Burley Design Cooperative are our major supporter, supplying our Samba tandem, d'Lite trailer and raingear. We chose Burley for their excellent child trailers; which are ideal for touring with. We then found that they make fantastic tandems as well!
Our panniers are supplied by Arkel OverDesigns. Arkel's panniers are of excellent quality, and their total front loading system allows for easy storage and access of contents. When touring with a tandem and trailer, plenty of storage space is needed. Arkel's panniers give us a total storage space of 100 litres, and plenty of pockets for all the miscellany of tour-camping! Our panniers consist of 54L rear, 36L front and 10L of handlebar bag storage. Combined with the storage space in our Burley d'Lite trailer, this is ample for all our needs.
Special Thanks
There are also others we must thank who have contributed to helping make this tour happen in many ways. Thanks guys; we couldn't have done it without you:
- David Igoe, Marie-Louise Cocherane; Daniel, Robert and Francis, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Paul, Helen, Casey, Dylan, Jerome, Sophia and Aiden Shogren, official cutlery suppliers of the 2006 Cycling Europe with a baby tour; and the parish of St Michael's, Esh Laude, Durham.
- Chris ‘The King’ Hobart and Claire ‘Wildish’ Russell, promotional consultants.
- Sarah Lausberg, photography and tour preparation.
- Michelle Broud, promotional photography.
- Dylan Knoll, language and location consultant, Freiburg.
- Regenbogen TourService, pre-tour travel providers.
- Ally, Widu und das Team zum Tandemladen und die Fahrradwerkstatt, Freiburg, tandem advice and assembly.
- Anonymous German woman in Saverne: teddy supplier for Reuben
- Florian Schuster and Fahrradladen Saarbrücken who did a fantastic repair / improvement to our Arai drum brake!