250 Miles!

We've now had the Calfee tandem for a little over a month and have around 250 miles on it so far.  We've gotten over the Di2 shifting hurdle and have gotten it to shift to the small chain-ring from gear B-4 (4th cog out on the freewheel).  This makes for much less chain noise that before when it had to get all the way down to gear B-2 before it dropped into the small chain-ring.  The other change I made was to have the Di2 only drop down one cog on the freewheel when shifting to the small chain-ring and this reduces the overspin when the change in gear ratio is so large. 
I'm still working out the kinks on the handlebar position.  It seems like long-reach handlebars just aren't made any more and I'm still trying to get used to having my primary hand position being on the brake hoods. 
With those minor issues mostly resolved, we're really enjoying the bike.  Taking 20 pounds off of the load compared to our first tandem and having a much-stiffer frame really makes for a fun ride.  The iridescent paint job is beautiful with the carbon fiber facets glowing through the cabernet-red top tube color.   Here we are on a 58-mile ride to Sand Hollow.

I hope to go through several of the technology improvements that the Calfee has over our 1987 Davidson in a future post - things sure have changed in 31 years!