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pk
February 14th, 2005, 07:45 AM
Saw this on cyclingnew.com!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/news/feb05/germany-cycling-tandem-61.jpg

pk
jaime
February 14th, 2005, 07:48 AM
I'd love to see video of the dismount technique! ;D
radair
February 14th, 2005, 08:11 AM
Wow, no rubber on those wheels?! I wonder if it has brakes! Jaime, I have a feeling the dismount technique involves stitches and casts.

You know Couch is just going to HAVE to weld one of those up....but bigger.
C.P.
February 14th, 2005, 11:01 AM
That has to be Didi Senft! He is the original Devil of the Tour de France. He has a Bike just like that tandem too - I bet I can find a pic somewhere (google)...
C.P.
February 14th, 2005, 11:02 AM
Oh, that was too easy...
C.P.
February 14th, 2005, 11:03 AM
The devil of the tour
C.P.
February 14th, 2005, 11:05 AM
Oh yeah - he's the devil alright :o
pk
February 14th, 2005, 11:23 AM
Yes, it's the devil!

A devil of a tandem
Didi 'the devil' Senft and the world's largest tandem.


German artist Didi Senft, known in the bike racing world as 'the devil' for his unusual habit of dressing up in a red costume with tail and pitchfork and, ahem, encouraging riders in races such as the Tour de France is claiming a new world record: the world's largest tandem.

At 81.5 kilograms the giant two-seater is in no danger of upsetting the UCI's weight limit commissaires, though its 6.38 meter length and 3.13m height almost certainly contravene a whole raft of technical rules.

Senft says he hopes the enormous bike will make it into the next edition of 'The Book of Alternative Records', alongside the backwards cycling hour record (29.1 kilometres) and the record for running 100 meters in Wellington boots filled with custard.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2005/feb05/feb13news