You both are such an inspiration for my wife and I to ride on our Tandem!!!! We even rode it on Christmas day as it was a balmy 60 deg. F. here in Western Oregon. I am amazed at the buildings and scenery that you show on this trip. The Towns look way cleaner and the buildings all seem to have one theme ( unlike those in the U.S.). In regards to the tire. I too have wondered how available those 700 size tires are in Europe. Thank the Lord you didn't have a blowout on a big descend. The video editing is also superb!!!!
Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback! That makes all the hard work worth it. Yes I love the village themes. They don’t all have it, but even the ones that don’t wreak so much history that that becomes the theme. 700 wasn’t the problem as much as the 27mm width. Thanks again for taking the time to write!
@@tandemtravels For fun and contrast, check out our friends who are biking from Alaska to Mexico to break the World Record for distance traveled self-supported on a hand-bike! The record was broken in Northern California. Michiel Desmet, on the hand bike, is paralyzed from the waist down. Enjoy. th-cam.com/video/i_EFBI3BwQI/w-d-xo.html
Great video series. Thanks for sharing. The elevation you've climbed not only on a tandem, but one with panniers on the back is MORE than impressive! Great job! Tres bien! Sehr gut! Ausgezeichnet!!! Surprised you had that much trouble finding a 28C road tire. So many road riders are riding wider tires these days, I'm surprised you couldn't find them. Or were the tires for sale TOO wide? Doubt it. Anyway, one trick to salvage a sidewall blowout is using dental floss to sew it up. I realize your failure was right at the bead, where sewing isn't a very good option. But floss and a needle are virtually no weight, so good to carry. That plus some Velox rim tape as a tire boot works really well (better with contact cement, but that's not something I'd carry). Looking forward to seeing the end of the series.
Thank you so much! Those are some great tips. Thanks for the compliments on the climbing on the tandem. Not an easy thing. But going slow has its joys as well:-) yes, the 25 mm tires were everywhere. But not the ones we needed. The dental floss is a good suggestion. Thanks for watching!
Love it! Thank you for sharing!
You’re welcome!
You both are such an inspiration for my wife and I to ride on our Tandem!!!! We even rode it on Christmas day as it was a balmy 60 deg. F. here in Western Oregon.
I am amazed at the buildings and scenery that you show on this trip. The Towns look way cleaner and the buildings all seem to have one theme ( unlike those in the U.S.).
In regards to the tire. I too have wondered how available those 700 size tires are in Europe. Thank the Lord you didn't have a blowout on a big descend. The video editing is also superb!!!!
Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback! That makes all the hard work worth it. Yes I love the village themes. They don’t all have it, but even the ones that don’t wreak so much history that that becomes the theme. 700 wasn’t the problem as much as the 27mm width. Thanks again for taking the time to write!
Well done. And very professional video editing.
Thank you David! It takes a lot of time to put these together so I appreciate you noticing.
@@tandemtravels For fun and contrast, check out our friends who are biking from Alaska to Mexico to break the World Record for distance traveled self-supported on a hand-bike! The record was broken in Northern California. Michiel Desmet, on the hand bike, is paralyzed from the waist down. Enjoy. th-cam.com/video/i_EFBI3BwQI/w-d-xo.html
Great video series. Thanks for sharing. The elevation you've climbed not only on a tandem, but one with panniers on the back is MORE than impressive! Great job! Tres bien! Sehr gut! Ausgezeichnet!!!
Surprised you had that much trouble finding a 28C road tire. So many road riders are riding wider tires these days, I'm surprised you couldn't find them. Or were the tires for sale TOO wide? Doubt it.
Anyway, one trick to salvage a sidewall blowout is using dental floss to sew it up. I realize your failure was right at the bead, where sewing isn't a very good option. But floss and a needle are virtually no weight, so good to carry. That plus some Velox rim tape as a tire boot works really well (better with contact cement, but that's not something I'd carry).
Looking forward to seeing the end of the series.
Thank you so much! Those are some great tips. Thanks for the compliments on the climbing on the tandem. Not an easy thing. But going slow has its joys as well:-) yes, the 25 mm tires were everywhere. But not the ones we needed. The dental floss is a good suggestion. Thanks for watching!