Tandem Bikes
Schwinn Twinn Classic Tandem Adult Beach Cruiser Bike, Double Seater, Low Step Medium Or Large Frames, 7 or 21-Speed, 650c Urban Tires, Alloy Caliper Brakes
$743.90
- Perfect blend of comfort and style with the Schwinn steel low-step tandem frame featuring a lugged fork, fit riders: Captain 5’6″ to 6’1″ and Stroker 5′ to 5’9″
- Enjoy seamless shifting with the 7-speed twist shifters, delivering a smooth and effortless gear transition experience
- Alloy caliper brakes deliver excellent stopping power
- Typhoon dual density grips and classic saddles are comfortable and stylish
- Perfect combination of ruggedness and speed with the 650 x 45c urban tires, while enjoying the lightweight durability of alloy cranks, pedals, and wheels
Elmo –
Bike arrived earlier than expected, which was appreciated. Packaging design is very adequate and allowed for 95% recyclables. The manual that came with the bike was adequate, but the front handlebar stem is different from the manual. It’s actually a higher quality one than shown. The gear settings were close as set in the factory, but will require some tweaking as it breaks in. Chain has jumped off the gears a few times. The gear change system is definitely lower end, which may get replaced if I can’t get it tuned properly. The bike comes with a good center stand which is very helpful when tuning the shifting system. It does not feel trustworthy at this time. I fit the large frame bike, i am 6’ 2” and 190 lbs. perfect size. The rear fits my wife who is 5’ 3” and 120 lbs. When we are riding the front shock rides about 1” depressed, which provides adequate operating range. If we were much heavier, I think the bike would require a heavier duty front end. The pedals are closer to the pavement than my mountain bike, and with a long frame, you have to cognizant of right and left turns, and what you are going over to prevent scraping them. The tires ride very well with the required 40 psig air. I will be adding left and right mirrors as well as front and rear lights for safety. I ride a motorcycle and feel uncomfortable without those items.
Update:
Added a 500W Ebikeling rear motor kit and other accessories. A perfect match, with added power margin, for the tandem bike with two of us aboard. I set a the set limiter at 32 kph (20 mph, required limit in New York State) and that keeps the bike speed at the highest level setting within the pedal cadence our legs can handle on top gear. Paired with a Joyisi 36 volt, 12.5 AH battery. I had to replace the stock gear shifters with SRAM MRX Comp 21 spd set, so I could install the kit’s brake handles. Having the built-in kill switch functions in the brake handles is critical for safety. The disk brakes are acceptable, and worked very well after cleaning off the preservative, even with the bike fully loaded. The total weight on the tires as shown, is 70 lbs. Front is 33 lbs, rear is 37 lbs. With my wife and I, the total loaded weight is 380 lbs.
The bike as shown was upgraded with Amazon ordered parts:
1. Ebikeling 36 volt, 500W 26″ Geared Rear Motor, with S830 LCD and Thumb Throttle.
2. Battery – Joyisi, Ebike 36 Volt, 12.5 Ah Battery for 500W bike.
3. Zefal Classic Mud Guards, bobbed.
4. SRAM MRX Comp 3X7 21 Spd Shifters (Allows for use of the motor kits brake levers)
5. Lights – Vont ‘Pyro’ Bike Light set.
6. Basket- Sunlight Standing Mesh Bottom Lift Off Basket,, Silver.
7. Mirrors- Mirrcycle MTB Bar End Mountain Bicycle.
8. Rear toe clips, Retrospec Bycycles.
Elmo –
Amir Peivandi –
Excelente tándem bike!!!
Amir Peivandi –
Elmo –
I bought this and had it delivered to my temporary address while on a business assignment in Saskatoon, Canada. Item was delivered to me on time and despite the fact that I wasn’t happy that I had to pay close to 10% of the cost of the item in addition for delivery I was happy that I got it on time.
Trouble started as soon as I opened the box and started the assembly. The front tube was punctured and I had to go to Walmart and buy a spare tube. Didn’t care about the $12 cost and wasted time, but wasn’t happy with the quality control at this time. Since I was away had to also purchase a pump of course so another $25 here.
Put air and went for the first rider, 30 minutes in the rider front tire went flat and had to walk to my hotel where I realized the issue is with the tire as it was very clumsy and low quality. So headed again to Walmart to buy another tube and a new tier which cost me another $40. So at this point I’ve paid around $80 (another 10% of the cost of the bike) on top of the $70 shipping cost.
For the 3rd time I got the bike out for a spin and that’s when the real issues showed up.
1) The pedals are too low and a real safety concern. When you’re making a turn, not even a sharp turn if you’re not careful the pedals (front ones) would touch the ground and you could lose control of the bike, really bad design.
2) The gears work and don’t work. It definitely needs adjustment and tunning. Also they make noise that tells you the gears are having a hard time being adjusted to the chain. The front gears are useless for that reason, keep them to the highest and only use the rear one and hopefully you manage.
3) The chain constantly fall off and need to be fixed. Almost every time you use the front gear, a sometimes when you use the rear one.
So I decided to return the item and remember, I’m in a hotel and it’s almost a week after I opened the box and of course not having any intention to return the bike getting rid of the packaging. Now I’m asked to return the bike by first of all paying from my pocket to their location in Ontario, I looked and the cost is around $140. To be fare they reimbursed me for one of the tubes and the tire after days of going back and forth and asking for receipts and dates and being totally rude and unprofessional. But all and all I decided to keep the bike, sell it locally and cut my loses vs returning to seller as I’ve already paid 20% higher and paying another 15% and then not be sure if I get my full purchase price cause I didn’t have the original packaging was a risk I didn’t want to take.
Stay away from this product and this seller and shame on Amazon for letting them be on this platform, go read other comments and you’ll see lots of people have similar problem and issues.
Hopefully this helps a few to avoid the headache,
Elmo –
Ralph K –
Excellent, EXCELLENT Tandem bike for the $$$ — as echoed by many other Amazon purchasers. I have been riding and building bikes for over 40 years, so I know what I am talking about. I purchased this one because in our advancing years my wife no longer felt comfortable straddling our trusty ole Burley ‘Rock & Roll’ tandem of 20+ years. Yes, yes, the components on the Schwinn Twinn are low-end economy (e.g. steel cogs vs exotic forged and machined alloys chain rings etc) — but they WORK! …and work WELL — as long as you are not riding it in the Tour de Peking or other grand toure. Which reminds me — Whatever Chinese company built this in the name of Schwinn (?) did a very credible job IMHO. (Odd you cant find it in the Schwinn product line up?!?)
What most impressed me MOST was the quality of the aluminum frame, which alone is worth the cost of the entire bike — based on other brand name bikes I have purchased over the years. The frame is light weight, stiff, and strong., Sure the welds aren’t ground down to an airplane finish, but again this isnt a racing maacheeen.
Assembly and adjustment was ‘normal’ for a new bike — which means, one needs to pay attention to the details to tune things, or find a competent bike mechanic who can do this level of work in his/her sleep. I was able to tune the bike and eliminate any unwanted noises, squeaks, scrapes and it runs like a top — flawless. But what REALLY impressed me was the quality, detail and easy read of the included owners manual. READ it FIRST. Great detail and easy to understand, including how to adjust and includes tricks of the trade that many bike riders dont know. If you or your favorite bike repair guy read the book it will answer all your set up questions.
As with any bike of mine, I will eventually upgrade some of the components, like pedals, seats, handle bars, maybe others. But NOT because they dont work, but because I like to personalize the ‘ride’. But I could not/would not do that if the frame was flawed.
Speaking of ride, we live in relatively flat terrain so the 21 gears work just fine for us — dont need 30+ gears for mountain climbing. And the wider tires with an inflation limit of 40 lbs give it a ‘cruiser’ kinda ride, vs a commuter bike, or racing bike feel. You can always get narrower, higher pressure tires/tubes but this is a ‘pleasure’ ride for us so the lower pressure takes the shock out of the road for the stoker without any fancy seat-stay shock aborbers.
The assembled tandem weighs 47 pounds out of the box and my wife and i easily maintain 15 MPH on the flats (Could go much faster if my stoker would ‘kick-in’ and pedal for heavens sake. LoL Cause the bike is well balanced and stiff.
CAUTION: Cant power through a tight turn (e.g. pedal through the turn) as many here have commented. I proved thqt myself LoL. But, BUT, that very point is addressed in the owners manual., as well as other good tips (e.g. like to avoid cross-gearing which especially applies to any 3-chainring bike but is often missed by casual riders.
Finally, I rarely write product reviews but this was an exception. I took the risk to purchase this bike only because of the very helpful responses from other Amazon customers to questions I had — for which I am very grateful to each of you who provided an answer to my questions.
My wife LOVES this tandem which makes me extremely happy. I recommend it highly for ‘reliable’ casual recreational riding (Which at our age constitutes ‘exercise’) LoL.
Ralph K –