Bridge on the River Humber
Tandems for sale
Easter 2014
Easter 2014

We are THE club for all tandemists and would-be tandemists - 

  • Bi-monthly 48-page magazine on everything to do with tandems (spoken-word version for VI members)
  • Three rallies a year; two in the UK and an International rally
  • Local groups for day and weekend group rides
  • For Sale and Wanted boards
  • Database of GPS and route sheet rides (See Rides/GPX).
  • Advice and help
  • All this for £15 a year, why not join today?
National Tandem Rally 2024
at Alnwick, Northumberland
The Mayor of Alnwick at the Rally

 

 

21/05/2025Stephen Gray
Hope that helps. You should be able to find a You Tube video and/or a User Manual online that you can download.
21/05/2025Stephen Gray
When you get on the rally find someone with a Garmin to show you how to operate it to guide you round the course. Martin Green is better at this than me as I don’t use mine very often and usually forget what to do until I have practised a couple of times.
21/05/2025Stephen Gray
When you have the files in Garmin connect open each gpx file (called “courses” in Garmin terminology. You will find the list of courses hidden in the “More” menu (three dots) and then in “Training and Planning” then “Courses”. Open each in turn (each will show a small scale map) and click the Send to Garmin icon which is a small blue arrow pointinf at a watch. Then you need to connect your Garmin to the PC by bluetooth or cable. It will show connected in the home menu of the Connect app. Then you just need to activate the “Synch”. On my iPad it takes a while and looks like nothing is happening but eventually the “courses” will appear on the Garmin.
21/05/2025Stephen Gray
You need the “Garmin Connect” application on your laptop. Drag and drop each gpx file onto the Garmin Connect app. Or find some way of getting the files to the app. I am not sure with a PC because I use a Mac or iPad but you should find help on You Tube.
10/05/2025Neil Wheadon
I have added many of the routes from the International Rallies to Rides, so if you fancy a fixed based centre in Europe and want a selection of good routes from the campsite, here they are. There are 11 sets at the moment and will increae as I find more sets. For an example see https://tandem-club.org.uk/rides?group=tci2022
31/05/2025
If you take the Waterbus, get off at Kinderdijk and cycle past the windmills! Buy a single ticket online. An excellent idea from Sally.
25/05/2025
Hi - we walked the Camino couple of years ago (before we bought Apollo our tandem !) from Porto to SdC. We made the huge mistake of choosing last week July / first week of August. It was too hot to walk in the afternoons - cycling might get you cooked. We stayed in B&Bs - others told us that the pil more ...
10/05/2025
I have added many of the routes from the International Rallies to Rides, so if you fancy a fixed based centre in Europe and want a selection of good routes from the campsite, here they are. There are 11 sets at the moment and will increae as I find more sets. For an example see https://tandem-club.o more ...
07/05/2025
The classification 1-5 relates to the quality of the information within the route. So 1 is just the GPX, 2 is the GPX and a bit of description, 5 is everything, a route sheet, pictures, description and GPX. It was set up this way so that you can filter these. There is a filter for Easy, Average or H more ...
30/05/2025
Hi, someone took our washing out of the machine yesterday and we now can't find a couple of socks, if you have them could we have them back on pitch 64 please? We're getting especially low on toddler socks! Thanks Emma
30/05/2025
That was a really pleasant coffee stop yesterday organised by Lucy. The Try a Tandem was less successful despite Lucy's great efforts in distributing many flyers. We will have to rethink that format. What a brilliant treasure hunt organised and supervised by Tim and Vicky and marshalled by Russel an more ...
29/05/2025
We have had two brilliant evenings, firstly great thanks to Lucy for a brilliant and unusual quiz. The BBQ went very well, the weather was perfect and band were excellent. The ice cream arrived at exactly the right time. There was a lot of running around yesterday to make it all happen. Tim and Vick more ...
28/05/2025Treasure hunt GPX to start
Link to ride to start of Treasure hunt. https://tandem-club.org.uk/rides?cmd=view&id=1710
28/05/2025
First velocio start time is 1000 at Paddock Wood community centre. Coffee and cakes from 0930. The timed section finishes in Marden, while the total length back to the campsite is 30km. Gpx to get you to the start is attached. Turn by turn route sheets to the start will be available in the marquee.
28/05/2025
Ice cream van will be at the Marquee at 19:30 for the BBQ as arranged by the site.
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