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The importance of wearing a bicycle helmet – in case you still need convincing

by Laura McCabe on Sep 4, 2019 Add Comment in News

Bicycle Safety Tips – a refresher

by Laura McCabe on May 28, 2019 Add Comment in News

We received the following message from Tracy & Alexa Edward:
“I just wanted to shoot you a quick email to say thank you on behalf of my daughter Alexa. She just joined an 8-week long Youth Cycling program for 8-12 year olds that is starting up next week. She’s really excited about it and we just bought her a new “big kid” bike with 21 gears for her birthday 2 weeks ago to start the program off right. The instructor sent home some preliminary “homework” to get the kids started off right for their first class – to research cycling basics and safety and bring what they learned to their first class to share. Alexa came across your Tandem Club page https://tandemclub.org/resources/ and it’s been such a great help to her in preparing, so we wanted to say thank you!

Since your page was so helpful to her, Alexa [...]

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Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation

by Laura McCabe on Apr 17, 2019 Add Comment in Events, News

Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation (ABBF)is a non-profit based in Pune, India. ABBF promotes inclusion through adaptive adventure and outdoor sports for persons with and without disabilities.

Founded by Divyanshu Ganatra, an inclusion activist, ardent adventure enthusiast, and India’s first blind solo pilot, ABBF aims to provide more visibility for people with disabilities by promoting an environment of openness, sensitivity, and empathy. ABBF works with cross-disabilities and currently participates in marathons, tandem cycling, scuba diving, paragliding, and mountaineering events.

In 2016 ABBF began its flagship event: an annual inclusive tandem cycling expedition called M2K: Manali to Khardung La, the first and only one of its kind in India. Tandem teams will ride to the top of the highest motorable road in the world. This year’s rides will occur August-September 2019.

The 2018 event was captured in a short film titled ‘Beyond Khardung La’ which won the Viewer’s [...]

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Tandem Bicycles – either you love them or hate them?

by Lauren Loper on Nov 8, 2017 3 Comments in Casual, DoubleTalk, News, Reviews, Touring, Whimsy

Tandem Bicycles are niche. Non-tandemers look at tandems as if they are a novelty, or something that reminds them of a picnic, but not anything for them to try or do. I have to admit, it took me a minute before I even thought about riding a tandem. I had the easy excuse of “I don’t know where to find one to ride.” My husband owns a bicycle shop (and has now for 10 years), and they have a tandem. Still I gave excuses. It’s true, I’ve never ridden on a tandem.

It wasn’t until my husband invented a bar that connects two bicycles, front to back to form a tandem, I would have never really known the experience of riding tandem. Now, I’m hooked! This bar, buddybar as it is named, is essentially the same concept as a tandem bicycle, but is different than a classic tandem bicycle in [...]

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A great article about tandem cycling

by Laura McCabe on Oct 23, 2017 1 Comment in News

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Himalayan Tandem Ride of a Lifetime? Worlds Highest Motorable Road!

by Laura McCabe on Apr 4, 2017 Add Comment in News

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Our Adventure in France

by Mike Bianco on Jan 1, 2017 3 Comments in Touring, Whimsy

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League of American Bicyclists info

by Laura McCabe on Nov 10, 2016 Add Comment in News

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Peddling Round the Puget Sound – NWTR 2017 in Seattle

by Sheila Hoffman on Jun 9, 2016 Add Comment in Events, Rallies

The Evergreen Tandem Club is pleased to announce that the 2017 Northwest Tandem Rally will be hosted at the University of Washington in Seattle next summer, June 30-July 4! Our website is UP and registration is OPEN! You can sign up now to take advantage of the Early Bird rate of just $95 per rider! Don’t wait, as rates will increase after July 15!

We have a fun-filled weekend plan that will begin on Friday evening, June 30th, with a bus trip out to the Velodrome at Marymoor Park in Redmond to watch the cycle racing. Saturday, July 1st, will begin with an unsupported ride on Bainbridge Island and the Kitsap Peninsula. That evening, we will have a kick-off barbeque on the lawn outside the Husky Union Building (aka “the HUB”) on the University of Washington campus where we will be hosting the rally for the weekend. The HUB was completely [...]

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Tandem Bikepacking – the ultimate in hardcore touring

by Laura McCabe on Jun 7, 2016 1 Comment in OffRoad, Touring

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The importance of wearing a bicycle helmet – in case you still need convincing

Bicycle Safety Tips – a refresher

Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation

Tandem Bicycles – either you love them or hate them?

A great article about tandem cycling

Himalayan Tandem Ride of a Lifetime? Worlds Highest Motorable Road!

Our Adventure in France

League of American Bicyclists info

Peddling Round the Puget Sound – NWTR 2017 in Seattle

Tandem Bikepacking – the ultimate in hardcore touring

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