notice if luck would have it, they were holding an accident occurs. Finally, do not give a their annual Tandem Expo that weekend. recorded statement to anyone until you Tandems East, Co-Motion & Calfee have spoken with a legal professional that - 20 Years & Going Strong: If popping can make sure that your rights are repre- over to visit with Mel & Barbara Korn- sented and protected. bluh during their Expo wasn’t enough in July 29,2008 and of itself, it just so happened this year PREPARED BY: was also the 20th anniversary of Tandems LEWIS,FELDMAN, LEHANE East. To commemorate this milestone & MCATEE, LL.C they expanded their Expo to include hav- 2100 Third Avenue N Ste 810 ing several of their key business partner Birmingham, Alabama 35203 / industry representatives on hand for (205) 254-3927www.lflmlaw.com presentations and impromptu meetings reprinted from the Birmingham Bicycle Club in the display area adjacent to the seminar newsletter room at the Pittsgrove Township Middle School in Elmer, New Jersey. Of course,

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it’s noteworthy that 2008 was also the Upon returning to the Pittsgrove 20th anniversary for Co-Motion and Township Middle School imagine my Calfee... an amazing coincidence if there surprise when we encountered our friend ever was one. John Lee from Ohio in the parking lot. Our Pre-Expo Ride: While the Expo John had apparently combined a visit to itself didn’t begin until noon, a 10:30am the Expo with a visit with his son up in start-time, self-guided 17 mile loop ride New York so that he too might have a tion of the vast through what I’d describe as New Jersey’s chance to meet Craig Calfee and also get Tandem East bike “low country” was offered as an option Mel to make a few tweaks to his Calfee inventory that had for those with an interest. We’d hoped to Tetra Tandem. Unfortunately, we became been moved from get a few rides in on Thursday and Friday so engrossed in the seminars that we their ‘shop’ to the during our stay in Pennsylvania; however, didn’t get to spend much time with John. school. the weather just didn’t cooperate. There- We loaned our Calfee Tetra Tandem As we entered fore, the Calfee remained tucked inside for Mel’s use during his Tandem 101 the gym at what the Tundra’s shell throughout our visit. presentation. The Display Area: The sad I’ll call the lower Thus, the opportunity to get a ride in on truth is, we never really spent much time left-hand corner Saturday morning was something we were in the school’s gymnasium where the of the rectangle, looking forward to, weather permitting. folks from Tandems East had set-up their directly in front of Thankfully, the sun came out Saturday product display area. However, late in the us were 3 Calfee and, while the temps never climbed above day after all of the seminars had con- tandems. The first the low 40’s and the winds added an extra cluded we did take one quick lap around was a refurbished bite to the air, we were able to team up the gym and I swear my jaw must have customer model with Beryl Brodsky & Tom Fritz from dropped: I’d never seen that many new sitting next to the Virginia for the self-guided 17 mile loop tandems assembled and ready-to-ride in same customer’s ride around Elmer, New Jersey. It was a one place at the same time in my life! I newer open framed much-needed chance to stretch our legs, wish I’d had my wits about me enough to Calfee tandem noting our trip to and from the tri-state take at least one photo to share, as it truly sporting Topolino area was book-ended by 12-hour long / was an amazing sight. Therefore, imagine wheels, and then 850 mile drives. if you will what it would look like to see another Calfee As it is with most tandem rides, the what must have been close to 100 tan- Tetra Tandem that five or six teams that rolled out of the dems sitting bar-end to bar-end around school’s parking lot around 10:30am the perimeter of a middle-school gymna- all found their own tempo and fell into sium / auditorium. Located in the center smaller pairings. Beryl and Tom made of the gym was a 24’ x 16’ rectangular for great company on our ride, keep- arrangement of display tables covered ing us from getting lost on at least two with merchandise, with everything from occasions. Hopefully our paths will cross jewelry for your lady to jewelry for your with Beryl and Tom again in the not too tandem. distant future so that we can visit with Going from memory, here’s a virtual them a bit longer as we really enjoyed clockwise walk-around and descrip- their company on our ride.

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was part of the shop’s new tandem inven- end R2 at $2,799 in the full range of size tory. Along side of the Calfees were the offerings. At the far end of the line was a daVinci tandems, with models covering bright orange Go-One 3, HPV: although the full line of their current road bike it wasn’t a tandem, it was really neat to offerings. Directly in front of the daVinci see and I would have loved to have taken display was a Custom Co-Motion Trip- it for a spin around the school to get a let, a Co-Motion Periscope Trident, a feel for riding in the streamliner. second hand Rodriguez Triplet, and Kidz Turning the next corner at the far up- Tandem (something of a reincarnation of per right-hand end of the gym we found the rear-steer courting tandems from the some merchandise and tour displays late 1800’s). Returning to the perimeter along with a collection of the entire KHS of the gym and nearing the upper left- line of tandems, a Bilenky ViewPoint, a hand corner were some of the recently Ryan recumbent, and a collection of very reintroduced Burley Piccolos and a row of nice-looking women’s single bikes from what I believe were a mix of Co-Motion’s Terry. Periscope and flat-bar bikes. Tucked in the corner and next to a rear exit to the Making our last turn at the lower grounds of the school was a custom, right-hand corner of the gym was a sea S&S Ventana El Conquistador available of new old stock (NOS) Burley tandems, for test rides that belonged to one of the again covering almost the full product seminar speakers, Malcolm Boyd. In fact, and size options of their line just before I believe we saw Beryl & Tom sporting they exited the tandem business in the some very big and expensive-looking fall of 2006. Finally, as we approached grins when they returned from a spin our entry point to the gym we found around the school grounds on Malcolm’s ourselves looking at a very attractive Ventana. and large number of Co-Motion road tandems, once again covering nearly the Turning the corner, the first tandem full-line of their offerings (Primera to Ro- sitting before us was a stunning brushed busta) in a wide range of sizes and beauti- titanium Seven Axiom 007 built up and ful paint schemes. ready to go: Sweet! However, right along side it were a couple of Bushnell tandems In summary, anyone who is either in that caught my eye. Had we been buy- the market for a tandem or who knows ers instead of just tire-kickers we would of someone in the market for a tandem have grabbed the metallic gray one. It was could not possibly find themselves at a our size and sporting some orange Veloc- better place than this Expo to get started. ity Deep-V rims and color-coordinated Having visited a lot of bike shops in my bar tape for an unbelievably low price life, the available inventory at Tandems given the quality of the frame and level of East Expo rivals all but the largest con- componentry. Next was a very long line ventional bike shop inventories. The of Cannondale tandems, ranging from Expo represents a unique opportunity the $1,699 Street tandems to the high- to wander around, see, inspect, and take

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test rides from this vast collection of during their various rallies and tours over new tandem offerings in a nearly ideal the years, Mel had three major props: environment and with all-hands on deck a well-used vintage Jack Taylor touring (Mel, Barb, and their team of mechan- tandem, a new Co-Motion Speedster, and ics) to assist you. Moreover, given many our ‘08 Calfee Tetra Tandem. Mel also of those who attend the expo are already had a Bikeology catalog from the 70’s tandem owners, shoppers have ready ac- featuring the Jack Taylor tandem that cess to tandem enthusiasts who are invari- further helped to benchmark just how far ably willing to share their knowledge and tandems have evolved in the US since the insights. days before Bill McCready introduced his cycling knowledge, The Seminars: Our primary goals in Santana brand of tandems. It was inter- esting to hear that Mel and Barb had to he focused his at- making the trip over to Tandems East in- tention on off-road cluded: spending time with Mel & Barb venture off to Europe to find their first tandem – a Jack Taylor – whereas today tandems. Resplen- Kornbluh; meeting Craig Calfee whom dent in his Double I’ve corresponded with for many years we take for granted just how many excep- tional tandems are available, albeit from Forte (Forum For but had not yet met face-to-face; learning Off Road Tandem more about Topolino wheels; and, hear- a limited number of specialized dealers. It was also interesting to see how the tech- Enthusiasts, i.e., ing what the folks from Co-Motion and Double F.O.R.T.E., daVinci had to say about their products. I nology has evolved, contrasting the heavy steel tube sets and 5 speed transmissions get it?) jersey and am, after all, a tandem technology junkie, standing along so this would be a virtual cornucopia of of the Jack Taylor to the very lightweight steel tube set and 10 speed drive train of side of his custom techno-geek speak. Had we never walked steel S&S coupler- into the display area, the seminars alone the Co-Motion, and the very advanced all-carbon frame used on the Calfee. Mel equipped Ventana would have made the entire extra leg of El Conquistador our journey worthwhile. also talked about the tandem rally move- ment and, of course, touring which has de Montanas. The Seminar area was a part of the become a very robust part of the overall Malcolm also schools lunchroom / small auditorium tandem movement. As for the future of had a slide show adjacent to the gymnasium. The ubiqi- tandems, it was noted the manufacturers running in the tous digital projector connected to a and tandem builders continue to struggle background as he laptop running slide shows was front & to keep parts suppliers interested in de- discussed off-road center. A buffet table was set up in the veloping and producing tandem-specific tandem technol- back of the room with all kinds of good- parts like crank sets and stoker stems, as ogy, the activities, ies to eat and drink with folding metal the annual volume is just so small com- and impressions chairs available for seating. pared to the conventional bike market. of what it’s like to take a tandem off Mel Kornbluh, Founder & Co- Malcolm Boyd, Founder of the Tan- Owner of Tandems East, kicked off the dem Club of America, an ETR commit- seminars with what he refers to as his tee member, and off-road tandem en- Tandems 101 presentation. In addition thusiast who is local to the area, was the to having a slide show running in the second speaker for the day and although background with images of couples taken he has a deep and wide breath of tandem

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the paved road. We have a very personal Brian Davis, Co-Owner of daVinci connection to the off-road tandem move- Design, was the next to speak. We truly ment in that we created Double Forte got a kick out of Brian’s talk as he is very some eight years ago to help foster the animated, enjoys speaking to an audi- off-road tandem movement and have ence, and has a wealth of anecdotes from had our fingers in some other activities his very eclectic background from which that have helped to promote the activity. to draw upon when speaking. The “sales The concept of riding off-road piqued pitch” for daVinci designs tandems with the interest of Beryl and Tom enough to their proprietary Independent Coast- take up Malcolm on his test ride offer. I ing System (ICS) was short and to the was able to have a nice side bar discussion point: it’s unique, it works well for their with Malcolm following his presentation customers, and they pride themselves and hope that we’ll be able to meet up on their quality, attention to detail, and with Malcolm and his wife Judy, who was willingness to provide each customer with not present on Saturday, at a future road focused attention and support before, or off-road event. Malcolm is an excep- during, and after the sale. It was clear that tional person with boundless enthusiasm Brian and daVinci’s other Co-Owner, for tandeming. Todd Shusterman, have established an Bill Speckman, owner of Your Cy- interesting partnership where each brings cling Italia and Tandem East’s business a very unique and different set of skills to partner for their upcoming Italy tour the enterprise along with different views in September spoke next. Again, a slide on many things that helps to drive their show ran in parallel as he described his innovation. Brian was served up a plum background and experience as a cyclist of a question when one of the seminar and tour leader who lives in Italy. Unlike attendees who had no experience with some tours that move from hotel to hotel tandems asked that very basic question: over the course of a multi-day tour, his is riding a tandem hard and does the tours are based in Bassano in the Veneto daVinci ICS make it harder or easier to region of northern Italy. This area is so learn? Brian’s reply, replete with personal incredibly rich in both cycling terrain and anecdotes brought a chuckle from all of points of interest – regional and related the more experienced tandem teams in to the cycling industry – that it allows all the room who could relate to that same of the rides and activities to start and end learning process. Again, all-in-all it was a at a central hotel (with air conditioning!!) very entertaining and informative session. eliminating the logistics and lost time as- I believe it was Craig Calfee, Owner sociated with checking in and out of ho- of Calfee Design, who spoke next. Craig tels every day. As a techno-junkie, just the brought along a bamboo mountain bike allure of visiting all of the local bicycle and a Barstem, two of his company’s and cycling industry fabrication facilities more recent product offerings, to sup- makes this a very attractive destination port part of his discussion. He also took and tour format for us. advantage of having our Calfee Tetra

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Tandem close at hand to address the bamboo sticks that Luna would play with product that he’s most often times associ- that caught Craig’s attention. To make a ated with in the tandem community, his long story short, this precipitated Calfee’s all-carbon tandem frames. As we have venture into the bamboo bicycle frame noted in our riding impressions, Craig building business, rekindling commercial pointed out that despite the allure of the bamboo trade with Taiwan, and his more lightweight and high-performance aspects recent philanthropic efforts in Ghana. of his carbon frames, the characteristic Overall, it was a fascinating discussion that endears most Calfee owners to their from a very forward-thinking and ener- Motion came to be frames is sometimes the most unexpected getic entrepreneur that, along with our one of the premier one: it’s the comfort. Again, it’s hard to sidebar discussions, reaffirmed my long- tandem and bicycle describe just how effective the all-carbon held high regard for Craig. fabrication houses in the US, as well frames are at absorbing road vibration Stephen Mosca, President of USA & as the close-knit and that single characteristic comes into Canadian Distribution for Undercover team that pres- play during every moment that you’re Cycling, aka Go-One LLC was a sur- ently comprise the on the bike. Stokers, in particular, ben- prise-presenter not on the agenda who work force. Gary efit from this characteristic, as Debbie introduced us to a very timely / green brought along an will attest. The only material that he’s machine: the Go-One3 HPV. Stephen’s S&S equipped encountered that does an even better job venture is ambitious but given the drive Americano tour- of dampening vibration is – you guess it for more clean forms of transportation ing bike to support – bamboo. Now, to be fair, I think Craig and the right type of infrastructure / road his talk and also may have set aside the bamboo discus- accommodations, it could really be the used the Co-Mo- sion for a moment while he discussed ticket for personal transportation. The tion Supremo that his integrated carbon handlebar / stem, cool-factor alone was quite high for me, Mel had at the aka. the Calfee Barstem. Unlike previous even though the practicality for both front of his talk. talks on the Barstem that I’ve watched our terrain (hilly with narrow roads) and Gary emphasized on YouTube by Craig where he focused motorist temperaments (tolerance for Co-Motion’s use of most of his attention on the rationale for cyclists) here in Georgia were both low. sound design prac- bonding stems and bars together, what Even a SmartCar is a risky proposition for tices and extensive caught my attention in this talk was his rush-hour type roads and motorists. selection of a carbon bar manufacturer product testing as and the fabrication methods they used Gary Forman, Sales & Customer major strengths of that sold Craig on their bars. It’s these Support for Co-Motion Cycles, was their products, not- little techno-details that always pique on hand to discuss both the single and ing the principles my interest Anyway, Craig then segued tandem bike offerings from Co-Motion. ride and race the to his bamboo frame development with As with all discussions about Co-Motion, very same tandems a funny anecdote about playing “fetch the company’s heritage and personali- the stick” with his dog Luna. Apparently, ties are key to both the product design there is an abundance of bamboo growing and customer satisfaction. Gary talked adjacent to Calfee’s oceanside facility and at length about the founders, Dwan it was the resiliency an strength of the Shepard and Dan Vrijmoet, and how Co-

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that they sell. With a little prompt- hub/spoke interface. The newer Carbon ing, Gary also branched into a bit of an Core series is light, has low-drag and the overview of their expansive product line, wheels are very stiff, but there’s a lot more to include the more recently added entry going on with these wheels than meets level Periscope frames and the new high- the eye. As for the value, these wheels fit end Machiatto. within a very narrow market niche where The last speaker of the day was Rafe cost is not a major consideration / con- Schlanger, founder, president, and chief straint to an enthusiast or highly com- engineer of Topolino Technologies. This petitive consumer, similar to many of the was, at least for me, the session I was current high-end tandem offerings. most looking forward to as I really knew As noted earlier in this journal entry, nothing about the Topolino wheels. I’d a visit to either Tandem’s East or their read all of the information on their web annual Tandem Expo is a must-do for site and had also re-read personal impres- anyone who lives within a few hours of sions from what are at present only a South Jersey and who is in the market handful of tandem teams using the AX for their first tandem or thinking about a 3.0-Tandem wheel sets. Therefore, I was new tandem. It’s very hard to find good really looking forward to learning more information on tandems and having a about the technologies used by Topolino resource like Tandems East is a blessing as well as Rafe noting most of my success- for anyone just starting out, as well as ful tandem/cycling-related purchasing de- seasoned enthusiasts. The same could be cision are the ones where I bet my money said for anyone else who lives in relative on the people behind the product, more close proximity to one of the other tan- so than just the product. Rafe impressed dem specialty dealers, such as Tandems me immediately as the first thing he did Limited in Birmingham, Alabama, Preci- was to pull everyone closer to the seat he sion Tandems, near Kansas City, KS, Mt. took near the front of the room so that Airy Cyclery in Maryland, Tandem Cycle it would be easier for us to see and hear Works of Colorado, or any one of several what he was talking about. I really enjoy others. it when folks making presentations make Mark Livingood that effort to get more active engagement Marietta, GA from their audience. Rafe went on to discuss his technologies and gave us all an opportunity to put our hands on cut- away examples of his spokes and hubs, the AX 3.0T wheel set, and a prototype of a new racing wheel. His designs clearly leverage the properties of composites that inherently lend themselves to the func- tion of spokes in a bicycle wheel and take an entirely new approach to the bicycle

28 Send articles to: Jack & Susan Goertz, 2220 Vanessa Dr, Birmingham, AL 35242-4430 [email protected] January / February 2009 DoubleTalk www.TandemClub.org TANDEM CALENDAR a tour of Blackwater Wildlife Refuge and wetlands restoration in St Michaels. Book your February 14, 2009. Rice Valley Tandem Rally. own room, Pre-registration required. Questions: Gridley, CA. Several ride distances up to 100 Gabe & Diana Mirkin [email protected] miles offered. Pre-registration is suggested. We 301.951.4442 or Bob & Willa Friedman travel past old, old walnut orchards, visit mile [email protected] 703.978.7937 www. tailings from the gold rush era along the Feather easterntandemrally.org River and travels through Grey Lodge Wildlife April 24-26, 2009. Southwest Tandem Rally TANDEM refuge. [email protected] or www.chicovelo. 2009. Kerrville, TX Enjoy three days of cycling org/ricevalley.html CALENDAR in the Texas Hill Country. Pre-registration is April 4-5, 2009. Sebring Tandem Weekend. required. For registration information, please Sebring, FL. The hosts have great experience, visit http://www.txcats.org or contact Dale this event is once again hosted at Kenilworth & Linda Krueger [email protected] or Lodge. The area has great riding. Room 512.217.1280 reservations: 800.423.5939 or www. May 15-17, 2009. The Gathering of the Herd, kenilworthlodge.com questions contact COWS Rally 2009. Delafield, WI. A great [email protected] 561.683.2851 venue for riding and socializing with tandem April 16-19, 2009. Spring Thaw Rally. St friends..Host hotel is the Holiday Inn Express. Michaels, MD. Kick off your tandem season www.couplesonwheels.com with a new event. St Michaels is located on May 22-24, 2009. Georgia Tandem Rally Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Ride destinations 2009. Athens, GA. Beer, Botany, Bulldogs include visits to the Jean Ellen DuPont/Sheehan & Bicycles. Pre-registration is required. Audubon & Pickering Wildlife Sanctuaries, There will be a remote start on Friday, but

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once you arrive at the hotel you should be moor, and farms. Check www.tandem-club.org. able to walk (or ride) to all rally venues. uk for additional details Details at www.georgiatandemrally.com August 7-9, 2009. MATES Rally 2009. or contact Roger Strauss or Eve Kofsky at Carlisle, PA. An interesting college town [email protected] 770.565.4150 to explore, easy turnpike and interstate evenings before 9 eastern time. access all combine with great riding for a June 5-7, 2009. Tennessee Tandem Rally fantastic event. Details will be posted at 2009. Alcoa, TN. Enjoy the hills and valleys www.easterntandemrally.org as they become of the Smokies. Sharon and Tim Patterson are available. Contact Jim or Kim Pastorick the hosts for this great event. Registration for [email protected] with questions and additional information will be available September 4-7, 2009. Midwest Tandem Rally in January 2009. tteaminseam@bellsouth. 2009. Rochester, MN Jennifer McDonald net 865.809.2476 or 865.983.9126 before 10p [email protected] 612.408.6607 eastern. www.thetandemlink.com/TTR September 7 – 11, 2009. Midwest Tandem July 3-5, 2009. Northwest Tandem Rally Rally Post Tour. We’ll be riding in the south 2009. Vancouver, BC. Northwest Tandem Rally east corner of Minnesota. The report is the roads crosses the border for a bit of international flair are beautiful and the traffic is low. Contact in 2009. This should be a great event as tandems Joanie Osell [email protected] explore the Vancouver area. Pre-registration is required. Lodging is in campgrounds, campus or October 9-11, 2009. Southern Tandem Rally hotels. www.nwtr.org 2009. The Villages, FL (Near Ocala). The plans are in place. More information and registration July 10-12, 2009. Eastern Tandem Rally forms will be available after the 1st of the year. 2009. Strasburg, PA. Trains and tandems, what a match. Strasburg is home of a steam The TANDEM CLUB OF AMERICA wants to railroad, and hidden in the Pennsylvania list your rides in the TANDEM CALENDAR. Amish country with its beautiful farms and Rally and Ride Organizers, please send the great country roads. Maps will be available information about your tandem events to: for extra riding days before and after the rally DoubleTalk Calendar weekend. Pre-registration is required. www. Jack & Susan Goertz easterntandemrally.org 2220 Vanessa Drive August 1-8, 2009. International Tandem Birmingham, AL 35242 Rally. Appelscha, The Netherlands. The rally e-mail: [email protected] is based at “RCN de Roggeberg. The camping Please limit your TCA Calendar listings to offers a lot of facilities. We will have a field TANDEM-specific events, or tours/races with for our own, caravans and campers and tents, TANDEM classes. situated around the HQ. Ample possibilities to rent houses on the adjacent field. De Roggeberg is situated in the woods on the edge of the national park “Het Drents-Friese Wold”. It’s indeed a beautiful area for cycling. Forest,

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FOR SALE: Original owners of this 2001 S&S bikes. (2 ea) Selle An-Atomica saddles, RT3000 M/S frame size, Sunburst yellow metallic black, watershed leather $100 each. Contact with no paint defects or damage to frame, never Joe & Carolyn Stafford, Dallastown, PA, (717) Classifieds crashed. Shimano Ultegra 6500 STI Shifter/Brake 417-1299 W, (717) 246-1173 cell, or e-mail: levers 9-speed, Ultegra 6500 complete tandem [email protected] 11/08 crank package - Dbl 53/39, 12/34 Shimano FOR SALE: Draftmaster tandem bike rack cassette, Ultegra front derailleur, XTR rear long capable of transporting 3 tandems and 2 cage derailleur, Zipp carbon water bottle cages. standards. Check current retail prices and All the above are the original components as configurations at the Draftmaster web site, www. purchased. 2007 upgrades that have been ridden drafmaster.com. My price is $400. Call Keith at twice since installed at the Cannondale Dealer 520-825-8395 (AZ) 03/05 include: Fatty R disc fork, Easton EC carbon 31.8 handle bars, 31.8 Ritchey 4 Axis stem, Scott Tri HELP OFFERED: Are you planning a cycling - bars (stoker), FiZik Pave HP and Vitesse HP ( trip to England or Europe? As Overseas Liaison women specific) saddles with one rear matching Officers for the Tandem Club (of the UK) we seat bag, Thompson Elite F/R seatposts, Chris can help with advice on routes, accommodations, Non-commercial King 1-1/8 headset, Salsa skewer’s and seatpost bikes by rail, local bike clubs, etc. England clamps, Avid BB7 road disc - mechanical brakes is a great place to cycle, and you are sure of a Classifieds are free F/R, Crankbrother’s Zero pedals with stainless friendly welcome. Chris & Jenny Davison, to TCA Members. steel spindles. All new chains, cables and housing Pennyfarthings, 4 Badbury View, Wimborne with trim adjusters. Price: $1500. Tomas Vert , Minster, Dorset, BH21 1DH, England, Please include your e-mail to: [email protected] 01/09 Phone 011 44 1202 884288 or e-mail to [email protected] member number FOR SALE: DraftMaster Hitch Bike Rack - Double Specialty +1. This rack, manufactured by HELP OFFERED: Touring Italy? - Need news or with your ad. ATOC is a premier bike rack, particularly good tips about cycling in Italy? Contact Paolo Sanvito, for long wheel base recumbents or tandems. It V. Europa 4, 20057 Vedano Al Lambro, Italy or Classified advertising mounts to a standard 2” receiver hitch, and by e-mail: [email protected] rates available upon supports the bikes vertically. It also lowers WANTED: Objective roadtests, with photos, of to the ground for easy one person loading, or tandems built by quality frame-builders. Send request. Send a access to a hatch back SUV. Currently priced articles, photos (prints only), etc. to Jack & Susan SASE to the Editors. at $913 at Hostel Shoppe. This hitch is in new Goertz, Editors of DoubleTalk. (or e-mail them to condition (used once). Will sell the full hitch [email protected]) (2 76” tracks plus 1) for $725 or rack with one WANTED: Volunteer artist(s) to prepare 76” track plus 1 for $625. Cost of shipping will sketches, cartoons, and illustrations to Jack & be the responsibility of the purchaser. Located Susan Goertz, 2220 Vanessa Drive Birmingham, near Spokane, Washington. (509) 299-5383 or AL 35242-4430. [email protected] 01/09 Classified advertising rates available upon request. FOR SALE: 26”x26”x10” hardsided case, Send a SASE to the Editors. $500. Soft sided wheel bag, $150 ($100 if sold w/hard case). These cases are airline legal for

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