Jerry and Jeanette's 2002 Burley Duet S&S
"Burley Baby"
This is a picture of our Burley Baby. It was born at Gold Country Cyclery in Cameron Park on August 29th, 2003, Dr. Rick Steele in attendance. It's gestation period was rather long, almost 18 months, but that's not unusual for baby tandems. As you can see, it has already developed pedals, a rear rack, trunk and water bottles. When it was born we found that it had certain genetic differences from its siblings including it's color, silver. The mutations also included upgraded parts throughout it's skeletal structure and appendages. We were glad to find that it was born potty trained and with good manners although it can get a bit rambunctious at times. It seems to be able to be able to run all day long and is already capable of wearing out it's parents. Burley Baby is scheduled for some minor surgery in about a week since some of it's front and rear teeth were not correct at birth. Baby had too many in the front and not enough in the rear. The operation should take about an hour and will be an out-patient procedure rather than having to leave Baby at the hospital overnight. Although it sounds strange, the new teeth will help Burley Baby climb much better. In addition, Baby came without any brains. We've ordered some and some additional minor surgery will correct the problem. This surgery can be done at home and we've been assured Burley Baby will not feel any pain during the operation. In fact, once it's over, we've been told that Burley Baby will be able to count and tell time without any further training. Further, it will count to both parents at the same time. Burley Baby could talk at birth and has already promised to take us to visit the southern California missions in December 2003, and France in the summer of 2004. Baby's promised to stay with us well into it's teen years and said it will take us lots of places we've not even dreamed of yet. In return we've promised to pay attention to it, never spank it or treat it mean and to take good care of it so it doesn't get it's elbows and knees skinned up. We'll even take it to the oil and grease parlor for treats now and then and make sure we put it to bed clean and dry. We love our Burley Baby! Mile Markers |
Custom 2002 Burley Duet -
S&S Coupled - Equipped for touring Frame - Burley custom designed, precision butted True Temper Verus ChroMoly tubeset, medium Fork - Burley custom designed True Temper tandem butted blades, CNC taper gauge steerer tube Paint - Factory custom, silver Head Set - Ahead Stem - Salsa Moto Ace Stoker stem - Burley adjustable Captain's handlebars - Ritchy Comp road bars Stoker's handlebars - Profile Design aero bars Handlebar tape - Nashbar Cyclo-computer - Cateye Enduro II with repeater at stoker station Captain's saddle - Terry Cita Y (not shown) Stoker's saddle - Terry Chubby Cheeks Captain's seat post - Nomad TR Stoker's seat post - RT, shock absorbing Shifters - Shimano STI 105, Flight Deck compatible with Dura Ace shift indicator Cranks - Shimano Tandem, 175mm front, 170mm rear Bottom Brackets - Shimano Pedals - Nashbar Rodeo SPD Chain rings - 53, 42, 28 Rear Cassette - Shimano 11-34, nine speed Front Derailleur - Shimano 105 Rear Derailleur - Shimano Deore XT Chain - Shimano HG72 Brakes - Shimano Deore XT cantilevers Brake pads - Cool Stop, black Arai Drum Brake Hubs - Shimano XT 40h Spokes - DT 2.0 stainless Rims - Velocity Fusion, Deep Aero, black, 40h Front tire - Schwalbe Marathon Slick 700x30 Rear tire - Hutchinson Tech Acrobat K 700x37 Planet Bike black polycarbonate Freddy Fenders Front Rack - Performance Trans-it Rear Rack -KF, silver Lighting - Two Bell Xenon Headlights Emerson Roadside Emergency 18 LED tail light Handlebar bag - Axiom Atlas Handlebar Bag Front and rear panniers - Jandd Mini-Mountain, black Trunk - Performance Trans-it Pannier Rack Trunk Stoker's bag - L.L. Bean MTB bag (A second Axiom Atlas Handlebar Bag when touring) Delivery weight: 40.5 lbs. MSRP: $3295.00 (2002) Burley Design Cooperative 9/4/2003 - Update on brain surgery to Burley Baby - Burley baby had minor surgery on this date. A foam lined package arrived with both front and rear lobes of Baby's brain. I felt confident enough to perform the surgery necessary to implant the two brains in Burley Baby's anatomy. The surgery lasted two hours with most of the time being devoted in splicing all the neural endings from the two brains to the brain's sensory organ located at Burley's front wheel. While tedious, the surgery was easier than anticipated and the totally waterproof, shrink tubed wrapped nerve cord should last for years. 10/21/2003 Burley Baby's new teeth arrived and it went in for oral surgery. The 11-32 cassette was replaced with an 11-34 and an Arai drum brake was added while Baby was sedated. Some of Baby's front teeth were exchanged as well, its 30 tooth granny ring traded in for a 28 tooth ring. Once recovered from the surgery, Baby said climbing will be a little easier now. |
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Captain's work station with Cateye
Enduro II cyclo-computer, Arai drum brake lever and dual Bell Xenon headlights. (only mounted
during night riding) We get about 6 hours riding using the lights with 4 AA rechargeable batteries each. They are highly visible from the front and provide adequate light for speeds up to about 17-20 mph. |
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Stoker's workstation, |
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Dura Ace cog Indicator, a nice and simple way of figuring out what cassette gear you're in. |
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Stoker's suspended seat post,
Terry Chubby |
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Shimano Deore XT Cantilevers, Performance front rack |
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Arai Drum Brake |
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Campus pedal, clip
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splices made to the Enduro II cable in order to add a repeater at the
stoker's station. The individual wires were soldered, individually
covered with shrink tubing and then the whole splice was covered with
two layers of shrink tubing. |
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18 LED tail light made from Emerson Roadside Emergency light. Take off the back plate, pull off the plastic magnets, drill two 1/4 inch holes through the back and put two 1/4 inch hex head bolts through. (About a ten minute job) Use wing nuts and washers to fasten the light to holes in the trunk bag or as an alternative mount it to a rear rack bracket. This light can easily be seen in daylight and is advertised as being visible from a half mile away. |
