Pennine Tandem - 1963
Owned by: Derek Browne
| Frame |
Pennine tandem - 1963; 21" front,
20½" rear. Cable stop for campag handlebar control on down
tube,
and bridge for Mafac hanger on seatstays |
| Wheels |
Weinmann rims on Campagnolo Record large flange
hubs |
| Chainset | Chainwheels (in-line - not
crossover) - Stronglight 49D with T.A.rings. Chain tensioner- pulley of
a Cyclo early gear adjustable mounted on a "lamp bracket boss" |
| Pedals | Lyotard platform front and rear |
| Gears | Campag Nuovo Record rear with handle bar-end
control |
| Brakes | Mafac Racer with half-rubber hoods on
levers |
| Stem/Bars | Cinelli engraved "Giro de Italia" on steel
stem |
| Saddles | Cinelli
Unicanitor on Campag 2-bolt seatpins |
| Extra details | I was given
this tandem 2 years ago in a terrible state by
its second owner Mr Frank Blackbond. He and his wife had used
it
extensively for touring although it had been built origionally as a
racing tandem for a member of the Yorkshire R.C.(unfortunately name
unknown). A fire in the cellar at Ingleby Rd (where the
frames
were built by either Jonny Mapplebeck or Graham Saunders) meant that
all the records from the days of Whittaker & Mapplebeck and
Pennine
Cycles were destroyed. Graham Saunders tells me that as far as he is
aware only 6 tandem frame were ever built from 1946 onwards and were
always to customers specification. He is almost certain that he built
this one in 1963. |
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Two
views of rear seat cluster with detail of nautical topeye decoration -
unusual in that these are usually of Alpine views.
Note also Pennine lug lining around the top edge of the lugs
Note also Pennine lug lining around the top edge of the lugs
Tandem drive with two Stronglight.TA chainsets and Cyclo tensioner to take up chain slack.
Some other tandems were built with an eccentric bottom bracket to take care of this.
Front-end showing lugs, and neat braze-ons for bar-end changer cable