Kent Tandem Bicycle

Anyone know about the Kent Tandem Bicycle. I'm interested in how heavy
the whole bicycle is. Anyone own one. They seem too good to be true,
price wise.

wrote:
Anyone know about the Kent Tandem Bicycle. I'm interested in how heavy
the whole bicycle is. Anyone own one. They seem too good to be true,
price wise.

I liked the reviews at amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Kent-Dual-Driv..._tdp_sv_edpp_i

On Jun 26, 9:48 pm, curly Bill wrote:
wrote:
Anyone know about the Kent Tandem Bicycle. I'm interested in how heavy
the whole bicycle is. Anyone own one. They seem too good to be true,
price wise.

I liked the reviews at amazon.comhttp://www.amazon.com/Kent-Dual-Drive-Tandem-Comfort/dp/B000LELCIE/re...

I would still like to know, if anyone knows how heavy the bike is,
thanks

On Jun 27, 8:02*am, wrote:
On Jun 26, 9:48 pm, curly Bill wrote:

wrote:
Anyone know about the Kent Tandem Bicycle. I'm interested in how heavy
the whole bicycle is. Anyone own one. They seem too good to be true,
price wise.

* I liked the reviews at amazon.comhttp://www.amazon.com/Kent-Dual-Drive-Tandem-Comfort/dp/B000LELCIE/re...

I would still like to know, if anyone knows how heavy the bike is,
thanks

Will you be having a cheap tandem weighing contest with your
neighbors? Or perhaps there's a county tandem fling-win-a-dinner-for-
two?

"curly Bill" wrote in message
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| wrote:
| Anyone know about the Kent Tandem Bicycle. I'm interested in how heavy
| the whole bicycle is. Anyone own one. They seem too good to be true,
| price wise.
|
| I liked the reviews at amazon.com
|
http://www.amazon.com/Kent-Dual-Driv..._tdp_sv_edpp_i

That first review is hilarious! The guy actually measures the ball bearings
for tolerance? And talks about how much better this new tandem is than the
Columbia he had before?

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

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"Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote:

"curly Bill" wrote in message
...
| wrote:
| Anyone know about the Kent Tandem Bicycle. I'm interested in how heavy
| the whole bicycle is. Anyone own one. They seem too good to be true,
| price wise.
|
| I liked the reviews at amazon.com
|
http://www.amazon.com/Kent-Dual-Driv...IE/ref=tag_tdp
_sv_edpp_i

That first review is hilarious! The guy actually measures the ball bearings
for tolerance? And talks about how much better this new tandem is than the
Columbia he had before?

It's funny, sure, but that review actually told you everything you'd
need to know about buying that bike, most notably that assembly (and
wheel truing...) is going to be a DIY affair.

As for the Columbia tandem, without more information, it's hard to say
if it was better or worse, but to the reviewer's credit, he did a 50 km
ride on it! I suspect 50 km is more than the lifetime mileage of a lot
of cheap tandems, possibly including my own.

mic'ing the ball bearings is a rather bizarre plan, but the dude was
clearly in there already to lube things up, so why not?

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

mic'ing the ball bearings is a rather bizarre plan, but the dude was
clearly in there already to lube things up, so why not?

You had a different take on it than me. When I read that part, I was
thinking the review might be something of a spoof. Anyone that anal about
bearing diameters would either not be buying that bike or supplying his own
bearings.

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA


"Ryan Cousineau" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote:

"curly Bill" wrote in message
...
| wrote:
| Anyone know about the Kent Tandem Bicycle. I'm interested in how
heavy
| the whole bicycle is. Anyone own one. They seem too good to be true,
| price wise.
|
| I liked the reviews at amazon.com
|
http://www.amazon.com/Kent-Dual-Driv...IE/ref=tag_tdp
_sv_edpp_i

That first review is hilarious! The guy actually measures the ball
bearings
for tolerance? And talks about how much better this new tandem is than
the
Columbia he had before?

It's funny, sure, but that review actually told you everything you'd
need to know about buying that bike, most notably that assembly (and
wheel truing...) is going to be a DIY affair.

As for the Columbia tandem, without more information, it's hard to say
if it was better or worse, but to the reviewer's credit, he did a 50 km
ride on it! I suspect 50 km is more than the lifetime mileage of a lot
of cheap tandems, possibly including my own.

mic'ing the ball bearings is a rather bizarre plan, but the dude was
clearly in there already to lube things up, so why not?

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

On Jun 28, 3:06*pm, "Mike Jacoubowsky"
wrote:
mic'ing the ball bearings is a rather bizarre plan, but the dude was
clearly in there already to lube things up, so why not?

You had a different take on it than me. When I read that part, I was
thinking the review might be something of a spoof. Anyone that anal about
bearing diameters would either not be buying that bike or supplying his own
bearings.

Either way--for someone with a bunch of parts in the ****it buckit and
wheels in the rafters--a 250 tandem frame alone could be a fun
project--and the review was informative and hilarious at the same
time. I think it was unintentionally funny--unless the person was
playing to an intended crowd of engineers or something.

On Jun 28, 4:06*pm, "Mike Jacoubowsky"
wrote:
mic'ing the ball bearings is a rather bizarre plan, but the dude was
clearly in there already to lube things up, so why not?

You had a different take on it than me. When I read that part, I was
thinking the review might be something of a spoof. Anyone that anal about
bearing diameters would either not be buying that bike or supplying his own
bearings.

Don't you remember the $50 *mart bike tests here about 2 years ago?

On Jun 29, 10:11 am, Brian Huntley wrote:
On Jun 28, 4:06 pm, "Mike Jacoubowsky"
wrote:

mic'ing the ball bearings is a rather bizarre plan, but the dude was
clearly in there already to lube things up, so why not?

You had a different take on it than me. When I read that part, I was
thinking the review might be something of a spoof. Anyone that anal about
bearing diameters would either not be buying that bike or supplying his own
bearings.

Don't you remember the $50 *mart bike tests here about 2 years ago?

I would expect most of the comments will be from 'friends' of the
seller.