So... humor me. My latest project.

He's a Gary Littlejohn tandem... yup, a BMX! I've been building this
varment for the last two years. I cut in S&S couplings and fitted
Dahon racks. He now has a Bendix, red-band, "kick down"; however, I'm
going to a Profile 3-speed cassette. The wifey and I like to travel,
so this will be our touring bike. I'm learning to like riding with my
knees bent. I strap a sandwich to my knee and, every time my knee
comes up, I take a bite! That's a Campy Euclid brake on the rear with
a Sturmey Elite drum on the front. If I uncouple him and drop the
rear wheel, he's 48" long.

Pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ra159325...95842698525362

Jones

On Jul 31, 12:11*pm, !Jones wrote:
He's a Gary Littlejohn tandem... yup, a BMX! *I've been building this
varment for the last two years. *I cut in S&S couplings and fitted
Dahon racks. *He now has a Bendix, red-band, "kick down"; however, I'm
going to a Profile 3-speed cassette. *The wifey and I like to travel,
so this will be our touring bike. *I'm learning to like riding with my
knees bent. *I strap a sandwich to my knee and, every time my knee
comes up, I take a bite! *That's a Campy Euclid brake on the rear with
a Sturmey Elite drum on the front. *If I uncouple him and drop the
rear wheel, he's 48" long.

Pictures:http://picasaweb.google.com/ra159325...show/536469584...

Jones

Looks nice, TIG, MIG or Oxy/Ace welded? Brazed on the S&S? I've heard
of the S&S couplers but not familiar with. Spendy pedals! What kind of
cranks? Looks like you adapted the bmx bottom bracket to take a
cartridge setup?

-Tom

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:51:02 -0700 (PDT), in rec.bicycles.tech TT
wrote:

Looks nice, TIG, MIG or Oxy/Ace welded? Brazed on the S&S? I've heard
of the S&S couplers but not familiar with. Spendy pedals! What kind of
cranks? Looks like you adapted the bmx bottom bracket to take a
cartridge setup?

The frame is by Gary Littlejohn in the early '70s. He built a lot of
oddball BMX stuff; he was best known for his side hacks; however, his
outfit built two styles of tandem... that's one of them.

I machined a stock eccentric to fit the standard BMX shell. The S&S
couplings are a retrofit and brazed with 56% silver.

The cranks were in it when I found it at a church garage sale...
they're Cook Bros.

Jones

RonSonic wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:05:58 -0500, !Jones wrote:

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:51:02 -0700 (PDT), in rec.bicycles.tech TT
wrote:

Looks nice, TIG, MIG or Oxy/Ace welded? Brazed on the S&S? I've heard
of the S&S couplers but not familiar with. Spendy pedals! What kind of
cranks? Looks like you adapted the bmx bottom bracket to take a
cartridge setup?
The frame is by Gary Littlejohn in the early '70s. He built a lot of
oddball BMX stuff; he was best known for his side hacks; however, his
outfit built two styles of tandem... that's one of them.

I machined a stock eccentric to fit the standard BMX shell. The S&S
couplings are a retrofit and brazed with 56% silver.

The cranks were in it when I found it at a church garage sale...
they're Cook Bros.

That is brilliant! Daft but brilliant!


Yeah gotta like it. Well done.
I can see it being a great runabout for a couple on holidays.
Stunts are going to take a fair bit of team coordination. ;-)

It wouldn't work for me and my significant annoyance, I've tried the
tandem holiday thing.
I was told I'm a thoughtless captain and I block the view.

So my tandem lives in the basement with flat tires and a thick
protective coating of dust.

Separate bikes seemed a better compromise than separate beds. ;-)


Marcus

On Jul 31, 8:27*pm, Marcus Coles wrote:
RonSonic wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:05:58 -0500, !Jones wrote:

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:51:02 -0700 (PDT), in rec.bicycles.tech TT
wrote:

Looks nice, TIG, MIG or Oxy/Ace welded? Brazed on the S&S? I've heard
of the S&S couplers but not familiar with. Spendy pedals! What kind of
cranks? Looks like you adapted the bmx bottom bracket to take a
cartridge setup?
The frame is by Gary Littlejohn in the early '70s. *He built a lot of
oddball BMX stuff; he was best known for his side hacks; however, his
outfit built two styles of tandem... that's one of them.

I machined a stock eccentric to fit the standard BMX shell. *The S&S
couplings are a retrofit and brazed with 56% silver.

The cranks were in it when I found it at a church garage sale...
they're Cook Bros.

That is brilliant! Daft but brilliant!

Yeah gotta like it. Well done.
I can see it being a great runabout for a couple on holidays.
Stunts are going to take a fair bit of team coordination. ;-)

I'd set the cranks in phase for when at the skate park.

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:27:04 -0400, in rec.bicycles.tech Marcus Coles
wrote:

Yeah gotta like it. Well done.
I can see it being a great runabout for a couple on holidays.
Stunts are going to take a fair bit of team coordination. ;-)

Stunts are *not* in our vocabulary! I'm still trying to learn how to
ride with my knees bent.

Jones