Dawes Super Galaxy Twin

It's about time I upladled ome pix of the new tandem.
Lovely! It's a stonker. I'll write more when I have some
touring pix to show the bike it action.

The Holdsworth

Looking good, the Holdsworth is nearly finished. Stronglight 42/46 rings up front, an 18T cog on the back. Which gives 63 and 69 inch gears. The Gillott has a 42T ring and 16 and 18 tooth cogs - giving the same ratios, near as dammit.

Could really do with a dynohub for the light, which is very nice but there's no room for a battery.

It's a great ride. One thing I can't work out, however, is why, when the Holdsworth and the Gillot are the same size in every dimension - I've measured - and the angles are also apparently the same; why does the Gillott have quicker steering than the Holdsworth? It's noticeably sportier. Wheelbase is the same. Maybe the head angle is slightly different. Dunno.

Peugeotic romanta

Early morning sunshine. Nice!

Peugeot with fat tyres

I've been commuting to work on this bike all week and it's great. Cir

cumference of the Maxxis Hookworm 26 x 2.5" tyres is within milimetres of my Schwalbe 27" tyres, and rolling resistance tests - just coasting down Epuni St on the Peugeot then the Trek - indicates that they're on par. Cool.