Pacific Dualie Tandem Bike (26-Inch Wheels)

It helped that the item shipped only a few miles from where I live. It was easy to assemble. I did have trouble with figuring out the breaks but if I had read the instructions I would have saved myself a lot of headache. I love this product. I am 5'3" and female and wanted to be a capitan. The only way I could do that on another tandem was to spend very big bucks and maybe even a special order. I got everthing I need in a compact tandem that will even fit on the back of my Saturn sedan on a regular trunk rack. Well it hangs over a bit but still works for me. I did have to add some crank shortners on the back for my 6 year old but we are now an excellent team. Love it!

The bike is great, nice bike as a whole. BUT...the handlebars for the person riding on the back are ridiculous. They are so low you are riding completely hunched over if you hold on to them, we will be modifying the bike some how.

The shipping was super fast. After I got the tandem in the mail, I spent about an hour putting it together and adjusting it to fit us. If you don't have a decent knowledge of bicycle maint/repair or don't have a strong aptitude for all things mechanical, I'd suggest taking it to a local bike shop. brakes and deraileurs will need adjusted and the wheels will need truing. A lot of fun to ride--nice low gears! Has braze-ons for 2 water bottle holders by the stokers seat and braze-ons for mounting a rack on the back. Heavy but a nice ride and lots of fun for what you pay.

When I started assembling the bike, I noticed the front bottom bracket was a type I have never seen before. It is essentially a regular cup/bearing 3 piece crank, except that the part of the frame in which the cups usually screw into is much too big for normal installation. What makes the bottom bracket fit into this larger hole is 2 metal "adapters" (for lack of a better word), one on each side. They are not threaded (nor is the frame), which means the bottom bracket can (and will!) simply slide in-and-out. The so-called solution to this problem is 2 tiny tension screws that go through the frame from underneath and tighten against the "adapters", holding them in place. I see this as a major design failure, as it undermines the strength of the cup/bearing bottom bracket [the lockring!]
What this means is, while you are out riding your new tandem, there is a probability that these tiny screws will come loose (as bicycling tends to cause). That is what happened to me, and the whole crank just FELL OUT. Had these components been visible in the picture, I would not have purchased this tandem. Other than that, most of the parts are of low quality. It also rides fairly slow compared to tandems I have been on.

The bike which I received in shipping package needs to assembly and has defect. The back seat insert tube (the open side) has dent. The dented tube is not round and narrow and took me time to hammer it, file it to fix the dent in order to enlarge the opening. I almost gave up before barely inserting the seat. Recommendation is to enforce the inspection before sending to customer.