We Would Never Have Thought You Could Go This Hard on a DH Tandem 9

27.5” wheels, 63.5 degree head angle, 200 millimetres of travel—sounds like a downhill bike, right? Well, what about a 1940-millimetre wheelbase with cranksets, handlebars, and seats? Yes, that’s plurals.

Welcome to the world of tandem with Jackson and Rose Green!

Credit: The Perfect Line

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iceman2058
1/3/2019 3:54 AM

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human powered suicide machine

1/3/2019 10:28 AM

wow, I have seen tandem mtb and tandem DH but never riding that well. Great job Jackson and Rose!!

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Hollywood Gainey

1/3/2019 10:26 AM

I'll bet its pretty tough to actually go OTB on that thing, but damn it would straight launch her!

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Jacks0n0

1/3/2019 1:33 PM

Yeah, we've never been fully OTB. The closest we've come is to go up on the nose then fall over sideways. Doing that destroyed the front wheel as well.
The tandem equivalent of going OTB is a really solid bottom bracket impact that completely stops the bike. The bike stops but both the riders carry on forwards and often go over their respective handlebars.

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Scrub

1/3/2019 9:10 AM

Been there, done that with a friend. It's a wild ride. Jackson and Rose have it dialed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mALW8yOFjbc

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Jacks0n0

1/3/2019 1:30 PM

That Bicycle Fabrications tandem was one of the inspirations for us building our bikes.

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Big Bird

1/3/2019 8:50 AM

My first ever DH race was the Leaping Lizard in Laguna back around '96. There was a couple there, a designer at GT and his wife, who raced on a DH tandem. It had an early DHO with rumored 800 lb. springs in it. They actually had a piece of rope tied around the lower triple clamp and the fork arch to keep the lowers on in case the cir-clips holding things together blew out. And they were scary fast on that thing.

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aaron.k.mattix

1/3/2019 6:41 AM

This could the ultra-modern enduro rig if it only had one seat, 29" wheels and 95 degree seat tube.

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That-Norco-Dude

1/3/2019 5:58 AM

That is one brave couple

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lister_yu

1/3/2019 4:06 AM

Wow

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