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will discover some info about us, our tandem, and recumbent
bikes in
general. We have also included lots of pictures, info about
area bike routes (mostly in the Portland, Oregon metro area), and links to other bike related web
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Before our first
test ride on our "Rans Screamer" neither
of us had ever ridden a tandem bicycle,
of any kind. Jeff had only limited
experience on a recumbent bike, and
Michelle had never ridden a recumbent at
all. After just one test ride, we
were hooked. There was no question
that we had found the tandem we were looking
for! In our first year, we put
2,000 miles on our Screamer!
Every time we
ride, people stop us to ask questions
about our unusual tandem bicycle.
That was the original reason for
creating this web site, to answer all
those questions and share our
experience. Our simple idea of a
place to answer questions about our
tandem recumbent bike has grown into
much more. Through this web site, we
are now sharing all about
tandems and recumbents with people
everywhere.
It is
exciting for us to be
receiving emails from all over the
United States and other countries as
well.
We are hearing from tandem &
recumbent riders, future riders, as well
as other Rans Screamer owners.
We will be continually striving
to make this web site the best bike
riding resource that we possibly can!
Enjoy your visit,
and feel free to drop us a line!
Jeff & Michelle
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Jeff@TandemRide.com /
Michelle@TandemRide.com |
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On May 16th we participated in our
first century
(100 mile ride)! The route began
in Beaverton, Oregon and ended in
Pacific City on the Oregon Coast. We were the only
tandem recumbent bike in the event, and
got lots of interesting comments from
other riders.
Pictures on our
Reach the Beach
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We rode the
"Gorge Ride" on June 13th. This 40 mile ride was on the
eastern part of the old Historic Columbia River
Highway, between The Dalles and Hood
River. It has some of the most
beautiful scenery in the Northwest!
(We liked it so
much we rode it again in this year.)
Pictures on the Gorge Ride page |
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On August 9th
we rode in the "Covered Bridge Bicycle
Tour." Our 80 miles took us
through some beautiful countryside and
over 5 of the old historic covered bridges in the
Willamette Valley of Oregon, east of the city of
Albany.
Pictures on the
Covered Bridge
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This year we're trying
something new!
We have started "unsupported touring."
That's where you load up all your gear on your
bike and head
out for a multi-day trip. We worked for
several months to gradually gather together all the equipment
that we would need (check our Touring
Equipment page). During our
"training" period we rode our fully
equipped tandem recumbent bike with trailer
(picture to the right) on all of
our regular local rides.
We also carried extra weight in the trailer
(usually 8 two liter bottles of water) so we
would get
used to what our fully loaded rig would actually
feel like. Our first overnight camping
trip was this July. I guess you could call
it our "shake down cruise." We had a great
time, and more trips are planned. You can
get more details, and follow our adventures on
our
TandemRide blog.
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Because of our personal
journey as cancer survivors, we are strong
supporters of the Lance Armstrong Foundation and
their fundraiser, the LIVESTRONG Challenge.
Read our story on the
Survivor Page, and see our ride pictures for
both 2007 and
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