Re: Electric Assist Tandem

On 4/30/2024 7:21 PM, pH wrote:

I was driving along on my way home and noticed a a Jobst-yellow tandem of
some sort.
 I did a double take when I saw a Bosch-like motor bulb on the stoker's pedal
set!  I did not realize that there were electric assist tandems.
 By the time that realization set in it was too late to look and see if the
Captain's bottom bracket was motorized, too.
 I would not think that that would be the case, but you never know.
 pH in Aptos
 I think Yamaha and Shimno also make bottom bracket bulbs so no idea what it
was.
 I've seen several of the Ba-Feng (sp?) kit's of late as well.
 I'll try to do an un-scientific bike survey of what goes by sometime this
next month.
 pH in Aptos

Yes battery assist tandems are a thing. As you note, several motor formats just as bicycles generally.
https://2022.santana-tandem.com/en/tandem/e-tandem
There's no point in more than one motor in a drive train. Or on both wheels for that matter.
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