Many here on ST have asked about custom bikes before and here is an example of a very unique custom bike we recently built.
Cheers,
Herbert (Shameless self promoter)
Litespeed/QR
after doing a recent search on “doublestuffed” oreos, I came upon some pictures that weren’t cookies… but something far perverse, and oddly bald, bulging, with things in places where things should not go, etc. i guess it was the word “doublestuffed” that got me into trouble. (my innocence is damaged forever, and i still ponder if those pictures were real).
needless to say, i was kind of reluctant to open this…but couldn’t help myself.
what a pretty bike.
sombich!
How come when I wanted another custom…I was told pretty much “nope, we cant do that”?
Wow! Stunning.
But - WOW…to bad you did not polish it…either way WOW. That is one hell of a bike for a Tandem TT.
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET
Can i have one of those? i dont need to keep looking back to see if sac is still on my wheel or not… 
How often do you search on “doublestuffed” oreos? And who is to say they can’t be wonderfully perverse, in their own special way?
Can you imagine how fast you could go on that? That would absolutely rule. Super cool.
Put two powerful and good-sized riders on that bike, give them some serious mountains to traverse, and watch those wheels just melt on the descent. I would not want to watch that.
Unrelated, does this bike have the use of the (rear) inner chainring as a drive gear? if yes, then what chainring is the connecting chain wrapped around on on the rear crank? I didn’t think DA 10-speed came out with a triple crank yet…
It’s amazing how fast you can get going on a tandem on the flats and the downhills even with a second rider who does not cntribute a great deal. It feels amazing to be hauling along on one. That is until you reach an uphill, and then you feel like you are going backwards!
Fleck
I’d like to see the TTT in le tour ridden on 9-rider tandems. They would have to be articulated in the middle, like a city bus. Around sharp bends the rider in back would really get the slingshot effect. That set-up would hit some serious speeds on a descent. That would be sweet.
-Colin
I would guess that they are using the 42 and have only a large chain ring option. My guess is that this is a TT bike and hills are not real concern…maybe a fun bike on the Velodrome too…looks like a 42 up front though.
then what’s the point of the front der.? a chain guide?
so are you keepin’ the p3 frame?
I suddenly have a very strong desire to own a Litespeed. Those aerobar extensions look like they’re abot a meter long though!
Olaf and I pre-ordered this one for the september camp 
no ride slower than 60km/h
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Unrelated, does this bike have the use of the (rear) inner chainring as a drive gear? if yes, then what chainring is the connecting chain wrapped around on on the rear crank? I didn’t think DA 10-speed came out with a triple crank yet.
Greg,
This very flat setup TT Blade tandem uses indeed the small chainring to connect it to the drive gear. No triple here.
But then again how many people in triathlons or TTs do you see that actually ever use the small chainring?
Cheers,
Herbert
Litespeed/QR
Tandem riding is just plain fun - and that bike looks great.
A word of advice to anyone actually thinking about getting a custom tandem… you’ll probably want a longer-than-normal stoker top tube. That Litespeed stoker cockpit would be pretty cramped for me.
But then again how many people in triathlons or TTs do you see that actually ever use the small chainring?
well, up damn steep grades?–me.
otherwise, what’s the point of having the chainring, the front der., and the shifter? if i didn’t use the set-up, I’d take all that gear off my bike.
does everybody do courses flat as a pancake??
in any case, thanks for the info.
Sorry Greg, I was actually being a smartass here. I agree that we have two chainrings and multiple gears so we can actually use them. I personally sometimes ride my bike in too big of a gear too, but sometimes I wonder whether folks who go up a climb in the 53/11 in their aero bars at 6 miles an hour know that too.
Cheers,
Herbert
Litespeed/QR