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Bob_Jackson_SWB_Tandem         Featured Bike! on 01/31/2010

By polyglot on 08/12/2008. Bike tags: Road bike | jackson | rasta | SWB | tandem | more tags >>
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Bob Jackson Short Wheel Base Reynolds 531

Cinelli

Stronglight

Dura-Ace hub, Pryms spokes, Mavic rims, Pariba tires

Dura-Ace hub, Prym spokes, Mavic rims, Pariba tires

TA 40/50/60 teeth chainrings

Front Storika, rear Richie Logic

Suntour shifters / Shimano 600 rear derailleur / Shimano Deore front derailleur

Mafac tandem cantilever brakes with Modolo Pro levers

40/50/60 chainrings out front, 13-24 rear

Owned for close to 30 years

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Stunning bike, id love to

Submitted by efleigh89 on 04/20/2012.

Stunning bike, id love to ride it for a day (with my lady on the back, of course).

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If you are in the Philly

Submitted by polyglot on 04/28/2012.

If you are in the Philly area (I live in NJ just across the river from Philly), you are more than welcome to take it out for a ride.

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Jackson SWB

Submitted by ASC on 06/24/2011.

Great to see another Jackson SWB I've have one of it's twins since 1976, still ride it occasionally.

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Added to 50.4 cluster

Submitted by eaglerock on 11/24/2010.

https://velospace.org/viewcluster?c=675

The dual-mixte tubes - that's wild stuff.

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I had always heard them

Submitted by polyglot on 11/25/2010.

I had always heard them called spaghetti straps.

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They <em>are</em> very skinny

Submitted by eaglerock on 11/26/2010.

Do you know whether they're hollow tubing, or solid rods?

(okay, so HTML stuff doesn't work in the subject line)

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They are hollow.

Submitted by polyglot on 12/15/2010.

They are hollow.

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now that is absolutely

Submitted by bwhsh8r on 02/09/2010.

now that is absolutely phenomenal. thanks for sharing :)

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sick

Submitted by lionsheart on 07/21/2009.

sick paint job! sick tandem!

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Merçi!

Submitted by polyglot on 07/24/2009.

When I got the bike it had a really boring and poor quality paint job that didn't last at all, so I had a shop colleague of mine, Tony "Mozam" Beek, paint the frame back in the early 80's. Fades were in then, and I liked the rastafarian color scheme.

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ya man

Submitted by tomthetank on 08/03/2011.

I don't immediately love the rasta colour scheme, but the fades are so beautiful that I am won over completely. The small wheelbase makes great sense. I have not seen that gearing setup with the captain having a direct chain to the rear wheel. Makes for a long chain. Is there some advantage to it? Beautiful bike.

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The fades were really "in"

Submitted by polyglot on 08/03/2011.

The fades were really "in" when I had it repainted in the early 80's. I was working for a framebuilder at the time and I left the paint scheme up to the painter.

The front drive set-up allows you to use all three chainrings with each of the 5 cogs of the freewheel, which is not be possible with such a short chainstay length and such large chainrings, especially not with stiff vintage chains. It also makes shifting/trimming the front derailleur much easier. You don't need input from the stoker.

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That paint job is sooo rad!

Submitted by AlM on 05/10/2009.

That paint job is sooo rad! This bike in general.

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