We Got the Bike!

Yesterday was a most eventful and pivotal day in the life of The Tandem Tour. We took a day trip down to Seatlle and met the good men at Rodriguez Bicycles, who had been working hard on our Bike.

I picked the boys up at the ferry in the early morning. It was a most sunshiny day, and spirits were at an all time high. After some laughs and general comraderie for the soul, we took off down the mighty highway towards the peace arch crossing into Blaine Worshington.

As we waited in the lineup, we each produced our passports. Everyone gave the a OK until...MILLER!!!! He had an expired passport.

Sweating and jittery, we approached the boarderguard. We told her our cause and what we were doing, and she was the nicest boarderguard ever, and let us right on through to the otherside.

As we made it to R and E bikes, we drove past the shop, and saw the bike through the window. and HOly Crap. We still can't believe how long it is! As we walked into the shop, all of us were dead silent.

it was then that nervouseness set in. Each one us was quietly pondering how the hell we were going to ride this thing across the country.

As Ben Filmed, we each asked Dennis, the builder, any question that was on our mind. As they told us more and more about the bike, we started to realize what an epic trip this is going to be.

The gave us a tour of the shop, and it was unreal. R and E is just a tiny little shop right in Seattle where they make all kinds of custom Bikes. They have a full shop in the basement where all the fabrication is done. Everyone was so nice, and they even took us out for a spin on the new bike, and taught Brent how to Captain the machine.

Basically the man in the front is the Captain of the ship. He controls the braking system, the gear system, and the direction. There are full disc brakes in the front and back, and a drum brake in the back for going down steep hills. They say we will easily be able to reach speeds of over 100Kms and hour. Holy Shit.

There's a movie to come about us picking up the bike at www.thetandemtour.com and will be posting pictures soon. We are pretty darn excited now that this all is happening.