the mother of all contraptions... 10 seater tandem

[Dicky]

Well, it's not actually mine.

Details are scarce at the moment, but it belonged to Putney Rover Crew, based somewhere around Ryde, Sydney.
The group hasn't had a rover crew for years, but Putney's group leader reckons they've had the bike since the 1970s.





He also reckons it was used for a supported charity ride from Sydney to Melbourne.






A friend from another northern beaches crew has a thing for doing slightly crazy things for charity... his latest effort involved a Variety Club Bash car.

He heard about this thing gathering dust somewhere, and organised to pick it up.

Specs:

4 inch ish diameter steel plumbing pipe mainframe
2 inch ish crossmembers
1970s moto wheels
1970s moto fork (no idea if it works)
1970s moto bars
front drum brake
rear hydraulic disc (master cylinder is the size of half a coke can)
sprung cruiser saddles
cruiser handlebars

cottered cranksets
chainrings normally used in industrial machinery
1/2" x 3/8" (I think) chain

total weight: took 4 people to load it into the truck
total length: longer than the truck



Stay tuned for better photos (the truck owner had to go out), the rebuild plans, and then where we're going to ride it to...

[Tristan23]

ghetto.
gangsta.
group riding? i think not..

[Mojo]

haha thats pretty crazy. would way a ton. should fully pimp it. get it poweder coated bright pink or something so it stands out

[JARRY]

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ahahhahahahahah!

thats a classic, but i love it

[allstar]

i think it's going to stand out enough as is

[triangular.square]

haha that is wicked and i thought a three seater was strange..love the moto tyres too..

[floody]

Tendem?

[A.J.]

My mates and me built a triplet last year in germany

We took old frames and weldet em together, cut gussets out of steel panels to make it stiff, sandblasted and painted it all.
At the end it was even all in a line, and you could even ride it alone, very surprising

And surprisingly the rigid forks and the v-brakes did a good job too

The main reason why we built this monster was because we have this big festival going on every year and we wanted to show off with it
Does really pedal well and you can go quite fast with it.
Attracts a lot attention.

But the 10-seater is sick as dude!

Notice our little trailer at the back, contains 60 bottles of beer and 10 litres crushed ice to keep it all chilled

[Big_Chief]

YES! i would love to see them jump that.

[MrPlow]

Does it have any gears?? I imagine it doesn't as no chain would handle the torque of 10 men.