TWO'sDAY ROUND THE WORLD

How cool is our Tandem Two’sDay!

We ordered it at the end of 2005 and picked it up when we arrived in Miami on 15 March 2006. It then travelled with us wherever we went for the next 9 months – 5+ months in North America, 3+ months in Europe before calling in through China and Hong Kong on the way home to Australia. We ordered a bright yellow one with the two suitcases and the trailer frame. While we wandered round mostly in vehicles or public transport, we had rides in various places.

We will not forget rides in Florida, Chicago, Kansas, Virginia, Iowa, New Hampshire, Nanaimo (BC), Oregon (including the North West Tandem Rally in Corvallis), Washington, the Canadian Rockies (Jasper to Lake Louise), Ireland, France, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. Our bike has been named Banana Split (BS) due to its colour and the concept of it “splitting”.

At times he was confined to his two Samsonite cases (such as in Nova Scotia, England and Hong Kong). There were other times, we used the clever folding capabilities and put BS into the trunk of a Camry, a Chev Monte Carlo, the tray of a Chev Silverado, a Peugeot 307 and even a regular VW Golf! We were able to put BS together (or take it apart for air travel) in a tad less than an hour. However its fantastic folding feature took us 5 to 10 minutes. There were times I managed to take someone else for a ride but by and large I was happy to have Fay on the back.

BS flew all the way FREE! Just part of our luggage, thanks to the One World syndicate of airlines. When we arrived back in Australia, he was allowed straight in without any duty, tax or even being quarantined! Our tandem Two’sDay certainly turns heads back here in Australia. Oh, our top speed last year was 79.8 kph down a hill on Gabriola Island off Vancouver Island, BC. [Written October 2007].